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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- Y( J6 e" N! G2 F% XL：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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(Starting buzzer)

M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

, M; e! b' l3 p( g- |+ GL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

! Q! f* @. s, u" P" w5 |M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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' m- J. Q0 j/ y- ~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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" l0 o* j8 A5 B& `M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

) C* a" |5 F# k  {+ j. C# PL： 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.
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% z3 K; ~* f/ I& K/ F- w; [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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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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) r3 o4 Z: e5 w* g" q1 F. w2 XL：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.
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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！

6 n( P$ @3 {+ c5 @M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

, k5 {& W" [! z/ PL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

2 w5 z7 S5 d. ~3 UM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：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？

, W- N1 a" R' J6 s$ w% A1 N% _M：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

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？

  ]7 m* y& Q: g+ t0 rM：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.

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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: @; N. F" x& o4 K) L$ h" OM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

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！

9 P8 @) y" h5 a, Y" vM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

+ f# c- N7 u! ZL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

, m9 D( s6 c8 I" h: rM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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* o* |9 O( E# J/ Q1 Z  Q2 c3 D- D# ?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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3 t" x$ ?3 c" U2 [, D+ l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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