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3 ?9 B( |$ ~1 v9 uM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. , F4 g2 j$ h' t) P; j0 a : j7 \7 r& P4 ]L: 你说纽约队会输?你还说什么 choke? 你是说他们吃饭时会噎着啦?这跟输球有什么关系,我不懂。 / G* r* p: P# W: g. ]/ ^+ \ " A5 J$ b1 t0 R2 @3 Y* |: [ [M:No, no, no! They're not going to choke on their food! It's the same word with the same spelling, but it has a different meaning. Here, choke means to fail under pressure. : `! S% ^' ~* n! I/ i% r " S s6 R m4 H4 O* L3 [L:噢,我懂了。 你说的choke 是指纽约队会抵挡不住华盛顿球队的压力而输掉,对吗? ; R" P! v; ?# X* V) H `* F; r' A& x) R8 R }0 ^M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?, z9 h1 e9 s$ Z7 l# P1 k# {
* m' O; @1 J3 T# M. x' t. z, GL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? * U$ C Y8 U) Z2 D( z2 I- B) |) `" q7 R K$ H9 B
M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 4 k, d* E6 _$ T# }2 O 6 i$ y9 }- @3 F% a/ F! L- u- sL:你上星期考试考糊了?嘿,Michael,我还知道怎么用choke这个字。你不是老想请那个姑娘出去玩吗?你请她,她连电话都不回,这可真让你choked了,对不对?& a B% Z9 B: O3 u: {
% O3 K& x2 s ^$ w z0 z3 d3 rM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.3 J: P8 U# l. g/ H6 ^2 T
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L: 噢,你说得可真轻松,没关系,因为你不喜欢她。好,那你告诉我你喜欢哪个女孩呐?6 o+ _0 [" o, U4 d. `' j
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!, w l$ ]3 c% a& p O; l; [
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* m7 i. s3 S) [6 _* x! F" |L: Michael,你看,纽约队看来不会输,他们赢了两个球,现在还剩十秒了。只要纽约队不失去球,他们就不会输。 4 X: k& t" ]. J' H7 J, Q' w$ p3 ^: G. U% L) K
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. " U& P( ^2 x5 h1 p2 y+ L ! u) K; }/ n8 v) AL: 你认为华盛顿球队会赢,Michael Jordan 会投进最后一个球。你说 "He is money "是说他会赚钱吗? 9 z1 F, ?- E1 o' N' G! _& y3 s5 w, P' j7 C8 k
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ! X8 K k. F/ I1 e% b6 F6 V' J; O+ Y! v; x. F; m
L: 噢,这儿的money不是指钱,是指他打球一直保持在高水平上,一直打得很棒。 $ s! a2 m2 x1 [* _: M- M: \. j! h& R 5 p+ Q6 E. z0 O; E9 KM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.& A j# R% N6 H4 I
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L: 姚明当然很棒,所以也可以说:Yao Ming is money。那我们班的 Steven,他考试总是考得很好,也能说,He is money? 7 A5 t v+ z. U7 ]" V3 u " G5 e' F" t! s! p% Y% ^M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. % S- e2 K0 Z8 t @; }. G : s7 D2 r/ L, O! R6 e& {$ BL: 原来凡是好的东西都可以说是money。我们正在吃的比萨饼是很好吃,所以也可以说是money.* e0 p6 X% |. G9 C. l7 C: s
7 Z! r; X1 N. \' a: v5 Y/ M) ~M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? ' H7 N- f: }0 k* _5 L * ~/ \ o3 i# `+ C4 Q( K( ~L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 % |: l, L. s5 t3 m; D; T. k ' k% p) w1 z; Z% ?, V g5 mM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money!* U; _) g$ M; i
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. M) f* r) E. K2 c1 }L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 " |9 I9 f6 }" g' v% ]$ B+ v9 a/ D: ?" ]
Michael和李华今天在对话里用的两个词意思是相对的。 To choke是糟糕,失败的意思;而money是保持高水平,非常棒的意思。最好大家都不要choke,都成为money,那就太棒了。/ |% N. x0 {! I8 J9 W6 p
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