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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 - [* b+ _$ k& {' J' u0 h

2 m0 L* J- E! L. W: KMichael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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9 w4 f' }3 @! j( Y' K# q(Starting buzzer); Y$ ^: ?( v5 W/ d; e# [$ H% C
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!* @3 S% y, [' W& u3 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。
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.8 B  p* g7 t8 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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.3 B0 v5 v, O9 C/ L, ?

3 B0 A' p- V  n% ~1 hL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?, ~# N/ G; T5 H; k1 W

$ f' T7 z( h- }8 J1 H  M4 XM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.* U# A+ H: V4 j  ^
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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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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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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。" ?+ R- t: D4 a. F+ w7 D: P
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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!0 a, T+ ~7 D" ^0 R9 n' ~9 ~! F
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.7 g  i; ?+ q) c+ n" r  p( w

( @9 `7 H' l0 z) cL: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!% M& w; Z# P2 m, H$ G" Y! o4 [! e* F

: ^" e7 D) T4 o6 \5 P8 s$ d6 V3 @% EM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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9 u3 W3 I) ]5 `! p% KL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?5 ^2 b" \. Y  `
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up." }; @: r# x/ B/ R; R

% n$ x. H" b9 _L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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3 ]5 W! x; v1 Z! g- S% }$ w' \8 CM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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?
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. D! U9 }: g( V% d+ r  z8 P( N$ w, 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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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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2 O( h" l7 z- f3 |5 |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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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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) V1 [4 \. _/ ^4 v3 yM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.- I5 A. F2 J* K: Q  ~
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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!: d% R  C( a' n6 [: I

/ _& T% Z- q$ k9 z# FM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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0 }+ G2 S. f3 s% ?  I, W8 HL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!# \0 N1 y/ i8 t' a! W" T0 @' j
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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L: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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' N+ `. i5 D+ _  N& N: l8 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。
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老杨团队 追求完美
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