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

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( x* X3 r6 f  {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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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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0 z4 C$ V7 k/ q7 _3 d- B# Z6 TM：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.

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。

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

L： 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.
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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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* H' i/ J/ o, Y4 I) v0 GM：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。

6 L  @3 I0 P$ C/ a2 VM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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) T9 R+ p3 s3 d! u0 b" D5 yL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

- v1 |  M3 Y. v2 ^* ~! l; gM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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0 }( M: x6 t9 n5 x" D' _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！

% _% r& j* |% B4 g/ {M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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7 D" m" \2 Y9 N& u2 bL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

0 _, A9 E6 x6 o7 s9 mL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

M：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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  S+ Q1 N: v8 g" qL：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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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.

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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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！

) ~! ^2 k" x8 z. B$ yM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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0 u: ~! W& W0 N! d6 `5 BL：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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2 N( k6 M2 M( w6 n; L/ ~* J7 uM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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2 p' w) p4 R9 U, y7 X# OL：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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