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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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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。( A, H/ e1 w# E' a# B
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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!# y9 S; w, [* P3 j

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!7 M8 N9 k8 j, A" z+ j  ]9 v
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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  R, R% a' R- O7 }+ wM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.( y/ c$ {. P( e

8 Y9 Z2 {& G2 gL: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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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there., L" Q3 L* u  g. e, f
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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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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.3 L0 @2 S2 f8 L& H
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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。
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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?
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3 A' f$ R! `+ H0 @) j3 [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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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!+ g" X$ ]" [7 X
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing., ~8 \5 a% h+ b% \# y
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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!- x' x  `0 q- D
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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5 k5 s0 u# \% `! sM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.) V8 {6 _6 x. h; V% m  e+ U" V

$ F) i% l6 |& _L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。9 V9 _; @# @- l9 M, B1 Z' S7 D: C
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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' O" X) Q  j0 s" k+ pL: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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9 w6 I( n" z5 M7 B4 ?4 OM: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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! X# L- X8 j2 R, \  kL: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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?+ k* n1 w6 ~, s7 X
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.* A, L; N2 F6 m# X+ S
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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.
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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!: d" o! x$ `; L8 G% S9 C8 Y; z0 A' q
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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!/ ~. \% E- `. S/ L5 {; O

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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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. C4 \+ v  A# A! `! h% \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。- [, N: s" \. B' u( E( J
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