5 D6 m- H/ g: T" K, tL: 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!2 o7 P' Y" Q, d4 d9 s( i. c
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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? ' k' E0 M8 H) F; s2 w* n' ~$ o2 ^* }/ z* K$ s- {! `( T
M:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.) Y& K! j. W- s$ b
' w1 n2 B5 q8 _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。 / U. z6 }5 D& p2 g: S. l 0 E, o5 y: m. `/ g. WM: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. # n' i g5 z; \1 ^ & [* w" m; m1 p8 qL: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?$ u3 F4 c a( }, m1 ]; ]2 o' K
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? % }5 p3 X- i- H2 K' V7 n, ?2 ~7 W9 c1 Z5 F P) [
L: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?) D( `8 ]& d; G# d l8 Z. F' v
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.1 ?1 Q/ B3 A1 Z: c8 H+ p+ p/ A
3 j# Y4 o7 }9 h8 v x& @& x dL: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? V# i, ^0 W% W
5 s( G8 H6 C# V' E( G$ SM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway. 0 b1 j% z: m, e o! b0 S) \9 o8 U0 Q( _. B1 Q2 bL: 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? 3 V0 z% V7 Z$ C/ U+ f8 {( Q5 i# n% v! t$ f
M:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!. d& e/ O7 ?7 j) a g
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0 p# a) G% p. i: l! O(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位) 7 o- y. r& f# F) i. n: f ( u2 E E2 T- i" oL: 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。 : ` p8 P8 g& n1 ]. o 5 v. {7 B# x( ]$ ~M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. : R# M$ Q. X/ z& F- _/ ^ 2 E f5 Z9 p+ M* t( ?, PL: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。6 u7 Y/ T# Y+ W8 }
, M1 P8 [; I# |" r' \M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money. ! u4 Y5 P7 h$ n9 y7 p1 M8 p) I" D0 o 8 E2 t) j( f4 B7 `; p) j, xL: 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? / c! { @: x6 I$ z2 C( f, E/ M% f& e2 E
M:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.7 g: f5 E6 Z. z2 d
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# K! I3 m6 Q% w5 R/ nM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. 8 }0 d( {5 u" g& P 5 o3 e7 w1 x, l4 O0 R, ^4 qL: 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? ! O5 G% v' N$ w& O" b* d: u 1 F9 K1 y5 r! f8 sM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money. 0 B3 T, o# v# L/ J ) n8 ?4 G# I( l, `0 pL: 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 t5 j+ L$ m) G& \: H 5 }. J9 Q! t0 E k& y0 J3 |M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?: l* g/ F7 G- O) f* f$ d
- Z( n$ q# [' V: p# V0 lL: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 & A6 |1 P# ~9 O7 Z1 p7 _0 R9 @) |$ C
M: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 0 }$ ^% n! T g2 l' M' O( B9 ?1 c; i" C5 C# U. ^( P
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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。 - h9 n6 T( O$ @' N, H- o! P 0 O z1 `1 J. Z) P# {Michael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。 $ I$ g, U+ s( ^0 ]. n" q以下为音频:1 u. h& {; J8 V" a( |5 I6 @