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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 1 s2 T" K  K8 w5 m0 K: @, p* V( ^
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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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0 Y5 r$ D" q6 X: R1 ]  D- h; s& RL: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!: L' J' u4 F4 o/ _* x, @

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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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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.8 h& D' C8 X  a: p! F$ G" q* C

! Q5 [& o! v# ?) X  C4 O5 TL: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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  e7 J+ c+ l& g% Q8 L0 x3 u( VM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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) v/ V+ Z( }6 Q7 a% l5 z) jL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?2 A' k1 T, d0 {7 ]( f0 j& Z

1 a/ b& I2 {+ ~: ^4 j" E. n1 z, vM: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  V) t/ |2 y- s- D3 L
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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?8 c1 h5 y- D  F% w5 }6 l

  M' X, X: I' O0 }8 cL: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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: F+ C7 _/ z: Q4 g! I  L* R( `M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.# T% v  j9 V# ]! ~7 D) G# R

7 S( L; a  ]  A( ?' a6 rL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!+ L4 c. O; ?% Y  z
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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$ W9 |" f0 Q8 \  y: p/ AL: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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& U+ f9 y2 F, aM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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$ ~9 g7 v5 M3 M, WL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?; G# b; n5 t! s+ Y' `$ I( x5 \
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.+ R% S3 ~6 |2 Y7 Z4 `! K
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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.
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- Q' t% c7 y2 W2 [% Z* h% l9 kL: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.( _/ v- t* x9 L
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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?+ s& _4 n' ?9 J  j. s, ]3 v

, O# B  d+ o3 w8 J( K6 j7 s" ^M:He screwed up at work.: x2 q: G9 F  `2 [/ F

4 B3 J8 O7 X- e, IL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?5 Z2 k/ }# q/ I" D: o
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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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+ R3 v) ~' A; Y& j/ Q4 lL: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。6 [7 S1 g8 V8 R. H7 p
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.! e8 y/ r' n% S- a/ I8 ~
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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!3 M$ l3 Q6 X+ C  v) o. _, b8 |0 I, R
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.- R/ ?8 h: @$ O: o

) u# U) I$ G0 C, hL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!; A2 I, O8 ~+ B& V2 [2 x; H
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。
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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。# l0 s: S: c* b0 p$ S. ^/ X" m1 `% @
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老杨团队 追求完美
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