4 e& e1 p" c' r5 G! UL: 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!9 `) A. d+ v* v' r G
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M: No problem! I am really happy you could come. Yeah, I love coming to the Garden to watch basketball games.4 K. |8 V( b) F& r
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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? ! z/ {) |5 T6 F$ `3 r " k5 P8 N; p s% LM:Well, Li Hua, I think New York is going to lose. Knowing them, their going to choke., N8 v. Z% o) U$ h* ^% M0 _" X. ~
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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。& `# \8 E. z. g
G9 E( p1 x9 fM: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.8 c$ r* M2 d* Z9 h5 U% {& B; V
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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?1 @3 O+ F; P' Q `
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M: Yes! And choke has many uses. How else do you think it can be used? ; _. p# F, N8 R; t % f2 m1 ^( q- j6 P' NL: Choke 可以用在很多地方。考试考糟了,可以用choke 这个字吧?& O5 E4 a. L, h- A' R
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M: Yes! In fact, I choked on a test last week.: J4 A9 w- ?; U: O, ?0 I" j
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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?' i& o1 D1 N6 z/ ?* u* @0 l% B" \) y4 F
; }9 y) ?5 ~) x! Y# NM:Oh, that doesn't matter. Let's go to our seats! ' p8 E$ z, e5 \/ I4 k) i* p% C- M" e* L' Z3 P( {
L: 好,好, 去找位置吧!* i$ ~. W/ i- I- O* V
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8 A u3 c9 E9 U7 g; ^. BL: 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。 / e8 C8 x- ]" K+ z% q* _$ X( P; L- k+ P- m+ h$ h. |
M:I think that New York is going to win. Maybe they won't choke after all. : H1 g4 C+ e4 Y2 O& S9 g) }6 ?: [) i
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。$ W Y7 {$ A7 @% Y+ u5 s
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M:Washington is going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last shot. He is money., u# U0 [) Q7 O0 `) h4 h
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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? " H4 o9 G$ f6 P9 n z . @3 |2 l# { q% T sM:No, by money, here I mean that he performs consistently at a high level.0 Z7 Y+ S: X C6 Y
5 P! P, K0 ~, Y+ M. YL: 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。 0 ]" I/ z8 _, N % h- Y4 [6 n6 gM:Yes, you could say Yao Ming is money too. + d+ T) N0 G& g% E3 x+ X) M$ y& J) V3 Z& G, m! V) z o8 Q$ e- ]
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? 4 J( M' A( n, Q% s0 r6 s* k' ?7 Z6 f6 } ! D% u" ^, o. p y3 k6 RM:Yup. He's money. You can also call things money. For example, this pizza we are eating is money.; o6 l5 b. l2 R% y, C
, [# L7 e8 S X8 t" I' |* y" q% mL: 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. 5 \: L& F, o& u+ k3 y4 g6 d' q' |- |7 k7 z, K
M:Do you think the coffee shop we like to go to is money?$ _) \% ? I- Q6 l% L
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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。 2 L4 o- u1 `8 P8 U# i' ?% v 1 k% h, k q$ A( ~$ X/ sM: Michael Jordan won the game! I told you he is money! % @! h* Q7 G' P4 @; K% t 7 I& M$ T1 q; k$ K$ F# Q9 I5 {2 QL: Michael Jordan赢得了比赛,他就是棒。7 q* {! h& S$ L$ M
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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.& S+ ?& H/ u9 S% `