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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 : {( M  j1 A) a
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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。
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- Y( J6 e" N! G2 F% XL: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!* e; m' R/ w" h

, M; e! b' l3 p( g- |+ GL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。; m) e+ ?+ h9 d9 J

! Q! f* @. s, u" P" w5 |M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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' m- J. Q0 j/ y- ~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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" l0 o* j8 A5 B& `M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.5 `# H  j5 [+ Y# w

) C* a" |5 F# k  {+ j. C# PL: 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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% z3 K; ~* f/ I& K/ F- w; [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?
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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。! i7 Q  x: D! b6 E. j3 K2 b
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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) r3 o4 Z: e5 w* g" q1 F. w2 XL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!; [# @  |3 y) ~( m. P, m
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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L: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!8 I; V4 \- t: Z% h4 \5 [6 B

6 n( P$ @3 {+ c5 @M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.3 [9 _. g6 R- Y# K( [

, k5 {& W" [! z/ PL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?- ?1 W+ j7 w1 p. F: q: ^& i

2 w5 z7 S5 d. ~3 UM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.. f" \# a( B3 i# X5 L
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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.
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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?# H* V9 M* @5 P7 z6 t2 p3 b, \

, W- N1 a" R' J6 s$ w% A1 N% _M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time." L7 z8 E7 m* p( }% w
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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?& V( F* Y2 D! f/ s6 }- I

  ]7 m* y& Q: g+ t0 rM:He screwed up at work.0 ?: O6 k6 q3 V  y$ i) w& c1 D; ]
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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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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time., n  t( E1 d+ g4 d) u5 J
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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。
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: @; N. F" x& o4 K) L$ h" OM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.5 F" `+ R( X$ \# A! ]& |- ^  @
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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!4 B0 @( q% O0 f, e2 D& c' E+ I

9 P8 @) y" h5 a, Y" vM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.+ E% u0 B0 V2 B# e+ x7 h7 f

+ f# c- N7 u! ZL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!; f$ @2 \# f. |, s

, m9 D( s6 c8 I" h: rM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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* o* |9 O( E# J/ Q1 Z  Q2 c3 D- D# ?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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3 t" x$ ?3 c" U2 [, D+ l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。$ _1 L5 {/ O) d; a* D) b$ }
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