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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。, v! j1 T$ o% |  \

/ e+ S7 O* j0 lL: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!8 s' ~! z: O' j" t

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!) j  H, \4 R' v& X0 i
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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.! a/ a) Z! [7 m( t! A) x
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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。* f" ~+ m5 }/ f8 O" }3 J0 B" \2 m( Z
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.3 F5 l+ [2 ]$ O* i) H
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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., u. i9 b3 X( C/ w1 ^! `
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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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5 o" D* I; r9 ]- S- T' z1 KL: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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6 Y- e2 R; i0 l  `/ fM: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!9 Q- j. Q3 i, D$ N6 N# I

" U- T% a3 f8 ]M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing./ v# E: b6 B1 E! u- B

  Y# `& k: B+ }5 K: z  {3 z/ K" rL: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!! [: B+ n4 b; J9 ~9 G; d2 r
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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+ j7 p, S9 ~  ^L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。$ o: u" Y* t$ h9 x( x4 B

/ H6 O" D0 E3 C% N  B# Y" j4 Z0 W3 gM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.7 k6 e6 G6 p! B, ]6 k
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L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?  b+ O5 S$ @2 J# V2 W1 ]

& X) E- H1 Z; _8 X" O$ g! `M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.5 S$ u1 o) P: E: h! F( Z
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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?% L8 n4 Y3 ?' P7 e) L

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$ s" C# w" I: A5 i* N6 W8 KL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?( J* X4 Q% p; V

1 H# g3 A! H  W3 jM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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。* D5 {; _) q8 q7 q3 X- F

! v0 b8 }$ h; F0 MM: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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5 J( z3 ?9 z0 i$ s" YM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.  u" T4 ^2 c" ^) \- p$ b1 f. k

- h# G4 y+ D1 D! D5 O+ vL: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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7 G$ b2 ~# P6 S- Z$ yM: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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6 p6 j) p+ j# h4 f1 ~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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