/ b1 t2 y5 o jL: 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! 9 b8 U% C p; E) }, J" V! z& A& P1 @) y [' f$ }
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 9 B* Z9 h3 B3 M; Y % p% L1 O- M2 H. LL: 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?/ v* v0 b# q6 p+ i. u& m
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.3 m# p. [) p- C# G. S: ?/ l
, r' P. K; V, V7 n3 l/ jL: 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。 7 y$ @4 x% O# B+ a9 t; K+ b2 \ ) x9 Z; n9 X6 R V+ `& _ vM: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. " |: l+ q7 C. M) | A* d, ]* R # y: o1 f: U5 Z1 H; AL: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? / L3 t B4 K- n" Y- o7 _) x# A7 W. \4 {+ k' i( s
M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?! y' q8 ]* T( O8 o J
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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?7 c% B% P# N. @% p6 x
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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?/ `+ L& |& C5 Y7 R, p+ j4 P
% N j9 T: X5 i- r+ S" YM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 8 F' e; z4 d% ^8 x, K" ] 0 o3 t- @7 _4 }1 v7 EL: 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?+ I2 w- i2 J$ g4 k1 q+ b- x
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L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!" i5 I( V& L1 t7 ~& Q7 i3 }( M
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5 v" k5 G! }. ?' K- t3 sL: 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。 ! R% V; E# j: Q 4 H' u# b# @! \' n9 O* gM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.( K, ^; O# |" P/ ]# H5 k
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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。 5 ^- Y# ~$ X3 x 3 z3 X8 @5 o- G% h9 [1 a- s3 x8 `M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. ; Z# A, l8 G) C6 Z2 l J7 A; d 6 c8 Q: w+ p# A0 b0 C" tL: 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? M! f/ n$ \' P2 ~. [8 i/ P
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M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. # Q" t/ [8 n4 w. ?& S, j & G( c% r7 o4 R; T# R6 Z" `2 w8 cL: 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。5 E0 } n9 N" T+ X/ K
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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. ; _; R+ h4 L; n $ V7 _& c4 ~- UM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? & t& ~) K# G0 ]2 z8 ] J ( A& q8 _0 e/ }' j) uL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。% k. u4 P% Y9 f1 Q5 V+ M, k
, i# y% L* t% `" L7 aM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! T5 z% n$ U! I; m , u0 `- }* t6 ~; u4 KL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 : w# h+ e# y1 F N; E& `5 Q9 h/ ~, W , f) D* A) q) h+ K" XM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. 4 q* @' X: i! f' B7 F" O) S/ j5 @# H: [ 5 {) s. V4 [! R3 c" EL: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。8 |/ M% T/ ]$ {% u- w5 V