Michael和李华今天去看篮球比赛。球赛是在纽约大型室内体育馆[麦迪逊广场花园]举行，这场比赛是华盛顿的球队对纽约的球队。 Michael到中国去学过中文，他让李华跟他讲中文，以便练习听力。现在他们俩正在排队进入体育馆。今天他们在对话中会用choke和 money这两个词。 , @8 v- Y' ?( H. m2 T 0 @3 A0 p* n+ {: c$ EL: 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！ ( ]; ?6 I7 g. r u) L * u2 W- Y7 ?% S- [0 B4 G0 jM： No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games. 2 u8 {( l2 D* e9 g4 O5 m - C( P1 t) N& R2 p" h/ WL: 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？3 M3 @7 _8 A8 P/ t9 J
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M：Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke.( w; e( y+ O& F7 j# @1 Y. U
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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。$ u c- o) Y* F
8 v1 C' u* X# z( ^4 C( e% ^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. : f* ~0 ^3 ^0 u" s' ~4 o/ F9 X 1 k( @3 Y3 F' p: r: 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？/ Z, q# X. Y% k( |
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? 8 r( A- N4 `' q1 ^8 s 3 T* y0 z9 |' V2 YL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了，可以用choke 这个字吧？5 O% x, @. q1 U m3 b, j6 }6 u
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week. % I \+ f% _/ Q; v) ` 6 `, J+ p4 I" _. S* \, _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？ 3 T; P( z1 w: ~9 q e5 I ; j7 X8 R; v3 k4 @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." B+ Z7 j/ n: ^0 y5 B: s; H
- d5 r/ ?5 {; g, Y6 c9 UL: 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？2 y4 M" N/ V K- s+ I
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M：Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats！ " F s, D9 U: d! m# p( x9 X$ d. Q8 k/ d& @8 c
L: 好，好， 去找位置吧！6 G" x' E1 o1 e
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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。; I0 V' F8 V' {) Z) b
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# e4 ]! q+ _8 a6 HL：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。8 B* ~0 i6 v& x3 }) ?7 w0 Y- [
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M：Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money.: S5 d, \6 ?# i& @9 e" \
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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？2 r. S) d2 a/ n" i, k% U: K8 O
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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。 7 D7 \1 E6 _" @1 A% T: F8 J p, g+ S9 a, w. o
M：Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. ; [4 U( _0 n5 `( f2 }4 e! _, h- u& m2 o
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?- {; d' B, k+ @. i8 O
5 x3 g5 R$ k4 H9 W9 C4 F- H/ R* iM：Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.* U* \7 @5 o% K0 g+ B
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L: 我们常去的咖啡馆当然非常好，我一有空就想去。- X9 k4 k/ S" y' L& ?8 e
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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. $ e+ t! q4 l# \1 M/ Z$ Q) \ " y. |5 Z6 A. O0 E4 m2 RL: 好吧，你快回去准备考试吧，我知道你要再考糊，就麻烦了。% S( ?2 ] N9 d9 d$ x! B2 d0 O
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