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

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5 w/ O/ a$ ~- |  JMichael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。
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7 W# T! A8 I* x' \, iL：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！

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$ G0 t9 N7 a7 w4 Q3 |M：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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3 C; t8 a- c, o( L0 HL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。
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M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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0 I4 s% R! w8 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。

# F$ |8 o3 s5 V7 q$ RM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

  V! g4 c" o, I1 s7 }8 JM：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。
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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?

/ j# P3 A9 ~3 f9 V9 CL：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。

# X& X  T1 x' lM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

) u1 b  r; G  HL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

, P; S! c5 m& Y, ?M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

+ y7 j% z% h# c! M* x+ P% CL：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！
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- B9 Z5 j1 p4 u" ?M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

# x6 C# ?% U! |9 s) ~* aM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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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, }8 K9 f4 O0 H* iM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

& v! a1 {+ j, G- r0 P0 ^L：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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! W) ], ~+ e4 Z  h% 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？

. u8 C! o) o+ X, K% N6 r: m# oM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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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+ K" y- \& X$ b# ^( J0 B% aM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

$ h; E" l( |! p, P% j! S" BL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

: T  A( O  S$ R$ dM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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5 N5 H+ p! d) I8 P- G# A$ `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。

5 m/ p$ K* n4 @% P% r0 K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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