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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 ! h0 L: F) h/ Z( _8 u; q' ?
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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。7 A& l7 e6 o+ F# O7 H" Y- w- |

6 l1 f% s4 r5 ?5 R$ }5 ?  Z4 YL: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!; u: D) k+ \6 n3 }8 s

+ S7 A" u# h" K8 ~) Z  ]L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。/ q4 w# u9 h/ A) f4 R
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.3 k7 _6 i+ h( G5 g
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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。& _$ `2 v% {' t2 b% i- A
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.; |9 d: K8 O9 _9 q1 O+ t. K' C' @

3 {& H) l9 Z+ }. xL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?& d: C: @1 u1 _/ X; R9 e
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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.
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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。6 N6 u3 {+ L5 |0 j( X$ B

" m  M7 `% u$ l3 ?- WM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?5 [8 Q" s9 f( S3 Q
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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。" f# Z( S5 W+ H2 [  F; o1 q' ]& I

2 F4 a: w  r* |, X# G& lM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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!. }# X- a) |: Q1 [( F; e

& N; u9 D  [, g1 R' v& b5 xM: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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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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# P4 [( h7 E! VL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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; ]1 e9 l, ?$ K/ m! Z2 \8 D& J# nM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.# {1 b% U6 ^" \7 U& P
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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% P1 `3 E2 y" CM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.4 m( A; F- j; W1 {7 m9 Z
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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?# T+ ~1 Y( X& X5 L

4 ~, }. h: w/ a2 UM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.; @9 c) X5 ?8 r
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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.
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; K; D  F$ _/ o$ [3 W/ _3 T" QL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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( T0 Q6 W: m+ R0 J' h  J. ^M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.+ c2 [( g$ G- S8 L2 b0 ?

# ]. A% q" t" i9 J! N! ^; `: {" ?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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; b  f- P1 H5 z$ [- TL: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!* o: h, l. V; R% f6 I6 s0 B1 ?
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.$ I, J9 V# C7 v1 w& `5 Q: V
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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!: z% q5 M  o9 Y1 N6 z4 h7 x

8 d  D2 Q0 |! nM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.6 `7 p  a4 ^* l: k& M( q5 ]
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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 s1 k) c, E, O) O

: w7 N+ Y4 S3 L1 K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。1 S8 o) m# X5 k5 l) V( v

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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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