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

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, f3 s0 z( P/ t7 z6 S8 s- @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！

(Starting buzzer)
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" Y; T/ H. j5 j+ QM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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0 C) Y0 {; j4 i. q' B/ ~L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。
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M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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# E& G5 g% z% @" \  u, QL：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.
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- N5 e# f) M4 w& O! N% u4 C% EL： 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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4 p1 {: ?  e" G9 oL： 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。

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。

M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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L：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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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！

M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

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' Y1 D  D" Y3 N7 h! ?4 {M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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' S0 q+ V+ B8 @' @L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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' A" w- G9 Z6 e. Q  M; W1 T0 J, O+ ~( Y/ @L：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& V8 |# ^3 v: Z' ]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.

; u/ D( W/ |; m: ^9 g; ZL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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! a, g3 z2 ^0 w7 x" I- A* K8 QM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

# L: f+ t) R2 K; e! q0 r: }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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6 P- t- \% ?' JL：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！
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( K" v; n2 |( R/ UM：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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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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: C5 b/ U! o" z0 J6 K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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