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

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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。& y: [7 F  m( T7 x, p  R" ]9 A( o

: ]) v# W) q- n3 IL: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!
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2 q4 Q* D* G& n) {) V& u+ J, B5 ?M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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, U8 O6 O% b& N7 m, cL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。( x* ~0 L! U/ F

6 V3 J& l! M5 }8 `9 z" l0 [M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.8 I; s- y) x7 U% `+ ^- _
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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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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  |) T5 P6 W) K% T& t/ VL: 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( ?2 @. z8 J' m3 w! |M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.4 l6 v* b: {7 X6 `

: i* K* |/ ^* t' d7 ?" q% PL: 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。% ?# e0 g; n7 p: u$ A0 f) \) f1 o" ?

- L# W6 G3 |5 f$ O" m+ a1 T7 N) mM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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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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8 U6 t2 a, y9 @2 b! {M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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3 U. g8 ]5 n) [3 {L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!- t1 O4 t& H% r

2 w% o/ Z# M) v5 Z0 CM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.4 b( d; B9 h% ?6 ?& 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!
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4 W6 M" O, Y6 m1 R8 s) ^M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.5 z+ m: C" F* g- G$ X

- y5 i% H2 ?- T2 |% J7 y. aL:"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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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。% D7 R/ }. V* l+ K) s
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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# S5 G5 w; j) l) M8 p2 S/ mL: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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1 }! _  j$ e. m" L& T8 bM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.9 n5 K0 l2 o8 v

/ A6 B, c, q$ W. LL: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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3 }. S7 U% |/ Z+ [$ w/ jL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?& m! p4 Q5 o1 x9 C  u4 {/ w

* j3 A/ g. t' _6 mM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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6 R# f: ^# d. s/ c- @) A: wL: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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4 g/ w; Z" c) }$ \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!
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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8 A: O" O6 h/ q, [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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' i' `: M4 I" P9 ~$ B; |6 kM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.6 M7 p% v/ ^2 y9 L5 ~
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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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0 W6 F% f9 i+ _' J- g+ d5 ]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。! {! _- K3 U7 q
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老杨团队 追求完美
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