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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 ?2 L# I+ h- K

8 J, a* w8 ]& U  ZMichael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。8 ?- m3 }1 P: g

$ \' }2 F; n8 \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!; F$ k' a' r- R: i( b4 Y

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!: n3 O1 p6 a5 o/ I
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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。
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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。
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% W, s% c( I* g- g7 d$ yM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.& v6 Y8 ]4 {+ P
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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?
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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.9 g2 {( e+ k. E& d1 e/ z

) O8 L: H# Q) T, q6 XL: 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。% q  W* T8 I# F, ?
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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?& E+ _& G5 `7 F- |2 e

/ h2 r2 R0 j8 j/ kL: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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/ Y5 `# ^* J& M& ~. vM: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!! h- C: Y3 i) S2 S2 G
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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: D$ p, ?# Z; W' `! X5 @% [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!$ ]5 \. F- B+ j1 \, i, S
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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?, W8 ~2 T& Y2 h. Z8 q

- C, ~4 j  w; h! b1 E' H% BM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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5 c  Z# g5 H. Q* R. [L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。, T8 n% D$ I/ P" t

' Z, N( l3 d- D; _. k) Y. AM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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5 D  g: E' v% T* W: C. F' E7 vL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?4 M8 j  b' {$ y/ |9 ~6 j3 F
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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.: _! e2 I- t' x4 A) ?- O8 ]

' Z  U2 Z" O/ `( q6 U: ^! `% 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?( _; d# W% K4 g
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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?  p' Y  e! p6 M+ r; L2 ^8 m% x
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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4 P; T4 z/ E3 c" n+ B& K* _4 kL: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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% }( B5 ~8 ]  X; lL: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!8 v' t" I% E5 T5 z1 f
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.# t, [- C6 F. ?+ ?  ]
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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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! P! A5 z& f) Z% bL: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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/ V0 i8 Q$ W1 b: w9 ^# b. Z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。# _/ f- f5 Y& `; t) B1 m: a

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