: A' A; A- M9 @! 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! " a2 K7 Z4 k3 F4 B o / q$ L: C* F: U# \5 _5 f9 BM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. & m, R% B" {* l7 F7 T' V* U$ L, K9 F - ^. L5 m* Y3 c$ Y: D& Z4 DL: 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?" h* k2 V6 M: B0 d
7 s ^, A* P; N; nM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.$ Y/ j3 F4 g/ K, x
' S9 ]! i6 c4 R' ]" O) _2 x% ^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。" \. Y9 V3 z! S0 W0 \" P4 s% O
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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. 3 v1 |6 W8 c( F* K p. E2 C9 X& D8 A: Q, b6 m" U* ]% a: C
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? ) f+ U" C" U1 N! a8 v 0 M& N0 n' ^6 h8 i! e0 hM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?+ q, i1 g: i% x0 n+ ]
" y6 U/ N5 A7 H9 F4 pL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?# S/ h+ G+ m* h
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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? ( |; V7 ]7 p0 n+ H0 d/ b# t: R7 B+ e
M:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! \: J/ Z- `: J l, C- N
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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?2 k' F% l s& e; A0 W
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!/ A; k3 t. C3 X8 O" `
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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/ h, f4 x( S, h / v5 F9 X) v7 G* RM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. # k* b) P" Y2 m1 l9 ]2 F& C5 Y) r5 g* g& s, p7 L" V: b
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。7 K0 j/ A9 i6 l9 N1 A
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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? 4 K/ O) O$ h$ ~0 G `9 B# X+ t* z D" @4 H) @' [* M$ z
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. A. M3 \) O( k7 p
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7 B) f" N4 ^; [% @; JM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. " w; I ~ i: u0 ^6 B7 s" y9 K: J, s. F1 Q1 Y6 t
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? ) k. W, X2 E. j ( n* Z" T S7 Q, Q0 ]5 U: iM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. : Y; q( _2 E p) z) n$ `8 F- F- c- }4 f# I. a& w+ @
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. ) V& N2 e& Q8 g1 {( G3 } M! H7 V8 O2 v/ g+ [( D
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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. ( B$ M2 E6 E% H4 z9 I& k2 s [; {9 h3 X' Y0 b: A
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。( D0 p' r1 \6 w
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