) V- d7 a. q4 a( T$ R) |3 IM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.* O% G F U1 H9 B9 J
+ ~9 P& n2 z5 p6 T/ _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? $ P2 a9 S/ i6 J% j8 X 3 e7 c; u7 p4 j3 z: m* u: OM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.! u) y* G( l% x
2 R9 @; D0 w, `# x# C2 }/ IM: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. ! Y3 j5 {5 z* y0 d! j- ?; z8 o) b3 x
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? / |5 J* H2 S0 W- @4 I) F; t+ y Z1 L8 Y' e* W' PM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?2 c$ x6 h( L, p
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.' b8 W7 X" p" s1 F2 Z! T$ C! a6 K4 p
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M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! $ M; F7 p. @5 f( V) E6 n% ^: J; K6 t# h# K# \- p
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 4 O6 i# j" r% D' z/ ~' j 0 U$ H+ k0 N3 S9 F(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) $ J E6 k+ {3 v, Q) } 0 Y0 A8 e0 @8 ]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。 ! _& }! H: ]" P9 f# p' ^1 c$ I) s0 i3 e/ S& T7 Z
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 Y" P4 N' ^/ n5 P- b1 h6 L
" [- q. P+ u0 ~" H/ k2 d' QL: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。 . f) w- F3 {. M0 h+ }* U7 B: A( E# q! u( j, s
M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.' c n: D. D" U: @- ~- G0 L( J
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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? & g' ?$ x. I. P, Q7 J ! `+ G! C+ ~+ u7 ~M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ; x; g- D7 `' T2 l. N- v5 ?0 i1 R" m: ~3 ]' Q: j: D0 Z
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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? 3 E a& b) Q. v( F+ q1 f1 V# i. ] " ^5 S: N H% y2 y V, DM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. - {3 l. F t+ y$ V0 T# u* l0 E" o3 D4 k7 f
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.. X! y; E8 s& a( E+ t6 M
. P+ U M3 e |+ ]M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?( T. B. [" _; ]$ c/ v8 P# x
# K. ^1 Y% D6 a+ `% ~L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。7 V1 p: U) W" G# |" @8 t6 z
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L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 2 E% s ~8 g. | ( Z% k( |9 i& I( Z/ BM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. . `! K7 ]3 _3 {" `: |% f5 A7 a ! a, v3 \5 ^& U% L+ }L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 7 |% e0 L+ X& V) h3 O- V/ V " _5 [3 ?$ O6 sMichael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。) v+ Q' Y: d) E$ a
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