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

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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。

! H. R, I% l* nL：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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5 c! B( i7 @0 ?/ d. N( VM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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: ?4 |  f& O: c" H1 d3 E" X1 h! DL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

1 v) \( D0 o, S+ \& |M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

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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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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M：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

9 F7 [9 `+ ]$ RL：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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9 y" Y! j9 q2 d. x- W* B( X, GM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

9 d1 E- k- S0 j. q6 g- }L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

4 g  F+ t) @, t( R5 J, N; _M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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！

. l: e. |8 P5 H* p+ SM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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1 [& d% b5 v' \( k6 sL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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3 ]9 M/ s- t& H6 n  C8 VM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：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？

6 S6 f1 d* L% c  B& L& y1 KM：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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+ h6 p0 ?+ y$ L( e) G; rL：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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! ~4 M1 ?5 {& G5 Q/ S  I, {$ j9 WM：He screwed up at work.
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. ^9 N( w! s# r/ P+ LL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

4 c+ F& d5 D  q5 ?7 \, A) iM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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。

M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

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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, c, j% v: }0 G, Y1 BM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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。

6 y: \# L# q0 L2 z& L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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