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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
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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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" f: n% E4 F3 s! Z) _+ g  ~M:Sometimes these games get really rough!% A0 E; f0 k3 A, j  |) W: [8 M
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L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。' o0 y3 a0 s0 ^5 {# S1 N

; l" I  E  G8 CM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.' u) r( X( N% j9 o
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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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/ Z" J, ^: z9 X9 U" R; \, @M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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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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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.) P6 t( d# P* ]  l6 L- P$ h
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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。
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" o! I0 u# u9 i. V  pM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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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# W; w/ i) [
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.6 V) g, u2 Y3 c: f; t
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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!: P5 v  N1 y' T/ ]8 T- L
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M: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!  Z0 v: T0 b* q3 x/ G

- B4 k/ t# e4 Q: J6 @2 ^M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.5 V' w' Y- {+ ]5 [" R

9 g; w. q6 R0 U# h" c9 t" kL:"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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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"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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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.5 A1 k; g8 e& q3 k$ A4 Y/ J( q

8 g* A6 E- G; e' t! }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?5 A, Y' _, p  Y

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2 c6 m( u, W. nL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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% N/ {* l2 {! ]/ H8 U* PM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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, {; |& W: q, b! ~% k% PL: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。9 p' J( w: I5 }; w* @( p0 D

+ I  C! l9 Q: ^& i. R* v" O1 g# vM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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" E5 T( }* v- i" ~# F  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!
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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) `; `- l6 c& w! UL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!0 N8 u- I  M# P3 ]4 l8 t& x2 A* ]
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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: i) o9 \" `5 D: ?8 NL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。+ q4 h+ O. a. k, d7 G' M: p

2 y: j# M' ~$ u* ~; p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。# S2 V7 I; B. M* ~6 @1 Z2 Z

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