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

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- j  O, C7 n5 {5 {: g6 M6 a, TMichael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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2 ?) {, X# v. e. IL：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！

(Starting buzzer)

M：Sometimes these games get really rough!
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: R; r$ [; J6 E0 Y: O: {4 `  YL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

% z8 n4 U% }, G! DM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

. N; N; a0 c4 E% AL：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。

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？
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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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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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8 H7 f9 [7 E+ f; [: kM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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  g; I+ s5 p4 g" w4 U$ }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.
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# ^1 {& F& d% u5 l5 rL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

. o! u# [/ ]! F2 `0 N9 KM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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) |$ i; l; `. n0 [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！
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& J, x* I% n8 ^1 i) ~. M! sM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

# A+ C5 q5 T. K( j5 _M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

; {# m; }9 h) F' Q( s: ~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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9 m, Q" W# r( T6 lL：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？
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6 h1 f/ [  [' t$ K! A/ L9 zM：He screwed up at work.
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& g* u5 G& l( R& RL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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  B1 I7 }! _1 l* o2 [5 e* Y* VM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

7 {) e+ {9 o1 zL：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。
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4 |' p( L* C) Z# n3 l+ p/ }: ^M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

: {7 Z1 k. }' y2 B3 s) B! t8 cL：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！

" @* i, l, G. [1 d( r3 UM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

- U3 p- e5 n6 m$ K& R' C! t& Z% ~1 @L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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。

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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