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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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  b; g6 o$ u( hMichael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。( G/ E1 T; s% @3 q

5 w0 t6 C3 @. F6 e% A9 J  z1 u8 X" wL: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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3 E) ^. l* J, RM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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。- z" N$ x5 A0 {  T0 g7 I" _
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving./ a2 L( L* z+ V1 ?! M
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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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5 w, U& D* p) s# r0 M7 C" W3 }L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?0 I' J  V  j9 |
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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.1 q! C1 D, s5 s$ g* W

) o1 _* q$ j3 r8 e4 @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。5 g, U, c0 ~5 Z$ `: y) D1 G3 I

: v' j7 ?; V  [" IM: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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5 g$ K, T" B( W1 `: g6 eM: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!, n$ h" K' c' ?3 M5 z! Y

  D9 S8 G6 R% eM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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!& C$ ]! ?, k2 K$ a8 w
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?4 i" q; y, t- K; C6 M3 v& g' H; E
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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5 X9 a( J8 E6 Y. i/ IL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。/ x4 C' F% E& W* @3 n5 ]
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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?, z  y. j' q  P
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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.
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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?
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M:He screwed up at work." o: X- b# r! Q8 o+ F% l4 }- ?
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?4 f& ?! b' c. L' b/ P$ m3 J; J" V

. Y4 ^4 q" e' x/ U2 zM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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& _. \% B  z- zL: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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* k) H' u, W0 f: ?% vL: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./ S% G" A: ?; Q- t  J
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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!
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  j& k1 ?% `& V8 K' M: ^6 ^M: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。0 F( U2 R3 [8 R& n# q

# r( q5 {, y, B: n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。' v- r" r7 \& a) R& `# @

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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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