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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 ) X# c; a& `$ N, Q2 x6 ~" M1 t7 ]
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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。
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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!7 }4 Z9 r: n% X7 e2 Q) K6 T" T* {

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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。
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& W, w8 L" K+ Z! n4 A) jM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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。  b& V" H- X* d- O
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.) h. b/ i2 z5 }
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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?, M4 h) K! ]* x- S

4 _( I2 N7 }% t/ Q9 R2 BM: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。+ U: N/ L: {2 @, {8 z
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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?" C7 c* V1 ^! T/ C% i

, q( [% d) [4 }, b, ]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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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2 A. Q" P" ~# j6 b# V' 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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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.2 K5 @. W- Y/ O4 [# i
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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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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.0 t' ]6 o& K% c* l
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?' l/ N# y" P: c8 Q# X/ J, Y0 N8 @. C6 @

( y7 Z- E4 X+ Q5 |M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.  v& a% t3 c0 i1 }3 @$ Q6 ~. ]

) Y* |3 S' u& F, qL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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  i- g( ^" u) X8 c! A/ {* c# NM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.( B. v6 f, i/ Q$ h! N

4 ~* @3 I; U  z# |L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?- o0 U3 V/ Z- `7 S
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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.2 c: f( S& H2 O3 T& i3 ]' a

/ ]( m6 v. i/ r4 u6 A! W; YL: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?5 v5 v+ F& z: {8 ]  ]% K

) a: m, {- q8 {8 \9 G" x/ AM:He screwed up at work.
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0 T! C% J/ @1 `: _L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?; \7 I, G' v" p& S

6 s; y3 @# M& K7 L1 b# aM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.9 z7 ]4 ?6 ?% ]
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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.' L, h/ I$ @8 v/ f  |

0 A5 y8 O7 @( b* Y$ M% ^( k9 z2 LL: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!$ S3 q! m  z! P: x8 Y& E
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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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!7 ]8 u: j9 q, A) J7 Y! s- N- ~1 q% [
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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4 ^8 \3 a* T- N  t# f4 V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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