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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑
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Michael和李华已经从华盛顿返回纽约。今天是星期六,他们一起到纽约的 Meadowlands去看冰球。Michael和李华这两个大学生,一个讲英文,一个讲中文,旁边的人听起来很奇怪,可是他们自己已经习惯了这种方式。今天他们在谈话中会用两个常用语:keep cool和screw up。, t) E: l% [) R& I9 E

- n+ E# M0 @7 L! cL:Michael,谢谢你带我到Meadowlands来看冰球,Meadowlands可是有名的地方呐!而且我从来还没有看过冰球呢!  U0 q" T" U8 Z% K- p
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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4 I: A; n! L- `! t' t7 f0 ]L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。0 Y% ^7 C' b/ |% v

' ?: b+ r0 o/ Q: J$ a: yM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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! O$ n0 i3 D  k, D2 C% Z# yL:是啊,他们已经开始推推攘攘,真的打起来了。人们都说冰球比赛有时会很粗暴,但是才开始五分钟就打架,这可是不多见。
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3 X/ m( z: ~# A9 y, [L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?  P* L) n* u, I' Q( p

7 @% |9 c3 ~. J4 G/ b8 r; d6 HM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.
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L: 噢,keep cool就是要冷静一点, 你是说这些球员不要火气那么大,需要保持冷静。对,他们要是老打架,最好的球员就会被禁止打球的。3 n+ [( M, g1 F- `* b
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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?. ]. O( Q: j( f

" V0 C' F8 L9 p2 R- O! [4 gL:我才不会忘记上星期的事呐。那个教授给我期中考试打那么低的分数,我当然要跟他争嘛。/ z5 T/ v; k) r( G
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.8 P1 w1 P: j6 z5 |' c& d/ ~

. D' l+ P4 w% g7 s. s4 @' AL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!
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4 F# B2 R; k' G5 E6 ^8 P6 zM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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L:你说他们打得不好呀?说实话,我根本看不懂。我只知道当地的球队输了三分,这就输了很多啦!1 ]( ~0 Z# I! g8 {, r

. Y6 R& r* P* }M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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7 y6 l' |7 C( |9 A1 I4 j0 N$ _$ PL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?) h* J3 u& _" z; P0 y5 ^

! \4 `1 V6 V6 m$ N7 q% K) VM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.) l8 W$ k. B  t8 {7 z9 a
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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4 R- ^) {' F5 d. q* x: UL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?
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* {3 u1 {' _/ @* XM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.
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! b6 J8 i, R* E$ L2 n# nL:噢,你考试老考糟也能用screw up来表示呀!这么说,"screw up" 可以用的范围很广。 要是说一个人工作没有做好呢?
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, Z0 l: z! [) U1 V' Q: ZM:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?# J" I' T1 M- ^: c3 U$ [, I
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.7 W8 }/ g. Y" T1 \7 ]/ _0 V* w
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L:原来是因为老跟别人搞不好关系,所以你就不交女朋友了。 Michael,你也别跟自己太过不去了。
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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L:我们都犯错误的,谁能不犯错误啊!我来给你介绍个女朋友吧!
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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- W( G6 Z; ^* K0 v5 b4 m7 OL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight./ n  U4 l+ W& P/ D% x
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L:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。3 E( j% Z( S" F9 q2 H$ @/ y

3 i8 |/ _" K( p) q0 _' Z* A: X' O李华今天从Michael那儿学到了两个常用语,一个是:keep cool,意思是:冷静一些,别太激动;另一个常用语是:screw up, 意思是把事情弄糟了。今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次再会。
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老杨团队 追求完美
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