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

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4 R$ t( b* L- W' u/ ]# PMichael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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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!& G! R' W% g1 ~) [% b* R6 e0 G$ J- K. E# V

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" d" @: B! K3 I+ ?4 qM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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6 a$ a& b2 H% w3 p6 \( _: w" 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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1 H5 q4 [9 T0 X! l3 XL: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。% t9 W0 P8 k5 m4 Z5 j
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.% V3 v' [- O& |7 D+ O
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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?
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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.  W5 H& _: _* e$ s/ j( v* o) x! u  i; ^8 ]

9 K1 M% Z/ x8 t6 eL: 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 i5 e3 Z2 Y0 x" E  C
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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?* \) X3 u) G$ Y
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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。- U: T9 S  R9 U) W  @

- @9 w& n, F, c: G& o" Z, t. `M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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, U- s9 {+ X# V5 W" uL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!9 }( s& L+ c0 s

5 \- N9 M+ g, u1 K& ], aM: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!
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& A; _- V8 {. B& TM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game." q0 R$ S( E% \; a! r* G

4 }" p) \5 g. S7 |L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?0 z& `* B7 g$ z! D% k! W4 m
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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3 l2 P% ]9 b- L5 i3 }6 WL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。, w- q5 W' |% N( D4 h+ T4 D6 T9 A" ]& s% X

- ~) L7 z7 p# tM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.. @  X. X# T" B3 T

0 ^' c' w2 O% F) U  y4 fL: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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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time." q( Y. T2 j9 j" r& C# ^+ n# M

: k% F" \1 ?, P* ]) @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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M:He screwed up at work.
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+ H! T5 f& M9 U3 s5 W" JL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?" K9 ?7 Y/ H' e$ w8 b& |. N
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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。/ A5 \% p+ A* h  i
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.: E' ^" `' s5 n
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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!- _; V; V- B5 u! B1 v$ G
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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- m  L, o& r/ i' aL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!' `" j+ ?# i7 x- d, ?2 ^
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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: Q8 S8 {- N  n2 `: [( tL: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 `+ T7 P/ {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。7 E* o# h' u, B' l( R6 Z2 Y
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老杨团队 追求完美
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