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。 / h$ G- n% n) p+ q( ]# P, y0 F 0 h# S* O. G+ hL: 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！ : ~% L9 X' {+ F1 P5 Z8 \ & `2 g5 O: s2 s" Y; hM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ( P+ D. K' P% K3 _ F; B. n; W5 P+ z6 j* a* h* a. a+ d
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？: D8 B& R0 ^) }1 F/ i8 a
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.. B _( c# h$ z+ h. x! k t# Z
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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。 j; E2 b' b/ I. y! a . o- ^2 L8 a' _6 @/ M, {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. N+ u# }$ M& u! G; s7 L 9 _+ B* r' Y( M. u# [7 rL：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？. `; S7 n ~& n$ T7 y; o
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? J7 o5 N* e& D# I4 Z
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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？- x" v" \8 Z& A) m
, E! ?: g; B8 A8 \% aM：It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 0 q8 @+ D6 s" ~" ^4 b* j 4 A6 }0 h+ i5 r0 ]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？/ g! \6 s4 d3 Q+ B
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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。) u. W) R S2 v4 H
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M：I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. 0 ?/ |/ }+ J6 P- ^' Y. b2 @1 N& Y& y6 o7 _3 E& S- _6 Z9 b# L# H
L：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。+ y9 n( v6 J; {$ H: N* k1 ]
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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？: E; \3 `6 O( ^+ y5 J) F
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M：No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.* l1 E3 e7 S p+ [+ W5 a/ o' ]# \
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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。3 o9 D/ J+ |3 a1 G
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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? + A, |% V- p' @7 [- c / U; y+ c/ J" b& Y: ]/ VM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. y8 j& R( j7 m! J# s
& M) _, n/ H% W# RL: 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. ! b+ ?4 t; i7 l / N) q6 H. v% ZM：Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?4 o! y- {$ I7 F
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 2 x4 m' R* {3 B ! y. b7 x7 Y; x% H2 N2 k. I$ dL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛，他就是棒。 5 J; A5 G0 @7 d: T0 O$ ~. ^8 h: A8 i. q, C3 c7 d) |. u
M：Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. ( ~7 n8 k: C8 w ) O6 s4 ~2 K" A* e6 BL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。1 n6 F& W0 Z, l# G: H1 V* g. U: d H
J" n' M! N, { Z+ c# V7 kMichael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。 4 p. q8 i6 {6 Z: e; v以下为音频：; {% x) U. [) w/ m$ `
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