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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。
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% k$ r( X8 |4 ~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!, P6 x8 H2 d% L

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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9 h% A2 |2 _- g1 w( r- SL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。" P) h0 e. s; W; ]& N8 Z

) `) }4 A! _& t) W3 R5 W. y7 V' XM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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$ n7 z6 L; c: J6 zL: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。) n* A3 M, z) D$ j) A# E
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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) ~1 J5 q# @2 X0 sL: 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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* p. _' x% p6 H- e) K/ l0 j) u% \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 w' ?4 w* k" sL: 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。: v$ t4 Q$ \+ y3 [& H, G( R

9 c# G3 b6 K% r0 h! c7 V( P) GM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?2 Q& w. M! F2 S

# {# f8 g' I* \/ y; e9 EL: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。. g6 R: ]" M" z, L$ R1 _

1 B) h) L! }: H0 l5 M  j" a9 m* VM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.; r, [; M7 |& j+ z$ w, _' E6 D

( A& `- M4 S+ R/ CL: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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- C! o3 E9 E3 Y2 zL: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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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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8 v" e* |$ W) e& }& M6 ZL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?# Z3 c4 Q+ L* e& t$ d% A
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。% @( M  f/ m9 r9 }+ Q- s7 ~3 O

$ C( o2 ?; o0 {/ ~9 tM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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$ s! w& o. u! q  o$ a9 pL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?# j" _/ w& o& v, q0 n

) C# _( g" Q* IM: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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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?
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& i; y5 R; J) S+ N, N& W( FM:He screwed up at work.4 M. \3 ^5 K& k' k- x/ B. g+ Z
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?$ e! @& X5 i+ g  Q( ~3 b, {
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.& M/ ~1 i0 K7 ]$ t4 T
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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。1 W+ |6 e  d8 d! D
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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!
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+ l7 [# [0 Z* W: \4 {; TM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.' d& G! o: _5 G- J& f
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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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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! I7 T/ N. c* N: U! ZL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。: u, K7 N) w% k
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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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