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M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving. 4 Q: }1 p# s7 I ; }) s. k2 {6 P7 r8 T! O. E# ]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。5 K0 h/ C1 d, l; d7 m @' |
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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. ' A% f- Y8 ~# j' M! X. V. H) z) X3 Q4 r" Y6 k" w' U
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。/ E m, ]8 J8 O# U) c2 p
4 n! @( @. O+ B8 [6 H NM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?# t; h1 O1 s4 h/ J
$ b& V: T3 Q1 N9 \% P4 W& }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。 & y3 X7 A# n/ T& h1 d7 b 9 X! a# _4 F3 d) v7 gM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.0 o6 L; A0 b: B8 }
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M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing. : g) |$ S/ C. h: J- @- E# ^9 t- t! P B
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！ # w6 @" {. ~ d. O" l- W ; S. W5 J( v( u$ P+ yM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.9 O. S- b- X1 q
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L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。 : [6 K! z/ l: {9 O- s/ Q* c ; V7 ~2 \* q" l( T% I! j2 DM："Screw up," it means to mess up.7 r- p. S7 L% L3 L& ^! V, g5 W
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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. + b7 c- ~. e& S' v+ t) C. Q4 B! N/ k9 V* b. {0 W
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？) `! O0 S8 v+ R+ w: }1 n: W
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M：He screwed up at work.1 m* |9 I# B& Q& E& P/ i
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L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？6 ^, u- D5 x: u- x0 Z; A* \
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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。2 k" `1 ?! K* x( y2 m3 {
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M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time. ( i" E: Q3 j5 \# H# h# r. X : z) y$ H7 u# o9 B* eL：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！ ! t5 C1 t, m1 u: V2 H 2 Q e1 e5 J' T' K, wM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players. \* y! f3 \6 v. X: f* R" S : j* j0 _2 u5 o5 g9 W- lL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！* D9 {$ S h0 `
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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。+ A, U$ k8 x6 t! F
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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。 ( W1 R0 e9 h( z; Q: {8 ]; G: h' _5 C; Z6 H. g4 T, ~+ d; _- N
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