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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 7 @: w( O0 F; _* |6 n) o6 G
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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!7 C. L" q' S5 [5 G  z2 T* s: V% f9 Z

8 y. ?  X' b/ D5 t9 O) b(Starting buzzer)
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M: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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/ e+ x5 U7 E( l! y1 h" c/ \M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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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! T. f. _8 D. f% g5 ]  ~% WM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.: ~2 x) f2 E# l; O/ w- J% G9 P
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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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+ E) F3 ]: K* O8 p: @M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.; E6 o: q' }; S5 r2 X

  Y6 ^9 ^, ~* n  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。* z- j, P; n* c
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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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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。) S: x+ S7 p9 i4 t, ]* P8 T
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.3 t$ ?& a6 X+ B$ Z1 m- ]+ Z/ {7 E
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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!
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9 J' `" m/ f+ q4 k; i  LM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.4 ]$ a/ u! o; \. i6 E. a

( \6 r8 X/ ^0 CL: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 |! t+ L, d# A! C  @. s! d4 t9 p* B

. I. D: \- L3 t4 HM: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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, L2 W2 G' n$ K+ R6 v0 Q- @$ wM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.+ s" p3 R& B8 M/ R, S, C
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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.) h. v8 n- ]- ~& H! m2 r& g0 ~

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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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: g/ ?9 @3 j- T8 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?* @9 q# ]1 \. S% S3 u
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M:He screwed up at work.8 L  e3 x9 m8 p0 T4 L
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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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7 y2 ]1 K  ^; s) C3 y  JM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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! f+ a  Q1 a) m" D" i- OL: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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M: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!3 ^' h+ f: ~9 u
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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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!
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5 b3 P3 k( A6 g+ ]8 ?- n. BM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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, u: ^' S' y+ N) yL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。. V7 Q# V; f$ r2 r% H9 M* O) f( d

2 @: g: p' H, v/ `: @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。" O& z1 h0 A. L# R

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