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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 9 M! n7 A/ _* `8 A+ H+ X! v
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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。( @! n0 c$ l5 w, v

: s1 S! k/ q) _1 a% H# m) D+ BL: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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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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, ~5 H$ Y6 M( n; D3 w  X9 aL: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.1 }8 K* j0 e3 ~& o. L4 \& X

4 e! \# c$ R. N- \2 O' R3 ?% NL: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。! N$ m+ z# B4 e) K8 F

& L% u) ]/ H" I6 X  H% F- B/ r- jM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.! ~" ]% J/ z% R" l
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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?6 a) _  h6 a9 B/ ?5 [9 A
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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.; Q9 z- F( o: I% ?6 ^* A5 i6 A# A: }
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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。) v: F( p/ U4 m& r/ }5 {

( A: t- X4 R6 v8 \* }% O+ DM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?; A' y  X7 b  F& W. x

3 m* i% \1 ^- yL: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。# P3 x* N0 B5 N7 D
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.) }+ E7 V1 s, s0 |! K

- q8 W! l# T: @/ M4 v- U! uL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.4 ~0 G# r/ ?7 q) y- ~: m

- h6 P+ `- H5 b0 c) AL: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!( [7 R* @  o" [5 X
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.' ?( J* X9 }' V; ?
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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& ?' z& J6 I; E9 D0 YM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.8 l' m2 ^& O  q% O  W3 m/ M5 f
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。9 z1 \7 ]: ^; R! i

$ ~: P% L" V% N1 D* J  O% n+ Q8 HM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.- a' c$ S# a& `% i/ I" D8 z

' W3 `& U/ `, C9 a% x; L0 RL: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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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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; J& [/ p3 u/ @' g+ h; Q0 X  SL: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?2 n) n! F0 D4 ?8 ^# u& O
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M:He screwed up at work.. D0 Y2 ^) T3 o

- Q6 q& J' i2 X0 HL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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, n! E# h+ L+ V$ h2 C% {, k9 Q$ uM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.+ d& F- Z1 F0 i$ e. w. 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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2 h4 g/ r! W/ }$ D# o1 `. wM: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!  L0 N4 D+ O3 X2 Q+ I9 N/ h5 b3 J) m
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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!* b" ~8 R6 K% J3 S5 j

* S' R( ^8 _  ~( T7 x0 ^M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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& N$ ~5 Q: @- q+ k1 G5 t$ XL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。5 r/ z4 M2 X4 `) y' g: [

1 a% e" s) b8 C/ E- L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。! ^9 T6 ~- r9 m
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