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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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* ?' I4 V# Y& [, ZMichael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。! E  n$ }* S2 i

5 u3 b9 D! n5 \: x% u+ J* cL: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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1 r8 D/ n/ |+ q1 P8 a3 ]. qM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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3 P9 y) ]4 j* h1 B: NL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。7 V# t( {8 M( s: a: d9 s
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.$ c6 G' K& a: H- m" v+ `
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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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* P" P3 l' I7 N0 t. h9 MM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.. T8 m8 F$ }5 b
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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.
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8 e: a; y8 k. X% K8 R$ O! k( }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。$ A4 s; [, `: R0 q, q

+ Z+ R( _# n8 Q- \* S  P) VM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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/ B$ S5 u- ~" a# qL: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。8 I* T! H) ?+ }: H0 f. L
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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# N: c! r, P  b- C2 h$ K; bL: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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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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! F$ @* i: ~' ~" XL: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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! W3 {7 Y, E8 [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?' X( }- O, ^2 [: O# @: N# A
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.6 q% v7 H! U& k7 y: q

8 x$ z1 v/ l: `9 y* uL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。2 N1 W5 I# [$ ?) S9 k) f6 V3 ~
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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?
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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.+ f5 k1 l/ `% q7 C- j
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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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9 @0 ^! Z+ i: mM:He screwed up at work.
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( V# v6 ^- j6 X) }4 DL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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- v/ v1 x3 L) g; P2 XM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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5 }; z2 X+ T' c4 Q9 o9 O, BL: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。0 d  v9 u& H! I" _
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.* F5 v, W2 I- Y: \% i8 @0 Q

& r8 ~0 P" h0 ]) l- ^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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, {+ {4 t/ T) i$ Q, _" \M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.( F7 n7 a9 _! N0 U: B9 K

: R. H, h1 Z0 WL: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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" B8 B2 Q7 }. }# a  J$ lM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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* I- ~- e) E2 U; H4 iL: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 C  P- C. I2 P- v, @! R- O  e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。- }5 W6 J) S$ o2 O' W3 k

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