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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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* Q" y7 v: N8 W4 c3 uMichael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!, G% ~, z5 c7 f% G0 \* w' p! X- n# m; U

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& }1 w/ s2 D" `& cM:Sometimes these games get really rough!# s( c7 t0 A2 ]7 t

9 `5 g  j2 P' I8 p: DL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。. {) ~* u: ^2 t& E0 M5 @

4 {  D0 b% R( H% {6 Q7 \" ^: [M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.. A2 F! r+ K' @
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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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7 O# K: \7 [4 K5 SM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.5 w( [7 B, y% [8 J* r  e/ r0 l
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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?8 i) e5 {: U) ^( L" `/ t& |% [9 r
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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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8 X5 C; I$ u' r" f+ W9 `& 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。- X3 B! R$ j7 t  u* j# I1 @, F4 J8 w
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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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6 T" W" ^% h; h% J4 E8 k2 ZL: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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( e) b) R, e# ]  j$ ]% x1 D! {: mM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.  J& F8 ?% S8 @4 u; M$ g  q9 y

, v( a% q8 v0 @: I+ uL: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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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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, W7 i; R- e2 {  @# s4 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!1 M7 w* |2 h* _, J( N3 |7 `

) ]( v& H' Y; yM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game." x  o/ }' T! j4 D+ U% j

) T3 M" B2 Y/ V/ p2 nL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?; w) J5 G2 l+ k' K- q4 ~5 Q

! O; z7 u) A8 TM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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6 Z2 ^5 F* t5 O- H* |- R* ^L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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# y7 Q+ L6 C% n* _5 B/ y6 u3 {M:"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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/ B1 `! Y3 Z" [2 j# qM: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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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  I; F! [, v0 L2 H( J  sL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?- A! Y7 H( B* _" O: R2 z: G
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.' D* I7 j7 e7 E  G) K  V! m

( J( _4 Y! D4 Z- u% @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。
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.) {! W1 L  M! H" ^( ]% f4 _
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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!, v. H0 f( G4 s! [
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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3 k# N. s; o% G: GL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!) O# f0 ~5 b% C. H6 f
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M: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。/ j. a  b$ y- y' N2 r: ~1 J
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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。0 N2 B, f1 G& E3 x1 M& i
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老杨团队 追求完美
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