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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 $ b- I( s+ W1 C% X8 W: R1 y5 S
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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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L: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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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!8 b- v6 A- ~% g( o7 h. j. p

7 A$ o  T' D; QL: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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* }/ l- E; F* M& @, \" ^& e3 f" NM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.% |) M4 D; d" U

( V/ s& l0 o: ^, P1 U' @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 b' [3 e, }: n" ~; C' H
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.; T( t& r3 W# v2 O3 d6 J& r
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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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3 V5 o1 G/ E* b9 Z( Q% `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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, u4 E8 r& T4 \+ Q8 R3 a7 oL: 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。) B: f* B. v$ g9 Z2 g  V0 E+ Q. K
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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 q0 ?; e% p1 I( Z8 V
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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.8 U+ B8 M# G8 c; t' R( H
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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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3 a* }) V0 S2 Q* i+ q, ~2 \M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.( h, ]; [& ^, \2 b1 U3 I
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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!' X% U2 x& `% N) l- [0 K0 j# i

+ L0 `% W, i$ n& m, f6 QM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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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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% H. i& w% E9 b; zL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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+ {2 }5 m. C0 J5 OM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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8 {) q0 H: Y& @5 r4 z& i5 n4 UL: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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4 R, w0 e' O* B1 I( C; I9 Z7 WM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.: p& l/ H, N& }+ R

0 ^$ n1 [6 q: k) oL: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?- v8 E% a3 x/ a2 S& v
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M:He screwed up at work.; S- S2 w! L& t6 }( N3 `8 j; K
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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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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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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!  f6 Z( u9 E& d

! A& u) ^# k: GM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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! U- c: w( a: L* a- ]! XL: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.- [  d- D& F$ O. S& k6 M  p

* Z" K" L. U- }) W" K% m; @, PL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。( V; }, S6 x; e: |3 k' c
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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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