Michael和李华今天去看篮球比赛。球赛是在纽约大型室内体育馆[麦迪逊广场花园]举行，这场比赛是华盛顿的球队对纽约的球队。 Michael到中国去学过中文，他让李华跟他讲中文，以便练习听力。现在他们俩正在排队进入体育馆。今天他们在对话中会用choke和 money这两个词。 ' t$ K- ~) |: s0 ^" k. ]9 W2 P* @$ r# ]5 b# z0 s$ D
L: 嗨，Michael，谢谢你买到这么好的票！我真高兴能到[麦迪逊广场]来看球。这可是有名的体育馆哟！# @; ]6 m0 y- Y% m
/ b( j$ W. Q2 y% r3 p+ EM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.0 ?' h4 {/ |, J/ J: x
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L: 你也喜欢来这里看篮球比赛啊，那太好了。今天是纽约队比华盛顿队，你看结局会怎样？: C' h" B1 |7 M1 z! Q2 i' s
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.9 G1 {) k9 d% K5 U
7 `+ \5 G+ P6 ?. \' Q2 cL: 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。 / B9 E& u% v$ w& C3 P. H5 u# y5 U Q4 r3 y" ]3 Z! d& ~% o* T0 p
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. 5 y& r/ b1 L I: a* I6 R d/ _1 S/ H- x4 t* g, E/ \4 H
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？: q- J3 P( e* S+ L% L/ I
: `: R. V0 D1 [5 b2 O! k9 KM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?& A4 a- c( Q* f: L
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L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？2 c! O) M8 F+ {5 t( y; |3 n
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.% u6 `7 S5 t5 U
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L：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？ - t7 U3 s0 s2 a. t: l; _. N 4 m# M4 L4 u0 R' h* r" u/ N# sM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. ) X: g$ O; w3 F7 I' o+ G. K1 |. H) y7 h
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？3 N, F! Q4 X4 A
& P+ I, f. q! h4 s' h) B- T, GM：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！( t, U/ {$ V1 R8 S; l
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L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！ ; m: [% Z, T& E 6 c+ b6 w; d/ j5 `(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)' V. W$ ~' f% @. A5 \+ R% V
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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。7 ~ E, R6 U* |& @- p4 s
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 7 G* d) N% ^ \/ p/ a1 w! g - X1 E, h$ }/ d/ [2 ZL：你也认为纽约队可能不会输？等等，你看，纽约队丢了球！这下他们完了！华盛顿队要求暂停，他们还有赢的机会。/ J4 O* R. h3 L8 e( H. b
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M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. . F2 w! `9 K, K8 `$ V3 Y ( H* |& V, a. V( S- {L: 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？! U" x# H& o; I! y" B; }4 g5 m
3 _4 A7 C. V. PM：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ' i7 [8 E( q/ y& F' Y) E, h- ~+ c& t$ M0 v5 w; _
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。1 t! Z0 [& i9 ~* X" O9 P0 n
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M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 5 c2 r/ z. h6 e* ~ 3 U, k- k o5 O# YL: 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?5 u1 G7 s* g8 f+ O
3 h$ N- B, C6 Y) W8 U* s# \) FM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* j7 m8 w1 r2 k/ h' K# M# G
/ }( @7 u# E! `+ ?! d" A' p2 r6 r' H; [L: 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.3 T1 x1 t( u* e! o% ~" B
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M：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% [8 N; x; C' w9 y" K" B
( c! i! l, H, p# B1 H% S6 x& zL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。( }, L! O. j6 i
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 7 `* _ l- l5 ^' o" r) t8 {* f8 T# Y( q4 K0 o
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。 m% l/ r. |4 ^% @, h
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M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.) V6 M2 Q8 z) }" D
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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。9 ?1 c, ]3 {+ }" M
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