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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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+ O3 F) I/ q. j1 J$ m) o: v, oMichael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。/ b& W0 m; r9 A  C+ g! D( X
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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!
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7 e+ d$ j, r- R0 AM:Sometimes these games get really rough!' j  ~8 C) Y: V, j) ?, n1 m
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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。  a9 F4 V; E. [8 [% k9 f- W8 s
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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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9 q  `; S* w+ Y7 K; s0 KL: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。  v" _3 q$ _1 S4 a* {2 V

3 [& p! N% V- O; a* }M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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9 i6 c. \8 c; tL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?6 @4 U* |! F/ G  g
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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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) t8 T2 ^' ]" b* G  @6 ?$ r" G& ]# gL: 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。" T$ \. ?9 X% W2 |
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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?) s5 T- ?) n5 L" Z3 d2 S4 w7 Q

! }# o* J, P4 p3 y: \; U1 D- X4 ?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。6 J$ l/ [3 |& a

! D8 }$ `6 {" u/ }0 BM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.& h4 g6 |" G/ r5 @- T  N9 H

3 R, G) R( `/ O9 i$ vL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!2 W! \/ C. `4 f' @9 L, o2 _

: W( K! G$ }4 ?5 p' a8 rM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.& E; H: {9 R; N; }) o3 m

6 o$ [* t% C$ F2 S( BL: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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  n; z. M: j% C; p  xM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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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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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.( R3 v. M0 O! h' l0 g2 |
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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?6 u7 Q# _2 I8 z4 O) ^  U

" i8 s  T6 f/ {- i1 g7 g" w* pM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.( w  |9 t0 j) [, V  R

% _8 _$ t2 o4 y0 NL: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?8 u; e; _7 \. _! Y

6 s1 j2 @2 x; K: PM:He screwed up at work.  P, ^! u7 n8 r# y4 b
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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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9 n& I% c5 G  Y. j  v4 [0 y6 WM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.; j: O& Z3 l6 r! V9 e  ^+ N
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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。5 Y3 [* A& k' h9 D

! l; d# j1 O# lM: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!* `( c4 C" v1 [% ^8 _- ^
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.# V* P" A% D& b. p; A

+ H& A( h0 W$ |. \1 L1 [L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!
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8 P9 `4 w, \3 j2 f" Y$ WM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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% u0 Z# [+ m( N, M6 A( h  HL: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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( ~3 T+ [( X3 [4 w0 h4 O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。6 H9 A& J7 n" f, C# P4 A
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