2 @1 z' Q r/ I5 C4 h+ A. AL: 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! ' e" b7 J1 F- z* {. v) b+ F* r" l* k. w7 o# E
M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 5 G* u$ M3 w) O7 S - G. e, x+ u+ }, @1 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?2 v X3 @0 b) g1 V! m, R6 }
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M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., d/ [: _5 X" l* t0 s4 R! J
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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。; a/ C8 a9 C) g4 o/ }9 i. p
( |9 [1 H$ e( H0 T. 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. , q0 _1 p" l2 H! g3 g7 Z* M5 e0 _- _ 8 }4 s9 e* H$ p, `( {9 m# YL: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?% r* Y% z9 {1 C, Z/ v2 P3 ]
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used?/ L* d3 E( ]9 y$ ?3 ^
, t6 s: w& i0 {# P @; F9 ^L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?/ U8 z" ?9 o/ ?% z, I) c J- p# E. U7 ~" S5 R
: B- |# H( S+ `& R8 p. @& qM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. " F* ]# M& g+ ^) u9 Y* g9 ` / v6 y$ l) n+ Y4 i5 o* v. m, h9 ZL: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? c7 E. [, P; C8 Z% m' c4 I7 o) A) |
$ w! K3 w+ A! N P( oM: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% I- z. L% V1 k; v! ?! r) W9 E c) u! a' `/ K/ ?
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? C( @2 I$ y1 l$ Z8 d9 m & S5 w, r- X: \; L5 b1 i. GM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ( J; Q$ h8 |" e$ Z3 \/ K4 v3 y; X1 e / L+ ]# B& g3 A3 w( h( FL: 好,好, 去找位置吧!4 ^, }# Y' a& M# [
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) e4 _7 `+ L, P8 p$ d! jL: 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。 " z7 h+ ~7 F5 e% }, b+ F$ k. Y1 R; L1 e% ]
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.; t$ m) l3 b& X) J6 u6 G
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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。 9 }* h; }# P0 H, E + O! W& Z1 q$ hM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. 8 s- [9 `7 |2 H& H, V! q3 M7 d 9 H" l. q+ ^, E' k. nL: 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? 6 v6 H/ v+ S2 }/ H ! U" d3 Z, E; n5 h- hM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. ) a9 B' O* n; E1 b, S( C6 m! S# y1 }1 u% K8 A% m
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。 / d; g! `" A. w# c2 q* [- D2 N9 w' O# q( B7 D$ W& v
M:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 2 s* Z' e6 K% a# t 5 B* P2 E& l' D6 lL: 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?# Q6 \9 [$ H3 J
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 0 f$ t" G, L/ h, o' e- A$ D. S
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. 9 \/ q# _: D! W( I# j- {& R ' |0 g* h% ^9 B5 Z5 AM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? + E2 R& g1 I* ^' T0 q+ l+ d, k + { t6 P0 _" S7 Q5 _L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 E% R) w* @$ N3 F7 m% H7 U) x4 q$ U0 ^9 t
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! + Y M7 L, d5 ?* I ( d2 b Z& t' a5 \' q( GL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 V+ f2 [! F; c# ?! R( k8 j# X; V4 ]& ~. t& D6 s* W
M:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again. # \/ j& F' }2 C( \( T" n- R/ P" C; q
L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。 7 {+ s# Q" ?& Y 8 [% ?/ x# p, Z, KMichael和李华今天在对话里用的两个词意思是相对的。 To choke是糟糕,失败的意思;而money是保持高水平,非常棒的意思。最好大家都不要choke,都成为money,那就太棒了。 % s" B& p0 ]0 I# l) j以下为音频: & ]4 \) U; G: h" a