' W' ]8 W# M. v7 ]+ O# `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!5 q/ g9 l0 y [* ^: T3 l3 y0 y
, G+ P2 w @# u* lM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.2 J- a# J$ }; q, h; Z: Y7 k9 I( L
; w3 D- _. V' j7 OL: 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? % `; Q+ `$ Z; r5 u ^: T% v7 Q' S
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke. , [6 I- c% n" F: } 1 j9 T9 ^6 }; C* L$ U6 W7 W9 w {' XL: 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。. R2 [7 D- t' u# j& ^
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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. % m" W6 \) E8 E. z0 b' Y1 p! n7 o( B6 X. t8 ~
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? ; V; e. j. l: _: a 6 q, m) i# I! w: HM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? & W' E- d. Z4 F3 W& L3 O! E7 u! D0 }" t5 [4 D q1 E
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧? ' {2 g* F* _8 p ; \# g* Y0 ^% ]& f2 KM: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.# `- Y- E! H |: L* V
9 U9 {3 U5 _" h+ A" [7 p4 [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?. G! R+ Y7 ]2 I) k8 f
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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.5 t7 J1 S) P$ c; K
u8 |$ O, K+ R/ [) f# {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, f, N q% m6 \- A0 _3 i/ @6 P# s t6 l
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! : o- f& @5 k. B3 J: F) H ( W5 J8 {0 m% I% kL: 好,好, 去找位置吧! 3 a4 S; s% b8 y! X5 y $ h% t: n5 N' I) A(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) * {1 `3 j1 @8 X6 }, N! b" d8 s( F2 o8 h! F `% |
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。 % I' x E6 h0 [+ _5 N- p# N+ ~/ s; ]9 v
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all.1 v* T, J1 k1 V+ v. C
% S3 x! Y$ q6 VL: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。 * Z: H" j3 M1 M, o2 U - g- h- D( ~& ~# M/ {9 FM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.. I- V6 a# Z" \1 _+ d
: P) e! P2 Q& f! bL: 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? 8 P& ?+ a6 j: b: x. F , {; N0 U4 U7 a- a% i& YM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 0 D, z* U) S! t* P : d4 l1 \3 O/ M- M; y& r- ML: 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。 & F. r- `- l( u& \& H4 V U2 D ) |* Z: E3 n2 CM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 1 V! I/ i' K' z8 i* K; p6 V! U: R) Y& T# d) n
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?: F6 a0 C s& M1 U1 {, i7 L& v3 M
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M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.2 N- t, X0 k5 k7 j
; V( i; m- f& O. {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.8 z6 a" H( h, i2 ~4 z0 z& Z4 n
4 Y" T) c6 V( a' |6 TM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money? 0 T5 H7 O# B1 x " h: ?% T6 ~( Q7 d9 X/ tL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。! O, r- d$ {% r0 D# C2 B
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M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! $ O1 b1 a6 j9 z3 F' _. G- m$ t) D4 L: `, E
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。" X" P, }2 U- ^
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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.1 e, z$ i: s4 [9 k
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L: 好吧,你快回去准备考试吧,我知道你要再考糊,就麻烦了。; e% Z& B. J- }* `
, D+ j g0 _; W& [6 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。" r3 u( a9 f: S# l% x2 @: D
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