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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 r x, r! v7 o4 m: E% X% u; E. z 5 ?: J) R" e p2 _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。 N V( m2 F# _4 u Z : L6 i$ y+ B3 V( Q3 [( j, @M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.+ n0 Q) D+ A; c: t
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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? 1 e: Q7 ]. Y5 m2 B$ x2 {; s" e9 [3 b5 k5 I, u1 {7 O2 V
M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold. ( ^' L& o1 ^3 N9 \0 P) w7 G ! C/ ~! ?+ y' Z9 Z( b) v. Q4 _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。 - ?& b7 e# R2 [9 W' L " G1 s# J: z Z5 ^M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade? 5 F2 H; E2 a. C9 v 9 Z' w5 i v9 T& y- @/ v% V2 OL: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。 % b2 E; k+ w8 M N9 d/ P C1 y6 h/ j, P3 I5 y3 Q7 H
M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool. 6 z+ A$ q" h! u$ ?+ _ & t9 F3 T$ \7 z$ L2 {L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!7 q8 e/ {/ k! k- c) v3 C8 A) s
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing. * o4 B, y/ f$ w. t6 C) h; g0 p0 N A- b! U" K$ H/ y
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! * ?% N" s/ B* }4 y5 k4 m; h1 G5 U1 t$ N& y0 ^% V
M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game. . J/ S9 n' e9 n+ Q4 ]' _/ y2 Z. M* h; N E# E
L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?$ Y6 ?; b: x Z1 j. y \
3 R. H( ~3 |- Y# O( T( v% v6 AM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.* Y% o9 ]* i" _/ u% R X8 U
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。 5 e" L# ^( K+ N2 k! z1 N. s4 k* B% {- @
M:"Screw up," it means to mess up. 0 n: O6 b4 F7 m, N, o ( O l3 |) V7 T! A8 eL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误? / x' J( B8 p9 t+ q/ b0 q4 Q9 N5 V - ~/ X' J$ c3 JM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.( B8 _- ]4 k `: X- D$ A0 l- m
; b! A6 \4 h( m! K* _9 z/ e) F5 ?( QL: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?# U; ]. E, T8 w; Q( U, d4 g
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M:He screwed up at work. 9 a4 f0 H0 f7 w; i4 M1 X$ y J6 v9 V) }, A9 a4 x$ O
L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?/ \: d c8 j$ L/ i# Q. }2 u7 s. Q
6 u6 z# r3 w0 @. O bM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.2 \- n/ J1 D; Q& z$ ]$ a9 ~
1 N ^! p1 n4 I' yL: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 F. T1 O$ b! l8 m% l+ x
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/ _8 U& T5 c d3 d- UL: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! % w0 G w; C2 H0 Q. v, {7 P0 D6 Z8 o+ k0 I6 m/ A, ~ N. @
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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! ' W5 |/ m4 P [ G/ c& ]- m: J# w* Z' T& S6 i
M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight. # ~1 B' `2 Z( n1 K7 A* J: r 4 u `2 G! T* n) L. |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。1 \1 e+ B B; w7 P, [) I6 G$ h) i