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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 . @6 Z$ F& x1 h# ]
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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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* K* ^- J: z9 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!1 D  g; Q: E7 `4 ~

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% `/ [# j+ i& s* @: Z' D4 cM: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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4 {# F5 J& a$ W+ ^( F7 Q$ kM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.7 Z7 L! e  I- k  |

! k4 i1 L; H7 S- p1 }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。
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' P5 g3 O% f$ x  c  eM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.; d8 n0 U0 Y# C0 e8 N+ f- o
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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?% l$ p) k% v# _/ 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.7 U, `- R2 W9 ^+ }, }7 C! Y' s( l  i

: j& s4 r2 r7 g* M/ k6 N) cL: 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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- P4 L; ~3 P! X3 lM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?+ b$ P/ g* v$ ?- U. F5 k( i0 _

. v1 n9 e' }0 r6 [1 \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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: u, @, U6 G/ {, pM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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3 D; f* y. y: ?  s* yL: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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# c! ]3 u4 C. y1 [" E' m6 h6 S4 u' U8 eM: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!
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7 L. e+ P% h7 _0 C- [M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.4 M0 t7 O7 A. [% P3 O: F7 b$ D* B

6 ?# D8 O4 Q" a% \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.
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' K3 _! D& ~- ~- q# c  }8 [4 r. KL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。: c3 V0 {  u. w

# D- P2 j  H# n9 CM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.) J; j0 v! f; I. D2 h

+ B" X: }! J! i7 U; XL: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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! X% k6 b( @; v+ P4 N& v3 w* ]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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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% I. `: n# ?# y1 @L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?0 J% u7 N$ m/ g3 @& F8 P

6 b% p; ^1 h" M; bM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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。, R6 k# |& l( o( a/ f$ `3 C4 \

# P' R, z5 W0 xM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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+ r% v0 @5 N# l) ~5 F) EL: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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.2 j- o: u; V9 \& }) T5 Y( u

% r% `+ W$ v, z( J# q6 y' w; qL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!- a! Y$ \7 F  D9 E* W

9 F% T: Z, S4 U6 q4 uM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。! q) k7 x$ [$ N$ b& Y

5 H+ P, d1 L; \" v7 B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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