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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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0 ]( F$ Z) q* t( U2 N0 ^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。: k: X6 l- a% W/ L" g

8 S  q; g: x' o& a7 kL: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!5 Z/ U6 K$ ~) q  n" u$ @

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: @/ s; V$ s2 X" ?- W% `. ]4 rM: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.& A: ^" G: z2 w: D# p
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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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& w- q6 F" I' @8 I4 j1 |/ b6 IM: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?! i: B1 p" O& b4 L: z

3 }" M6 K1 P$ X( x5 |) qM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.8 [/ y) E$ j" L1 z+ r6 V
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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。+ l2 s# A* a( h
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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。8 H! J+ B( M8 c$ {

6 N; h0 s, l0 W+ |0 GM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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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3 j# e3 H2 y' V0 e' a9 x5 {M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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: m! I/ d% T% J( gL: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!/ o$ j8 A9 e0 A9 W/ V! o" K& N

2 H2 L# F( K) ]* E+ f, C4 f, sM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.! p0 M; d& w! x# r! m8 n5 R

: e% @5 ?2 A4 Q$ h8 u  f% I1 yL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?" q; v4 }$ C8 H
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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. N& y& w% ?- Q( E6 h2 d6 `/ DL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。% R! {* j5 @( p5 d
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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3 q: @: ?, c4 g1 N' |; mL: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.* p6 s$ y  N+ w1 _3 B1 Q
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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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! a% B9 f8 b8 S( CM:He screwed up at work.
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& f; ]0 n9 o: x) q" C" ]: _L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?7 A. c+ l) J, O$ h
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.4 n+ v2 _' {7 S; |2 @' J! b

6 Y; I1 d1 {; t9 u2 |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。1 C# @- g5 K( Y( I9 t9 _
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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!
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M: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!, s: @3 M* e4 q: [& R
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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。
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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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