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。

  `3 c$ P" c+ o; aL：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!

$ X8 f# u* x3 \$ |L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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: C. W* `3 a% q) VL：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 M$ J8 s+ _/ Q2 m: `$ N  FL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

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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' B3 Y7 \7 @) @6 v' 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。

+ y5 C* ?- C4 s/ Y+ zM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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6 B  O  T7 T$ R( t+ @' N, @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。
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M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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% h$ z% u! o: V; c1 @: uL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

7 ?+ Z( h$ ~. W/ R6 {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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9 N4 w' `2 x+ A8 b8 mM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

8 C9 y: d" _, M! eM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

( \! q( I* g6 {( KL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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  }+ q4 Z" }! u8 m/ @- t) xL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

M：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

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？

M：He screwed up at work.

6 b4 F4 T) A6 [. v2 x9 k0 t: T! iL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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" L" X9 S! \8 d' P" qM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

8 x$ D# b2 R' E! L: _# OL：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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M：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！

3 q" X- h) N2 w% IM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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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+ D) O( ?0 j( n$ A( I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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