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

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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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- c0 m" T- d+ B3 Z" mM: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。9 ]8 s6 a$ G# B; B, Z

2 K  {6 i5 Q# E+ a/ d* D8 uM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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- U( s% A. @% Z+ t8 X/ ?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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! O( j/ H4 I% [* BM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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  I. A" E" b  L/ S0 z& xL: 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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1 }  g5 n$ [+ ]* I" JL: 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。5 L; m  p6 }& {5 b6 u. y, e# T

  i' E' h8 V; A7 B$ wM: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。) k* c4 P5 ^- R1 f5 x! u' x

7 b9 l& y  |1 UM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.' n+ h$ R6 G" s6 J- i0 L0 q/ f8 f
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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' ?+ I5 J- n1 g" m0 O- T% p4 c% ^

4 Y6 Y) ]; P( c1 w! j6 uM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.& F0 [( w4 E2 c6 m* a: n
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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!% T1 x. ~' u* R, _; f* E
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.) `+ Y% C2 `7 b( E3 C- z

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1 B, C1 Y8 Q$ l4 ?5 U7 ]& ]0 MM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.& J8 R1 q' s2 u9 @3 Q  G
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。% m/ W( L7 z" h; E( m% n

2 Y& h1 D+ U) l9 G5 f0 m2 fM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.  Q" n7 [% W6 d* e9 f4 b- C7 ]
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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?- j! F3 Q" e! |2 v

# x( B4 h5 q2 c' M1 T2 f+ KM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time., o; t4 R" e# x) y$ {3 s
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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?- i' D0 R6 u8 D7 D, o7 q$ d

( P3 w+ k# L- g( |* yM: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.
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& c) F" _; t% C" T$ H  l: }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。7 a0 o. |' R8 @, S
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.& m# \- r7 c+ D! E. N: n$ k' T

8 P# ?  }( N6 [8 P$ nL: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!, E: w1 o" _) v+ @/ Q
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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!8 D; B+ s7 W" f

$ O: {' ^  ?- D* dM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.4 ~2 v1 k. k! p. b2 [1 L

4 J. Y- N; T9 nL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。, e6 l8 k" ]' c7 R& j; O

$ I8 R+ w/ ]8 X; }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。. Y. E8 y9 C* _4 @2 D

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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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