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。
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+ N. |3 |# ?; s0 u- H* uL：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)
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

; D1 V8 `  Z+ C8 WM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

% v3 a. F* O; U# ~1 L& jL：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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

8 J4 X: B8 L2 k4 z4 mL： 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.

$ e3 n' [/ x& ~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。

- k$ w# s. h* ]4 c- pM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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2 B8 N( P# T7 fL：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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  I3 e" `$ g$ U# ^# XM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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！

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？

) U( Y3 T, O& JM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

5 [7 P! L3 y. Z' wL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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3 P7 O: Z' E1 a* TM："Screw up," it means to mess up.

% P! c. J: ]  r3 O/ OL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

! }+ r! k# D2 h9 nM：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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% |# h/ t. Y! x. sL：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.

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.
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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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8 M2 D2 i9 P+ |; KM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

" a, ^/ @0 |" T7 i( ?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！

" B& ~& A2 w- x  L: EM：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！
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M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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1 \: z  U% [* Y9 o/ C8 y- d/ SL：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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, K1 O6 e, ?3 B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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