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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 ) B5 g% a- B, Y$ p) W

( x* X3 r6 f  {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!
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0 z4 C$ V7 k/ q7 _3 d- B# Z6 TM:Sometimes these games get really rough!" p! b7 o  N3 R
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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。3 B: }6 @; }* I1 M, N8 B6 _+ j( M
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.2 T) K3 D3 y% V& z( 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。6 n# T9 Z$ p/ a8 h- q
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.+ \  O) [; f! i3 y! b9 C: N" Z
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L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?  o  L3 |1 Z5 ]4 j
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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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* H' i/ J/ o, Y4 I) v0 GM: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。; N! g$ `+ s  l+ p7 ~* F$ G

6 L  @3 I0 P$ C/ a2 VM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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) T9 R+ p3 s3 d! u0 b" D5 yL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!) V* k8 T0 h! N  b" O& w

- v1 |  M3 Y. v2 ^* ~! l; gM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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0 }( M: x6 t9 n5 x" D' _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!) l$ Z/ o! L" T# B( Q; p

% _% r& j* |% B4 g/ {M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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7 D" m" \2 Y9 N& u2 bL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?$ M8 d5 Q( M( ?6 Z8 }( j
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.- |8 w* r1 ~- D& f8 ], |

* J; k( v8 F0 w% rL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.3 k, t- m& ~; ~. k  g# R

0 _, A9 E6 x6 o7 s9 mL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?. k7 j4 U5 k# j& P0 G. B
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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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  S+ Q1 N: v8 g" qL: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?# ^8 {& W. ]- t

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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.. y$ x8 f: V' o! l! k& Y( K8 s- S* o
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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.
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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!7 M" Z) d1 E; I) C0 o

) ~! ^2 k" x8 z. B$ yM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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0 u: ~! W& W0 N! d6 `5 BL: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 N( k6 M2 M( w6 n; L/ ~* J7 uM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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2 p' w) p4 R9 U, y7 X# OL: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。- ^: |$ m) \$ ^% p8 F2 r! `

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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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