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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。
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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!7 t1 }" l0 S% N% H/ m
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(Starting buzzer)( ~4 \/ O2 {: ]; m' o5 H( L5 m
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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3 ~+ H' b" Y: G& ^' bL: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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' n0 s( A* P  {8 d) mM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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4 ]% y( _1 r8 B* O) gL: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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. G, y$ S3 m- R; dM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.1 h( a8 X: ^7 X# m8 G( h

) e+ D1 f9 k/ }! P9 n+ tL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?) |6 u9 t3 y  k" u! f, l" o

0 f* ?1 \" o" h7 V8 I$ L: S4 BM: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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6 o: B* N8 M% sL: 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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/ [* S$ }2 P) U9 t4 uL: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。' p; ~9 [- k+ ?: [; m

0 K2 M& }& y' y1 s. Y. P! p- ~# FM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.8 L/ u9 H8 Y8 W4 e
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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!! E) ^6 v0 l/ M, J$ g. s/ O- e
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.  e6 d2 H% }+ U! @
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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!
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1 [1 K, K: I+ ]. D+ XM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.6 }* F5 {7 l6 G! U8 H2 q

" i. C3 t' Y, T& W. K7 rL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。! K( E0 _( }3 `- u/ H

4 K! o: R; a" h/ C6 I. yM:"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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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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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?. c! Z7 J8 w& B! n6 y1 \

& b- U1 @( m) N0 {* A+ F. _& OM:He screwed up at work.+ {" @, d/ s# E4 B, A, `

5 a/ Y! P; z/ `" aL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?" R3 s" x( _  w  q2 C* j$ G

6 N# K; z& u" D: M' y& JM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.0 K6 D* k9 }% C

/ @1 o$ Y- T& |. g2 n; v3 bL: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。/ l; k' }! X% r- h! n, F

+ o4 K' B4 p8 I: R( g* Q( EM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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9 D( @' v7 p" l3 b. w, I4 O+ U9 L) XL: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!
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: u8 q- K5 r1 e  DM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.# C5 x  c6 B/ E0 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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& ~5 {3 ?" ^5 V; LL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。/ x0 L, {$ v2 e

. i2 y. ?8 }3 g# i$ Z( b4 t& O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。! E, h# N, M) a6 j) I. Z0 ^
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老杨团队 追求完美
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