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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 ! _" D5 ^+ K7 K3 S4 N+ [: N
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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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6 n+ F" t4 A3 O% a& v. dL: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!
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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。
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.- ^* ^* B+ P) x; e

) Y- Y. u9 s' e- [' F3 oL: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。
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% T# ]9 p9 b7 B$ rM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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) @$ y% v6 m0 F; ^5 |L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?7 `/ \+ z3 [+ S9 P/ z# \

7 _: S7 t9 S3 o! qM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.7 `! [) @; a6 o6 }5 Q" V
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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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3 j( s  [7 X7 e2 s# _M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?8 M( O4 y) m% n% [/ ^) F
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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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.( i# E$ c8 t3 I1 F( A+ W
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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!# Z; N' w' T# W  I  s

) Q1 B2 j% ^3 ]6 x3 T1 X6 Z9 g6 UM: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!
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. A7 K3 T. `$ z! w7 ^M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.1 |3 S; H2 |4 k3 z4 g& N
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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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1 F- Y2 T+ O+ ~7 j4 j9 |M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.  k6 u1 m. {# g: F, ~

4 o/ v; |2 u; O* T3 N2 }& P  \L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?7 ?( k; m1 a) G' E7 {

6 u  l" ?2 E) w7 xM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.& W# c8 w# S* R' h' @, z$ I
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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.7 c) M1 M7 Z/ d+ ?& T
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?, U- Y' A% @/ B$ Q" D
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.4 X9 {( o3 ]. I7 R/ E' d+ c5 U

0 |8 a# D4 F, V  I) UL: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。  L# I" ]7 k. X' h2 n5 b$ `$ @
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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!% Y1 j8 d6 M# ?5 c# [
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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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!) C% [0 W7 Y- q' g

" |& [' V: o4 Y1 t0 `, M# ^- XM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.2 p& [$ ^) ]* ]/ ^
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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。3 ~  j0 W+ n$ N0 w
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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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老杨团队 追求完美
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