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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑
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6 _4 N/ \5 l! HMichael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- s% x+ {5 [/ UL: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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& R2 f2 o3 |+ e(Starting buzzer)  G& X! p% j; }0 x* l( m4 \

3 i* ]8 C) ]& w' a. ]7 OM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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' |% g; Y) z( z* d  P- m& R, FL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。' ]! s  h. m9 P( |; q6 _
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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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. `& H$ t8 S$ _: s- ?, HL: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。: c3 x+ D% C" O7 k5 _/ D6 c

4 c1 O. G. b, N4 o# E* l$ KM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.+ j$ W' K- O) r! w$ O8 g8 w" V
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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?! Q( g' h9 ?5 W. i2 a
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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.6 H6 x$ D0 e8 J* ^$ ?6 A
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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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$ Q% f( j) r0 c' ?4 h  Z1 fM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?' Z& P( F* U8 K3 b

. g% N4 v. C/ Q- B6 g4 uL: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。; ^7 @! F+ n% n0 K6 b1 s
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.9 s4 J6 `6 z4 ^3 y* m
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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!
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.0 g; Y4 Z; V4 n; O7 _* N3 \% r
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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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6 v' D6 W4 w* h% W, x+ I' d/ wM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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6 q8 J! m' z* R% ^0 R/ S# mL:"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.# u# Z0 i1 W" r, s
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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.
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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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% q7 ]& F" @+ G. k- s; G. O0 N9 DM: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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) k+ \) _4 }9 z( \( Q8 u. Z" D- {1 r2 a8 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?
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M:He screwed up at work.. y+ d7 y& q* M; e

3 q3 S! q( n* J0 S$ |1 J" ~L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?8 w" r2 Z* F% x( S0 L
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.9 [" v  B+ C& z3 A6 h
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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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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2 \% z8 w. B1 ?$ U8 }" q* x( |6 JL: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!1 U' r2 U3 X3 v0 m
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.* K8 y6 L* g4 j$ k( v

$ v: G8 J& X* @L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!- A" c1 P3 z5 H. K$ P
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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$ ]) b8 I' Y3 t( q4 _8 @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。" f8 K: z* X2 i0 \  j' p5 }3 N
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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。; j2 x( e1 @7 F2 r, j- N
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