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

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. }  A' K: [7 VMichael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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" T5 q1 B! J4 W% K/ P% x2 H, F9 HL：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)

M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

. p0 z2 p+ L) O8 M+ f5 |L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

( b% X. d+ L& wM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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# C' a0 p9 Q; v2 u( w, f$ A, C4 fL：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.

' w) Y6 v2 B. K- F+ dL： 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.
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7 m4 ?0 `- Q/ J  v4 |+ e$ bL： 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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( S3 O9 D2 Y& f. PM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

: d% v9 m) J5 ~* SL：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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L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！
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- v2 e( u: j- sM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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5 E  H- G4 `0 a6 lL：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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M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

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9 S8 R6 u8 ^! s0 eM："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。
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M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

& S5 r  I  T. X' W2 AL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

9 T- x. u3 o/ d! s+ k/ MM：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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L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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/ K. S; b$ X6 X5 n2 n6 ?* QM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

, M* U# e! F+ N$ N: Z6 j6 tL：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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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, t4 y2 F# y; w! w- l6 TM：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！

  p9 V* H4 m- S! ~7 b& KM：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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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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