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

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/ l# L. h( L) A+ fMichael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)

4 I9 Z3 L, Z1 sM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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" |% ?$ u- k4 y7 i; aL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

( q0 o1 v& l0 H. WM：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。

) k: n( U3 e9 k" }1 HM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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" r; f& O, _4 i1 I/ oL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

. J+ G; f1 i/ y# AM：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

* i7 P2 Y. K- mL： 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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& L8 b  U# s" S4 H. l1 U" I. [, KM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

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.

L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

! B5 X9 b. m- m; h" r& E4 mM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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！
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! d+ V9 P8 d  y4 ]$ kM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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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。
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1 h0 x  p9 t; p0 cM："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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6 o% ?! k* `$ {: p' `9 ^) hL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

4 z; q: @* F3 a  zM：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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8 b0 p$ @1 ^# G  C) \M：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？

- v! X" E1 s6 l+ @) Y1 x2 VM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

, p5 O. R1 J" A! NL：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。

/ K' ~% D7 I: B# W8 Z- y% eM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

$ T( o5 x9 E$ t- B' Y1 T9 yL：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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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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！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

% h; ]9 E/ c& Z( A1 cL：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。

3 _* a5 b  d# u6 t! ?8 h  f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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