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

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  P: d, T! d/ C% `! ZMichael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。: s5 L2 K  S' z. a7 s6 ?8 I6 u

8 Q  t# N$ S+ s7 H# I4 lL: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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4 A/ l) ^0 P" q2 l: ]+ nM:Sometimes these games get really rough!0 q& H) k5 F: c) @3 v# k2 {

: E0 d  P& Q# @, _$ ~$ `L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。3 B. P. S0 l$ X, P
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.* p- Q0 Z2 Z7 T4 v/ y
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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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.  F' i* Q1 a7 u1 x! t6 |; V( J
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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?& r! f# K) m4 D7 r& B* ^" v

! _6 Q7 c% l0 U+ Z9 nM: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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  Z# `+ G& o3 ?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。0 {/ x/ z8 |4 U% a/ G$ J
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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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& n! M6 J7 q( v( p5 H5 fL: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。% S& u/ w! w% G/ O1 {
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M: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!
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: x3 e8 R1 L! kM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.- ?0 l) M9 f: u6 U7 }
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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!% }  v7 B  q, }: ~* Y" C

$ i( P7 W3 u* i3 g  R& MM: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?. J2 D) C) O# ^5 \% K6 x& r2 |
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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, k1 p  S1 M; v; K- V* P# G, RL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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" L+ x3 W7 F, ^+ ?' UM:"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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, B5 x& j1 X/ c( {M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.1 U- X  [- p) h7 m( K1 o, \# N" s# S
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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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; y6 i+ Y4 r( b% d7 WM:He screwed up at work.
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* r6 W1 \; C8 h! U; QL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?3 Z  w- l) ]  r
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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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0 Z: `! j  g2 ?) n3 _8 n% ?- C" NL: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。1 n8 g9 u; y$ Z6 V5 h! L- @/ J/ H2 l

! I" p. ]. F# ?2 {$ O$ vM: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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.. E8 W$ x6 n, _: f$ _
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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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/ \9 m1 R. W4 b/ fM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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, X, B' L% A3 |2 w$ VL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。" z- e# f7 k+ d" D3 F# P

# N( B2 Q( A" n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。* ]7 z8 M; o; k$ o+ s
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