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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
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/ j% Y! ?: ~0 W& zMichael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!% f) p3 w, t# Y0 j7 i3 f9 q

3 |  E8 V  I3 X(Starting buzzer)
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, H3 w, P" W9 R4 HM:Sometimes these games get really rough!; f! m" ~0 ~8 m% O
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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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5 T, _) ]3 A* z5 j7 O8 QM: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。6 H8 N4 M1 I5 I. v
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.8 @" c" s5 v. ^% A- G
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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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% ~' ^. _+ R! }9 \M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold., ~* \9 v- w1 M; s* s8 A- B' r( A
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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。8 H% j$ ]) B& S& }2 D% q. h+ Q

* Q# Z0 A4 F4 ~" x, fM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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9 P7 J' p9 y6 x% p6 y/ FL: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。9 T8 I, U8 [. @

4 D2 I4 J  \8 P8 L8 {( ^M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.3 o# [. v4 E# x; `. j) f. ^

. x3 Q# d1 i8 @* Q3 ~1 h  C1 n2 KL: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.
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$ k; j! o6 z: {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!8 e+ S$ b. b7 R  ]' c0 R- {" w% N
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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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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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3 q% m0 w1 ^7 Y; c( }2 uL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.: |! X! H4 C2 }

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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.
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4 t6 w" J! E# Y6 N. t  nL: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?! C0 W, v" N4 A
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M:He screwed up at work.
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- d1 {/ b- c: |7 o' h/ H2 [0 N$ FL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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& u5 j4 O% j" `/ vM: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。7 K1 f& h% T+ ~* c
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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6 `. Y& F* n6 d) @' ~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!8 a$ _! o& z: z/ _% l
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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!
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.4 j5 ~! u) _& w6 u$ j5 G  A7 T

: \: x% ^8 _, OL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。8 v7 l) C- ~% C+ X

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老杨团队 追求完美
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