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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 ( W5 i: f6 t1 J" `# m
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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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6 W$ C5 i* A& x$ ~+ x9 EL: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!( F9 [# s9 S" d' U* D

4 F+ o) W6 ~" z+ D  G(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!2 m5 f8 x$ M4 j: s+ T

+ e) J8 H3 o* d% w/ ML:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。: ~0 K4 X2 \7 s) M2 p
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.3 X' l0 l1 m& e7 X" h5 v
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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。
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0 N( _4 O0 l+ nM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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% J! a/ ]$ c/ tL: 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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: p5 q6 B2 s+ z3 }' \# p% ]6 SM: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。" U5 ^4 i6 A0 F  ], L

& A9 H5 X* K+ |# C$ m* ]$ R! N: ?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。/ y; r8 ]( c& u3 h" w; a: L
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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& e, a/ h' f# qL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!0 G# j& K9 Z) R5 [+ Q6 m+ @
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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!1 k4 t6 c$ Q$ _0 Z/ J
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.1 ]! T) Z4 y8 v, S3 l. Z

% [% M* a& b* \. l' S6 g: [9 lL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?% `. y1 D( x% B' p2 B# p6 k) A
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.) x* x% r" Q2 A3 I) D
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.. k' j# r( y+ g  R& p
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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?
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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.7 W5 c+ ], n# T0 D. x2 t7 h* j$ J. x

5 F5 q+ z" e) p2 e) n+ K. DL: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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' d8 X  [$ y( V5 F7 IM:He screwed up at work.% B: c' F& m9 N# X& O2 K
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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.* ^+ x' _0 e' D  I5 Z
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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.! a5 ^5 K# T4 V  V; B$ G3 g( Z
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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!/ p' L5 b# {, [% b- O
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.; U$ c$ N- z6 f- H" P/ w

. l$ |, O2 w# ?0 \) F; vL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!( K" J5 n; X/ l" o4 x7 B, w0 P* `
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M: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。  ?" ]) P7 I  b, Z' n
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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。  A5 a0 @/ h$ ~
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