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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 5 O  j6 l1 i% X, i6 @+ Q

  }# N0 U8 M2 |/ E0 C& x& i( yMichael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' K: @0 H/ M5 o( |1 |
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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!2 W7 C3 p. S* P  k; Q& x
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(Starting buzzer)
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# [) b1 f* A. aM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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: p9 b2 I4 S2 H, kL: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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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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% q3 e3 o2 e' d- ?5 r2 o; ]M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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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?9 P/ ^& f# o- C1 o2 `

8 L: Z+ s' n, SM: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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5 s) U" y* A+ y  L! i+ u# ]" ]" FL: 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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! B% |( V- |: pM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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L: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。1 @$ p* a8 w1 k9 b6 V* _0 a

3 D2 F% U4 O$ a3 ?9 RM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.+ b. E/ o- j9 K: {% f
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L: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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% Y8 N% G; n8 h0 `3 C% vM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.3 j- L9 P% s4 M4 a) ]2 d+ b
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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!
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+ c) l- ?: I# N* L) B; @0 p2 |M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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6 h4 D+ z) `3 q. `& uM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.9 `+ A6 Y! s/ O
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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.4 O( P1 B. Z. r$ ?/ L+ G5 S

1 q4 M) ]$ t/ I; nL: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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0 T# L$ u" ?7 G3 VM: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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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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* @' L5 x2 U, @( e: T+ sM: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?
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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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6 ]* D* P9 y/ m- {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。& O- {0 ?9 U% f( p/ I

: f) [0 E& C( l1 `4 C: cM: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!9 G1 l1 t+ K$ u3 V( S
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.! i+ V5 @# j  g( |& _
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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!
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$ k) G8 `8 `+ ^0 ^, ]  kM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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# }1 P# W/ |8 {5 UL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。
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4 R; h4 `- j& z9 L- {# D8 m3 ~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。1 X* M) L# C! [* }2 Q( `
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老杨团队 追求完美
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