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。

- M) J& S0 s/ N+ ?& QL：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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M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

  m% f$ j0 _0 k' V6 ZL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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# T; q. L7 p7 C& Z/ ?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。

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？

: \# m* d" L2 T" l3 dM：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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' m- n7 m9 w! F$ @1 |' aL： 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。

. q7 T+ H# T* i6 R( P: S: Q+ K/ vM：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。

+ d' z- l4 y+ C, x2 j2 Z& uM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

3 V5 V$ h: L* H5 IL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

. H) W  J" o& R) G* VM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

* y* a/ w+ d9 T7 {9 fL：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！

+ d) L1 V# Q2 ]5 E' d' |/ hM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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% w- e( d; h1 z( |# L5 Q! PL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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6 }& k( r. B. v+ hL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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9 ], r; m- l! [% ML：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

4 W4 O- `0 M0 M# c7 T# EM：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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9 P$ o1 U( R2 ^- e8 F2 fL：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？

0 |: ]3 _* ?) m6 q' `M：He screwed up at work.
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1 m/ s2 s+ d$ |( m3 ~/ bL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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/ J& O# B6 k2 M6 FM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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, s$ s2 z' k$ m! e: }! `. ~  iL：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.

6 K- t/ v- s- Z$ K/ rL：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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' `; }9 f& D7 n# g- w2 GM：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！
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M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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。

5 f% c+ C) S- V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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