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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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)
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。
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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 o' I7 ^0 a+ C2 q7 ^9 q+ S& r7 iM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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% B, [+ D' Z3 ]+ fL： 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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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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5 |7 @/ E- P3 c! m3 a7 ^" \/ c% C6 zM：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/ a! |# |6 ^9 v7 oL：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.

. s: M( N2 C/ qL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

+ g# E7 s& b' IM：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！
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% R5 z1 `% E  t" F4 [9 j! @  h) PM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

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4 l8 ]  r0 o0 M& l/ KM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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7 `" \9 }4 Z6 J6 E- H* aL：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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8 H- U% N0 o6 w: v2 a- l: RL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

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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/ K1 J) y2 J* Y- L% S& y9 [9 B: mL：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？

# N- Z! ?4 _. XM：He screwed up at work.

) e) c. b* Q( L, }* K: h7 B# E; mL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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。
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M：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！
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% j( X7 C9 n4 V( U( O5 f  N% m+ O) BM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

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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+ u7 W6 _+ D) V4 p5 {  qM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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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4 e. |" K3 ^# r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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