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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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" d1 W. n& g4 l4 M" @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。4 w9 o; g/ m1 \8 w- ~8 A
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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!1 W3 O$ d$ y  @* Q# ~" \) P

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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 {1 M* P: a7 ~& Y3 J1 y+ O& ^
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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。; o4 N+ I5 a8 l* `5 ?$ m
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.5 Y6 Y* ~7 g: 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?
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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.1 m( G3 Z0 W- N* B9 Y. U
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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。4 g8 k! r5 I! [

7 Q: @) v7 }- t# [# mM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?( Z1 F, Z5 H( Z" u' w. w
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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。) W+ J* o6 u4 Y1 W: M2 }# ]
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.7 U$ d! q  T3 }, 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!
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9 q/ @- A; |6 g( u4 j" B  V, N# hM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.( o3 h: }6 K7 E  I2 ?1 ^  [
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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!; J. w  I* I) n$ W( v/ i+ o
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M: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?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up., j# A$ v6 U& G( S0 M4 U7 D8 U$ U! }
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。2 N5 G  |% F& d4 S) b" ~0 @

8 j4 K) h" r3 N4 Q& _M:"Screw up," it means to mess up./ m0 c" |/ M+ H7 f
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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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% K/ z3 V  [5 P& b5 l) E1 uM: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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4 q' ?- {, V8 m8 @3 EL: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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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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2 D- v$ a, n6 ^/ \" KM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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. r2 |/ g2 Z. VL: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。/ A. b" y' D4 \$ F: @9 u0 W9 P

" |6 B7 {  n9 l9 g/ r( MM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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' |: I, x  n0 z' ]/ R" P) R7 ^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!/ Y' `; N7 z8 w

$ ^2 q1 S! Y3 T/ J0 K9 u6 E' OM: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!7 `4 I& B! E/ f9 |. C
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.  |& X- L$ M  {% }5 b

$ P# ]- a( d1 Q" NL: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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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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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