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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
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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。$ K: G/ }$ h. y$ U: n
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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!
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# H4 Z6 [( x0 L, t9 z(Starting buzzer)
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0 T* O% t" o5 ^6 @5 D; yM:Sometimes these games get really rough!% c$ C, |3 p* D- I% j
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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。6 e$ E. N9 G/ W/ ^, G2 \: P1 ~
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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 U* x, u% \1 H. N$ C3 `
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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.
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L: 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.& t  f( y9 |8 g7 H! y! w) N% H: {

2 s  z& S7 i5 [, c' n2 gL: 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。6 r& W  r( [( _: Q! [/ V: |

4 P& }, M& P' v6 r) w2 sM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?% S3 Y0 t# Q* Q' D/ n

- Q3 A4 r2 L4 Z6 OL: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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0 |* c- x# d! x  ^4 \! g! ZM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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7 E# Y* L+ s; \2 f( OL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!& E( g1 u6 K2 k, l, d$ c

1 j5 O& F% o# J  k$ Y7 ]M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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$ |# \+ U/ g( M3 k; P/ x# KL: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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0 X) O0 x4 Y/ k" q3 K4 cL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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( p  C: e9 e) UM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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/ t* m! L- Q& o" `, N: M0 g/ bL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。2 t7 f5 L' U1 b; t, \
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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1 G- q9 `) H  M! a. YL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?3 i8 _9 \. v( D4 D) f  a

: E5 w' c0 _) j% hM: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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/ c* Z" f$ z) x  \: e" k9 ML: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?- D5 t. M' f: y- Q5 C2 K6 N; Z
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M:He screwed up at work.
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( X1 W% J7 ^- p. ^4 t4 X5 Y- ]+ PL: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.3 t% i, P3 C, D$ e. S

; \* d7 m4 ^' Z* W# I: Y# ~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。. i) Q' d% `  m1 P) J) \
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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!% i( s7 Y* {8 w8 c& f

( X7 S! u! V* e6 B* X) s) oM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.$ Y/ l( `2 O8 x  K  E

* G. e% X" F# Y- |0 ]6 s* i1 P+ i1 A6 pL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!! q- h- L5 B4 C8 K- A5 w
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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! B; J* {$ ]( W3 I' l7 lL: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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老杨团队 追求完美
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