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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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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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3 [& O  D5 N! w* I% w( ^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!
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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1 K; |* z6 ]" u- a$ t& YL: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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/ C" ^# Q* `1 ~0 ?% ?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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' }' n8 ^$ y' L- Q- a+ GM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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4 x* P6 B1 l. ?. ~L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?* Q% B( T! z* M$ X. L" o
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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.5 h- r* w6 r( \2 a. s( T7 B- z
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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。
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; I& \7 N( h( p; g2 tM: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。5 o4 l- C/ D4 y, `3 |

4 L* j  b8 O3 R6 a# U* i( r# pM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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3 S3 d, {% i& K4 GL: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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: Q" h  P) W/ |; yM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.4 f! E& Z/ k6 i- q" x' B
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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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. O7 P1 g8 G8 |M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.: g9 R/ q3 K/ D" X2 z/ z  d
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?- E4 v$ k: f8 E# I2 N- Y# x2 e
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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- R) ~! u1 ?4 I& PL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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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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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.' Z! c! {/ D2 R) M+ B
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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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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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/ a; _. l% h4 `+ \8 Q6 `9 JL: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.
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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!* L0 F% H7 p. O! k1 {3 ^* v
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.; h% a' U9 @, X: I% G7 l
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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!5 n, f9 O+ o9 v0 U( U$ n. u

4 L5 o6 w- K" K( LM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.$ `; B  B  L0 B3 K" M  E

9 q, ]& n8 I+ f- I4 O# VL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。6 Q0 c2 A" J- m; D

7 C" V2 x2 S4 Q" d9 H+ Y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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