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

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8 K& {6 ^, b, z, IMichael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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, U9 T) ?$ A1 R, |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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6 y0 n* L* _% v3 q- u5 GM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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。
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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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) Z' W, y4 |$ s% `: ?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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- d/ F$ X( O; [& }' X3 O" [M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

- G4 H0 J3 ^& {% Q1 ^& G' D& \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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# L1 i9 w& P' X+ f* lM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

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。

M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

  H" a' B! z, t+ ~1 ML：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

( o) g( o- J) @( q) }1 qM：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！

7 M) t$ t; T8 BM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

2 J5 w9 {* z3 j2 x( GL："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。

. C, O4 Z( y- W/ LM："Screw up," it means to mess up.

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.
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8 E+ M  `# {  w% i% J3 u9 `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？

; e' e  p  {# Y6 i/ f5 C: B; eM：He screwed up at work.

L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

% M1 I2 F' x; NM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

7 Y' @) B: W0 H# @* N: E4 @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 s' e; X" H# D% K+ _; q+ BM：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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" {, G5 Q0 m) k5 PM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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6 c3 }' X9 ?- R4 _! p4 W' }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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" f/ K9 u& Q1 x. dM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

+ V7 b- o3 I6 tL：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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