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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
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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。5 H( B' q: f0 w% t0 _

! H. R, I% l* nL: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!! `( i/ y  Q9 S: t* w' @/ g

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5 c! B( i7 @0 ?/ d. N( VM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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: ?4 |  f& O: c" H1 d3 E" X1 h! DL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。* {; o: ^) V  j% h8 I6 W9 B

1 v) \( D0 o, S+ \& |M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.) q  g$ r- {8 B3 Y$ E" P. i# T
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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。9 q, t' j* `' M. `9 n6 \/ U
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.' T( h& B2 R+ W8 n& A
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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?) q% M7 P3 n! _( i& [& Z/ R
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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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?2 D" c% g" {6 k* h/ [: q; m

9 F7 [9 `+ ]$ RL: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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9 y" Y! j9 q2 d. x- W* B( X, GM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.9 ?9 e# @: V) T% L" k

9 d1 E- k- S0 j. q6 g- }L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!3 T, O4 p' i" A3 ~

4 g  F+ t) @, t( R5 J, N; _M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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!4 [; E+ ~! E" F. `5 y+ ~$ L

. l: e. |8 P5 H* p+ SM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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1 [& d% b5 v' \( k6 sL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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3 ]9 M/ s- t& H6 n  C8 VM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.) Z! ?3 j& u7 Z
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"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?( S8 v0 B' u9 F/ Q/ v* R

6 S6 f1 d* L% c  B& L& y1 KM: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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+ h6 p0 ?+ y$ L( e) G; rL: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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! ~4 M1 ?5 {& G5 Q/ S  I, {$ j9 WM:He screwed up at work.
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. ^9 N( w! s# r/ P+ LL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?! N9 R% u. c. ?( l( K

4 c+ F& d5 D  q5 ?7 \, A) iM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.- V: l1 s% N6 U3 C: p4 r
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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。9 u2 E7 k( k! \! [
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.! Z, [3 F  U, V* S
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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!! A0 L4 y, {0 n# J4 Q
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.3 ~1 S4 m- j. d' Z$ U+ L! k# @
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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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, c, j% v: }0 G, Y1 BM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.$ y3 y1 w* y2 R7 ~
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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。1 r& t# {' q/ B$ C% O& o) U( H

6 y: \# L# q0 L2 z& 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。! \4 @6 ?9 \' {1 G

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