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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 5 F' h9 g( B7 Q: h. c
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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。' I* _6 y. y7 t# l2 O7 z

/ y5 x3 W6 Q3 D% UL: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!2 M7 I8 W# ^7 P: T2 S. X# n

7 D# R( t. @9 i5 f  Y& o, V3 j% C(Starting buzzer)
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5 P! F. x: L5 f9 O0 ~M:Sometimes these games get really rough!1 _1 M$ f2 ?7 i: K" u$ M

, n5 f- A- v$ i: }- b6 \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.
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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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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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.
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" A% }0 j- |0 J1 [+ \6 {; j" o( AL: 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。5 j6 k+ F8 J$ B; a7 {# m
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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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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。, J8 Y3 O- c" r* U: Q, ]5 d8 g

: s' K( c. k& W! d* K! sM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.1 g; z7 d- Q# c$ L
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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!- ~$ y6 ~& {2 O% W& T
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing." M, v- P1 B% h# [

  o& q7 `  `5 w( \( s4 ^4 m5 G+ pL: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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" }4 g0 a, D9 U- [" JM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.9 T- K! M% b# H& v: e; B) W8 `, K

6 t! B4 d$ _" v- fL:"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.9 p3 o+ ?1 c% S; c
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。3 S! n. Q$ l& p* Z
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.% w( {$ `" \2 k' z

3 I1 T8 e4 s4 L& V3 }/ aL: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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. r8 {) P+ Q  y4 e7 ^1 t, JM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.2 `+ W1 b, v1 S! N* c

( q7 Y# {5 S1 y% a: g7 u: g' oL: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?" r2 b/ l$ L, I5 f, _

' g% H4 @8 d0 M5 xM:He screwed up at work." a" X) H1 F7 E0 U1 d4 i$ k% R
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?8 @% [6 R/ Z$ {+ ?  Q0 z
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.; `- ^9 p& X2 b& ^( D

9 t. z# D% T, \9 l. n3 |0 IL: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。3 _$ A+ {4 Z+ m# H9 X" W: d, v
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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( s9 b6 d2 U% s( J3 @$ ?) rL: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!# O8 R" O$ {" C1 q
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.# `7 _( M2 I- f

, ?/ s5 q& ]4 w" \, [5 z9 fL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!6 H" h8 T! p9 ?4 j) L/ O
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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5 W5 S# Z/ f2 e3 s0 O# i! UL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。' K' K/ C+ N6 }- X  H. e' M( ?
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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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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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