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

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; F) O$ i% I' r( gMichael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。, Y. m% i: `5 M5 v. e

$ B4 r! Z; s6 V: {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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! Q# g& e5 ^; ~0 w5 GM: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。; E9 |  k# W4 L, C/ H: L
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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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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。3 G' I+ W  ^; {1 m- b
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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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4 X) N2 n2 M! g+ ZM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.3 u) |, G4 n+ ~& u

4 l9 c7 G9 g6 L: e& q) M. rL: 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。8 w0 V3 f5 K# ?
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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。. t; y! `4 U/ A
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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0 k% X- g; X1 a+ E) K; g/ r  L5 AL: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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1 t% X+ ?2 [( L- uM: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!9 o: B8 d) s/ d- j; d1 C9 h9 w
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.7 v* h+ w& k" T' T  Q% T, e

* z9 }, p  |: _7 }! |9 rL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?) z- `  a) E; s6 q+ o  ?' e
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.1 \( ^$ P' l, F8 M0 C: t/ A% M* r

( a- S+ C; {! K& gL: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?
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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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6 [$ b0 Z# Q& v  g( a8 `( u5 |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?8 j' r" U: h; ]
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M:He screwed up at work., x4 D/ Y5 _' L
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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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1 R: N0 o. ?. x  O3 q3 c+ EM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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3 n$ O# M9 M- K9 p$ }' C* TL: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。- M& n- T: ?* V2 g1 C
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.7 Y5 x: s  r. o, r
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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!
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; A& M6 q, E: t6 P8 [5 qM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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5 I+ A) L+ @: I- a5 F7 h& f4 i- hL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!* {% M+ ~5 T; A) R! q

8 O0 n* ]+ C& X7 k6 rM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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! K  _7 g; h, z% F, 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。. d4 e* [% f, `- J$ m, p0 v
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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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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