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

Xbfeng

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。

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！
; p6 D+ E- X& m$ K4 B) }
(Starting buzzer)
0 }: j4 P, L# @& z& {) j3 ~
: Z2 c1 i- N) ~  P5 k' nM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
8 I( V  `- j- G. ~
L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

0 O" p3 u. l, L0 X* x5 bM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
7 Z8 I# Q. `( y4 \, o- C8 C
5 n( \# l; P, o$ sL：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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
' c0 D+ C6 r4 \: |; T
L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？
1 n; o% X: @4 {" Y+ d  N, t( R
M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.
  t8 s# T  w, ]: N, A
$ m: u6 T& W/ H" o  I6 hL： 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。

M：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
$ Y3 U1 E7 H; z, F. p8 R8 ~
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 L: p, M! ]# y. y) y2 E1 mM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
" K6 ]- c& K7 D# B3 Y$ A& U
* e  d- H1 E# T1 c- g$ EL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

. k7 h# m. h; jM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

6 `1 n8 [  _/ ^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！

M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
/ l5 U% t1 V7 N2 x4 z; A
8 {  o4 x- m0 l% S$ pL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

5 y: g6 p7 z$ q$ B" A3 o+ M  N: KM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
$ x/ G! H7 E5 ~9 ~7 j
  S3 @( p. {& H% l8 t# IM："Screw up," it means to mess up.

L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？
7 q8 G6 |8 L  ?: k+ H( n
M：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.
/ v" {4 r7 Y; F8 b8 Z1 G# }) L  ?
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？

0 M5 H2 i! s% X* I% ?4 Q5 aM：He screwed up at work.
# I8 e4 ^: A0 \7 c6 M/ Z
# F) I+ D- ^% p8 wL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

1 t5 Q; d' Q! b* aM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
* Q) A! O$ \" E& B8 V) v) L
0 p% `/ m3 R+ I) `' E& G" s2 UL：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。
2 e+ Y6 z; r  j* Q- e- p" O' m' w
& H: r, L5 V8 U5 t& @8 `M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
6 P3 P9 a& G7 }0 c8 I5 e; ?/ U
& U  W3 \- O" N% B8 Q, B! z' KL：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！

- A! R5 ?3 y3 F0 o; y2 ~6 Q, OM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！
4 Z, W, f/ m: B2 M! K# W5 D: v$ l2 C
& d; e% M/ U; t% a' k% Q! qM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
" `' `# @% v- p6 W% H8 x
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。

2 Y" x6 C% m8 V& F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。

2 P1 d0 U0 _' d) HReal 声音: (810 K)

home_ed

Thanks!

billzhao

good

doudou1234

thanks a lot