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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 6 Q6 q( \. x. G/ Q, e' E

: j  L" q" y. ?3 b& y; hMichael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 C( L) L; ]3 d6 G+ \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!
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!8 M7 L4 [2 o, y" K2 I/ E7 J$ k

$ M& J( J. F4 I$ i0 QL: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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+ ~6 R) A' @, ]4 X5 h" A5 d, s1 ~M: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。( ^& p) I" _; n6 M" J9 L

6 O) m9 [/ l" u$ b8 E$ IM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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. S9 l* K# s% @" KL: 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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4 R* e, B( {3 i# ^* r6 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。. s. i6 H3 ^& j9 N

1 ?& h" R$ R5 }$ vM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?& Z5 M( L; V" ~5 c

* L' X3 `5 G. }' {1 TL: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。
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. d- G" j) T# N. ~3 tM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.9 M5 z6 i2 {* e& V
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L: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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2 \  S# Q* W+ T* H- gM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.8 \  U% R$ S; O3 F+ h

  z2 I2 F( l  y# ~3 l( s) \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 }( `" \( N' D$ E; P& r
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?- |- k$ J* A( {! s3 `$ o" v( z* R
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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+ R: b0 g+ M; L4 Y6 F7 Z7 B6 FL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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3 N5 @% j, |, S9 B. d9 BM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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?9 T0 F4 Q1 ]2 H$ s( o% m

- x( A& c: n; ^/ |% v) v# sM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.8 B$ p! F& g: t1 V& {
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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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' K% \$ e* z4 T  P8 s$ ]$ @M:He screwed up at work.* v9 z  ~5 n' d# Z4 \; G
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?  W+ K0 e# p9 k: Y. |; H  P1 b
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.' X* ^, m! @( k: c; s- d
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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.5 U0 b9 `& z% F5 N- s" M$ I8 T

0 k/ t" H& f% f* b  f# E7 e$ mL: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!. [* g* }, ~* g1 v
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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!
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  B2 h9 P: }9 m  J1 P: B+ mM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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9 m/ y: r( ]4 G4 }* }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。9 q' e& t/ {5 o4 a) M
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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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老杨团队 追求完美
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