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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
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  Y9 f5 z1 j) T5 T) F: ]7 ^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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* Y2 w6 J) ~) `# e' V5 DL: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!+ k. j- [  |/ q2 |6 q- `

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* y; ^' Z7 F# S- b* l3 lM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。0 h: J% I% D) f& S# }/ T( J

8 r- y9 E- `5 c, E: OM: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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.- v5 E( n# P' i% w8 G

2 g0 n; j. C% e- d2 D" DL: 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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- y! H* N' u  M- t1 cL: 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$ b; I/ L8 {1 c( `8 O$ y: x9 _
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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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) r4 U, ~! U1 ]$ lL: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。) F# O) F" @' ?# i
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool., a: D+ o' @# m" M; K
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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!& l+ D- B( E' v: ]/ W$ H

) n# R& y3 I( d2 C0 y8 @* yM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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4 `) D/ o3 M) q9 N: hL: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!, W1 _, j3 K. `9 v9 |/ k+ A$ @

, P* `2 o( c( r% r. {" E8 oM: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?
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) j" J& S: G6 kM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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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., R2 f8 ]# n% K! Q4 b# N. }

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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.
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( _- U4 P5 b. w  P8 eL: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 `. h( r/ W9 u
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M:He screwed up at work.
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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.: E9 k) p' R! a: [  `
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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。; w& M4 B# \' E1 w2 W4 A
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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' [6 c( {  T( _4 [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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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' q/ _. S6 V$ u% G1 Q+ B! }L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!+ k; p" I" R, e. p8 c5 H+ \5 t. L

3 a: |! W8 A6 `% `M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.+ `5 p8 p! A1 o5 j! g4 C% ?, P2 x6 M

; M, @, q; Z8 tL: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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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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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