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

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' v9 P" M. G- ?) w7 J  fMichael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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7 u) f4 Y; w7 l6 t" f5 G" d) iL：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!
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+ c+ G0 I* ?" ?- gL：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.

9 k. m5 k% y! p8 W! o- w- a; [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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* B' ^3 `* C" W7 m. L( Z5 q" ]M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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! ?- q/ B, I+ k( M8 d7 _+ FL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

6 [6 a7 d+ e  Z3 {: D3 xL： 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?

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。

9 _9 S# L" [: B. W/ t" ]M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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9 U' F. a5 v0 g4 {4 T8 |# zL：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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  k0 W/ N" V& l1 w! nM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

" v: t: u& @7 C. AL：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！

M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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4 x" z9 Y  v3 E  v1 _0 tL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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  K# F  Q$ a0 C- _1 ~9 a7 r5 h+ PM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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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？

+ [# L1 d, a! Y$ V& s5 `! hM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

1 D, _1 O( K; r) Q5 PL：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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6 w  }1 }2 S8 h' C8 [+ m' gM：He screwed up at work.

L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

  [$ |$ {! V7 iM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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。
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3 g8 a0 ^2 ^2 zM：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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

% D( H7 Z6 S3 i" ?( B7 u2 _7 SM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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/ ~5 r4 R/ t* V- d' b+ J7 |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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