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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 & |8 ^+ N& I5 G) H# K
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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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+ I" ?( H$ ~" o5 V0 n+ M( FL: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!) F8 k2 r) C6 W" W0 e4 L

* K5 m0 ?4 i, {  g2 EL: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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( Z4 J$ |: l, RL: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。' |4 |1 f8 c" ?' F0 Q1 z

* g% u5 E2 |; Y2 m) P; }9 |7 [M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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1 o3 J$ p' [( X6 {- S6 s* _L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?4 P5 t* l' m: B' b* `
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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.9 n# j, F  p; i+ a2 z

$ ]% R, F2 I6 K0 N" qL: 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?
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3 X5 r2 e5 Q. G8 YL: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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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.( X3 f( L" k3 |0 `) w9 b
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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!2 b" t) u& I+ t, t  h/ W* @  Z8 E$ h

9 O. [" J) R! ]& L) n7 QM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.- w" h# N7 |5 S0 Q

  Z+ C% `" R! L- iL: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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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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7 l# f) F  ^. L  _, VL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?4 R1 n2 v0 ]/ L; |

; ?. L  s1 n) j: @" u7 e" V1 vM:"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.# g; G6 r' d' [

; p5 u, P6 @$ r# ^L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?* v& U1 R+ n. f+ ^
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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.
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; Q9 `9 G7 C" ^1 hL: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?, T7 M+ }6 C% t2 N8 v

- k0 Q6 U$ m' x6 f- Y- x5 k$ {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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$ B- Z7 _& p4 x$ ^! ^* F: yL: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。2 {/ i% B& _0 N% U
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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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  _: j  z4 a) Z% x8 T$ m- ZM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.' ]' ]0 i* J; E5 N
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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!
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3 Z- w3 k! v# P" _. |M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.% z3 h+ K3 U2 z$ W% b

. j% {4 o, M( C1 R3 TL: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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发表于 2009-7-14 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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