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

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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。

L：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！

(Starting buzzer)

M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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+ y% q( Q2 L! p6 N. {* f. xL：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。

9 E6 O( V8 n& G9 g$ d* sM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

* u5 h  W& \; @8 B  i3 YL： 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.

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。
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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。
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/ {7 G9 ^/ e' [' GM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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2 F5 N4 V6 G4 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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3 t7 S, Q# x+ MM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

  K" o& m' V% Z' R2 O5 tL：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！

! ]6 i2 A% ]2 dM：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？

* @7 f$ Y, n) g! e! i' a) T. J& |M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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/ Q# }2 H, w) R4 F! SM："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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6 Z7 G/ t7 u) `  C# N0 p! {5 b. I9 iL：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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* ~# ^0 h" m, l" eM：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？

M：He screwed up at work.

- e4 U+ }, m6 l5 A& _$ ?L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

( }/ v* ~$ s0 t, b/ XM：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。

6 q6 i' O0 G( R8 {$ ]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！

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！

8 X; @/ N& u( nM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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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home_ed

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