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

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" q, }, Y5 O% U% ]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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6 ~' x1 K: u* |0 xL：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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(Starting buzzer)

0 |) Q& q: [; N: G+ p& vM：Sometimes these games get really rough!

9 r  y* [4 k* }3 c  uL：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.
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" D" A9 [0 a6 W0 J' W1 v( QL：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。

( a: y& R# o9 e2 J$ U; G$ _M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

% X8 {- O' T' u9 OL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

( Q! g3 J3 R1 q$ FM：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

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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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。

( @% w6 A* l) @7 U) aM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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) u: L( o2 `. E  E# I5 ZL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

% l$ o" ?4 U$ M0 h8 @; n) kM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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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2 V3 B: V5 X2 Z3 c& u; c( [$ FM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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/ X+ z" e5 Z. d, E  {- f% e7 }! EM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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5 f8 M( h  w" Q$ u$ }+ ?3 k# `L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

3 |5 \0 L1 h2 ?+ d3 N7 \8 cM：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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& \% M3 n- G: p1 pL：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.

L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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。

M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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4 c8 r0 c/ v: mL：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！

; D8 q. [- @/ RM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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3 A, G" K9 L4 C% fL：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.

5 H. v) b( A) h% ~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。

% [4 R  v# B' p- F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。
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