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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   J- U, x% z: W
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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!) ~* y8 @8 J4 i# g) S$ @! H

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+ G$ J$ ]* k1 L7 K7 K( [6 J$ q' [M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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7 p3 R4 j" i2 ]; mL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。+ I; z3 ^* l+ T6 L& 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.
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3 T% G. T9 i, W# i4 cL: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。8 P# y0 X& `9 @! J" A* Y- y
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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.# @9 Z1 h5 e! D& M( a) \/ h

' s& q" G2 c- s" {! ]6 E2 Q/ wL: 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。4 |+ R2 Z0 Z9 a% v+ V) R( s9 ^! d7 }
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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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, C; S6 p7 R0 T) 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。3 i& |& P1 D! p9 d7 k3 \# g
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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7 s2 {& X3 R0 k' I6 HL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!( l2 B3 }# @+ v

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8 K) x; H, [, l: R2 S* xL: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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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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; w" R5 {5 e7 F/ d2 EM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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4 |! t& G" E4 {1 rL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。+ |7 ], F2 U; L( e) l
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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?$ _  G: n1 _0 P* R  y' e0 k# _
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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.
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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?2 b! f* f, p+ B: u; z
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M:He screwed up at work.  x6 I9 v: D6 J  E8 I
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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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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.- D2 r" ^' |0 O; d! ?
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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。4 e  H0 ]8 H1 |. p  }- \

, K3 c' p. c; l7 }# k5 P6 jM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.& E3 i6 A  e& A9 k

1 Y+ C7 E6 G$ x7 c6 M9 A# K+ b. ?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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; |& K  Z3 R. U) G+ R; UM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.2 u$ I# h' t) d0 i. z
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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!, K8 G4 c+ W2 J$ v+ d. }
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.7 P' Q7 s+ L7 \6 m

0 G9 V2 [' i  N. q+ X+ QL: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。
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