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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 }+ ], G: T- t& ?2 S$ sL: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!6 Y6 F8 U) c* s- s9 p
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(Starting buzzer)
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* n% k0 m) E9 z" L5 ]  Q3 Q( ]M:Sometimes these games get really rough!$ l' O' Q( r( D5 t0 [

. `& a0 h6 K: ^! h, R) u0 X% v0 LL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。# s+ k& k4 G9 ~1 o+ J

1 z, }/ ^$ ^- a) ^- g9 {0 x4 h/ PM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.% z! x2 S& Y  z
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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。  _0 H6 t6 ?0 l* L- Z
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M: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?
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5 o$ ?. K8 |- @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。7 t3 y. |9 z: ]0 M8 f
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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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: ^3 u: @6 d. {" R( ~0 D, HL: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。3 v: ^( x" ]: ?1 G, K8 q+ b( p

' K& K9 w: l: k  R! VM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.& G- X* V$ H' ^

! ]9 D1 Q8 d6 nL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!0 N4 e6 t0 ^0 d/ C3 `) B! V
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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!7 U$ r: L9 m, {: I& B4 y2 O
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.' j# q* q; S1 l

) t; |  {, \1 C, N$ lL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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, n/ c" _$ {" P1 n7 }' k' pM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.  R0 G3 J* b6 w5 m: m( ]% j+ ~

- }+ l( X/ L8 w' _/ I' ]+ LL: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.  y" h$ _, M. n; u: H/ i( I' B5 \
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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?8 B' c5 Q; b$ t- \4 c1 j. l

$ S0 L3 i- E! G6 X9 B% [M:He screwed up at work.5 {8 V# M4 h( x; ?  V7 ^

  [3 T9 F" }/ @5 C' I% g" O- O3 {L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?3 s4 w1 g' x* N) @/ [

+ `$ N" K* X% \( c: nM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.2 o! y7 b" [6 p+ B% M
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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。
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, ?' d+ {* v6 S- V  `9 {M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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; d4 H2 W% @% _$ B5 A) rL: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!  H5 q, i, D  T$ P  y2 A

) f3 ?: P  ~$ v9 jM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.* Y5 y% Q/ V, v* q; ^; j- U) p) N

: x3 i% L) Y; o5 D6 n# i" Y  K  qL: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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.. s. D$ |5 ~8 e2 g( T
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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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$ e# M; p# d% B+ X; L5 {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。* W) h; c; J* H& O0 w4 u
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