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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 ) D9 t3 z, u1 Z7 _8 y0 Z

. }  A' K: [7 VMichael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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" T5 q1 B! J4 W% K/ P% x2 H, F9 HL: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!6 b0 [. `3 z& b, G& A' F7 l

. p0 z2 p+ L) O8 M+ f5 |L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。  ^; E8 w: H* S$ d

( b% X. d+ L& wM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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# C' a0 p9 Q; v2 u( w, f$ A, C4 fL: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.+ n( D6 G4 E, @5 t5 U5 U2 L

' w) Y6 v2 B. K- F+ dL: 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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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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7 m4 ?0 `- Q/ J  v4 |+ e$ bL: 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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( S3 O9 D2 Y& f. PM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?  Y6 f; G# _# l) {6 z1 z  m2 B

: d% v9 m) J5 ~* SL: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。0 ~, L, j- [) x, r% V' Z

2 z# [3 C: [5 H  {' VM: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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- v2 e( u: j- sM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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5 E  H- G4 `0 a6 lL: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.# ^, r4 v4 ^" G  M

/ ^% F7 K& Y1 i2 x4 XL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?  s4 [. S) K$ s# S8 b  N

9 S8 R6 u8 ^! s0 eM:"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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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.$ p1 w( X, f( h

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9 T- x. u3 o/ d! s+ k/ MM: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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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?. x3 S! ~' y6 Q  o" S6 d

: N& t, u1 _. ^2 r& S  p; ~M:He screwed up at work.
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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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/ K. S; b$ X6 X5 n2 n6 ?* QM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.3 q1 b% y+ r* b# X+ N

, M* U# e! F+ N$ N: Z6 j6 tL: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。! }- j" m5 U" ^3 N( U" A  `2 f% f: W
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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!
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' m, t4 y2 F# y; w! w- l6 TM: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!$ ]$ [  J9 @& Z: b- C& X

  p9 V* H4 m- S! ~7 b& KM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。
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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。' q% J. E' M. ~$ Y$ ?
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