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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 3 m$ |7 a: W. I3 u( l7 w/ a5 t
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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。$ Y; L& K5 q+ r, c5 T

/ i5 D& \- H. m! 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!
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!4 T7 Q# t' Y+ I! Y: j: u! N* u

- N3 K2 N( F" k% y5 U$ ~8 tL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。6 t. H9 w- F: u% `
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.+ d- Z' k, ?+ }. N
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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.6 z( n  g% ?3 ], j2 U4 w4 E$ k

3 z- W, m% G) T. b5 V( }* Y# xL: 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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3 q! q; e2 h* J- }( ^& vL: 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。( M. W: [; f& @
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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?: C! N4 L$ ^  K+ N! U  @
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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。2 W- l; ^8 T, _& c8 ?! Z

& Y+ D: _% _/ d" VM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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7 T& @( @) \, cL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!& C5 G6 n0 [* K: D7 G+ Y

# {) K/ [; _  @( C8 z! [6 ^M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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1 U' O, ?4 |! y* wL: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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; z! a6 l: ?% t6 e# a# X! lM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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; M7 q! F: l' o" @5 XL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?( }& J/ p2 H, p

  m! C8 J, ~% ]; ~2 X* @$ F- k- ?M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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* Y$ ^3 v  z( `( w+ u! OL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。1 W0 `" F4 \$ M' g5 f6 w3 B2 s' w

( l+ U% O! h* ]1 m! G! G1 E5 nM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.. x, @" D. Z+ n4 Y  K' _+ }  m
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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?. \$ E# L. m( q4 m: {) v. N( G

1 L- k! ]0 l- G5 kM: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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( r, A0 Q- ^+ G2 R( L  Z3 bL: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.0 s; u: k3 N+ |( c0 |$ G+ N

2 F4 C: d) _8 h9 YL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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: ^6 @5 ?( D: M3 H1 b+ a: S  vM: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。5 g* B6 ?2 @' W; ~0 f
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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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' C( {- E: J& ^2 vM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.. c9 Y3 Z" i( s) v" D

4 U+ _4 B. P8 mL: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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: q7 |% y( S: x- m- ~M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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6 N4 L! E1 v6 D" T- e2 |+ ^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 V, U3 F, p8 y5 ?$ |: T$ [

  Z2 d, \, y/ [. P3 x1 M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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