7 G- B0 n8 r* i" a5 }! G4 ~8 bL: 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! ( A+ R% P7 u% [! T+ l0 T* V+ z: Z% q- w6 H 5 h: g. T' e# j* z& ^) W9 xM: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. ( M5 M, ^0 q9 p5 G. i/ Y2 G5 ^3 C- L 1 p$ E3 F% M% L. d: X, `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? ) E. ?7 W' B5 P; X 5 U7 ~. D% N, `4 _# A# LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.; G: B. A) r/ w1 ?5 P" D0 J
* j$ t' ~7 {( JL: 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( F6 c9 L' ?0 H# S
, N7 ^! R" G1 BM: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. / ~ S" H k' u8 j8 } + n V3 c; ^$ ]# y/ |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?$ o) @1 }: T: @8 @3 z
9 H2 q" s" x" y0 NM: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ' G5 [, p/ N5 |* I7 z. t7 U1 T ! H0 X# q6 d) ?& WL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?" b$ ?4 s; Q3 B
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. 7 Q( X b& M% p6 y# U$ j8 H4 m $ e9 T: {7 ~" D- ML: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? " l/ x7 ~7 B \. ?% m ; c5 W$ n( W+ |8 D5 C0 `3 YM:It seems like you really understand this word! Yeah, but it doesn't matter with that girl because I don't like her anyway.! g8 c& E; M9 P; }( [$ V6 k
* `$ D [$ a7 V7 i- pL: 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?0 t$ [5 x6 B1 k
# C0 m9 [, r# k6 Z& W+ C/ pM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats!/ A% M# ~2 v/ F8 s4 G
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; S& [+ V: N" O# \(Michael和李华找到了自己的座位)9 [8 n' T0 A, g- ^
' I2 v$ P3 \1 H9 C# }. W7 u5 I8 GL: 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。 9 g' b1 U ?% T+ U0 W4 I ' _% ^) e$ t5 N7 H$ k8 SM:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. & z- u" H. `- Z5 e0 x3 u& U1 ?* Z! k4 d" ~' \( p
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。- K2 E0 |( r, w' L- W
. ?7 T* |$ J3 UM:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., w- f# A: l; c) j* D
' u% @4 x# } e) ^0 P7 cL: 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? W. V( b/ E) l- Y4 o / @+ K$ @9 G4 j$ _& A% yM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level. 8 P, o ], {$ m3 W, `4 X( X6 B. ?$ D
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。 l$ d7 h- C0 H% J/ J$ {( b4 _
- x! F6 d! j U0 ^1 j/ {8 pM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too.. t8 e1 c8 o3 D6 [# _
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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? ' V3 `& L u* Q1 v8 N) `' K# J8 V/ o6 s& \/ k4 Z/ y, C& X
M:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.. d8 m2 X# \; B' q1 j5 @
) x! H0 h. q/ z% w$ E' w' DL: 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. |! ^6 g4 _( M! p
& o2 t( G' w/ ]: \* HM:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?% x. s7 y5 o+ P9 {3 \; X& n
( c0 _; {1 |& b% _6 f: s/ ]L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好,我一有空就想去。 7 M, N$ T% a' o g, ?5 Y/ O $ s' ^1 F* n+ A8 X! n0 U8 c Z* N, YM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! 9 ~# J1 o6 x w7 h3 A! g: c; w! v9 y; s
L: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。 4 U, K3 T; g! G+ m O) l 7 `1 B- [( o7 k2 l( wM:Let's get going, though. I have to study for a test. I don't want to choke on the test again.9 t) s, ?) ?1 Q7 l6 ]7 A, h$ z9 }+ {