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

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! g# s: u3 [+ U$ p- a2 v2 oMichael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。* m+ E4 i2 O0 h' g) `: f' f

5 Z5 E$ I8 r9 i' V; ?L: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!' ]; h- V% ~) g# Q. {, C! K8 p
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! i. P+ f1 }& E# hM:Sometimes these games get really rough!) n' t* ~6 X5 h8 P6 T
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L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。6 a" l" k6 L6 S9 M1 q

4 D1 k% \! {* q# V) k1 i3 l/ Q6 T0 fM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.' c. Q7 {2 j9 h- v' x
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L: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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5 Y! f/ b' a0 CM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there./ h! A4 s( c! h4 g4 M! [
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L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?. ^2 R* A& Y, q. @0 f

2 f9 x1 Y# i8 U: |; cM: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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& |; D: `! m; Y$ r" wL: 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。, K+ O' B4 ~3 G) R/ u6 j  v: X

  B  _) `/ Q+ Y- k( j' n9 `0 sM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?) k! I- M3 N) k  w5 z! I

( y2 D6 r* Y% s2 I( ^0 v+ c3 OL: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。6 M8 C, j% j3 Y: L

+ v4 ^+ A4 K. m6 ~" U- Y9 CM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.' K: ~3 w: i/ v6 I: T; x8 P# H, _

: d3 N3 l. a! U; n' O7 rL: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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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.7 w5 E; T6 q) u4 _

+ R& k3 n; m, a7 A! sL: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!' [  m' I, }8 W% [( _, P1 ~
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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1 t) p# h- F2 X! G( S, dL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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# S* S$ W8 m+ [  mM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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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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2 m* \, D$ q6 d" |L: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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" s8 Y( W5 M6 O& y0 P; n' [. MM: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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4 E9 y$ C" _' k. @: sL: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?  T4 ?% `+ d& ?1 c( \  N! V

1 H1 y: h& r) u# D; c+ \M:He screwed up at work.) y; `$ Q2 q5 B- A* R
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?) t- A7 m0 I* c2 k  I
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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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) V) c( N0 D( ^/ W  uM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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% T3 m) n  {2 R, W0 {7 z# CL: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.- [& a" g- V- ~- V& ^/ R
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L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!. z( |/ L: ?2 @6 e
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。( u3 O. k/ a* T7 }

+ t$ A& p: R! ?/ s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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