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

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5 S! K3 p/ \0 R6 C3 P9 T7 s2 \# \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。

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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) u7 |" L2 e& j, E% }7 v! t3 vM：Sometimes these games get really rough!

, L3 K, F% P1 |/ |  i0 r: w  zL：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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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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

- w! D( C% k, l' e7 v: LL： 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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! [, S, o% B, A/ ~1 ^* WM：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

7 @' t5 z+ h% K" e  ?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。

' {4 Q+ o- ?' i- Q2 ]  {1 ^1 EM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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8 d  ?  k1 h* R! l0 `# F1 WL：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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M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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！

M：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！

  I" z2 w% e. N# \8 nM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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" I' h# \  D% c: g5 S* \1 ?# n/ G4 BL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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! k( }, _. |6 F! q1 FM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

& V# s7 K/ ?. X6 q3 ^" g- |9 dL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

4 e/ J5 \  P+ dL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

# L& K* G/ _9 c+ WM：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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6 K+ ?8 D; _0 O; h' @% pL：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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/ _3 V% ^6 S! ], ]4 KM：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？
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, f6 l6 f4 q: W) G) ~  ^" S# Q' C7 lM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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. E5 X! v% S7 ?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.
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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！

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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+ \2 r6 n6 q6 n! G4 Y# c1 S! ~6 VL：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。

' K& r3 e, X2 a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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