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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 8 A- Y: g0 J% t6 f. ^2 T* x

3 I/ S7 v1 Q8 v* M. q1 f3 x) }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。  l  K( a: J. K. @8 U* B: f, o

, Q) @8 o, ?( X$ |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!( m7 O' L7 Q7 n1 W& q1 J

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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) D* d# O) ?" M& Y. j) \- NL: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.+ i# r' X. W3 w( l* @5 z& v- v

/ O; Z, ^4 E6 c$ jL: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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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?8 y6 c3 e: @2 v* i

# M7 Q& O8 N1 W; C+ j, lM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.- l' {2 q+ S5 c6 a

- l: u7 }# z8 k; ~) ~. eL: 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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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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  `8 Q/ P6 `" @+ m9 xL: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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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!' g- R! z8 s7 l8 W$ S
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.# h& X, P5 y) b  N3 B

3 Q# k! n1 x: }/ {& TL: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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3 R3 M2 ~, |6 L5 v' h- MM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game." o% C+ R. _+ B
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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/ w$ W$ P# W( h, V7 l6 AM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up./ \0 P3 j' }1 n  E

3 C# w7 r5 O+ _' M+ W' SL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。* F! x0 B/ m9 ?! c6 J

) D1 [" k& e0 w. D8 \& R7 z) `M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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4 n. ^$ N* Z5 U5 |: b, `2 iL: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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* H" v: E2 j+ C, \. \8 ^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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- Z# P* ?& i9 c3 JL: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?7 j1 T9 Q$ r6 a/ M- h: A

7 x4 p& S! h2 `- }) {M:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?! j, V$ ?& P! B% A3 P
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.$ H* ]7 _1 x9 S0 F8 S! s" q
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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。
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' x, S4 @( G$ a6 O6 m6 [8 z  v) OM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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& I9 N& ^% v' I  C* S6 yL: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!4 P2 W5 J6 r* Z

( O1 ?/ K# J0 @M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.$ X3 ~) t3 w0 Q; e1 q. j
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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!) X7 I! n; B3 ]8 V. w

- Q' R# @. a9 n) MM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。0 Q9 y7 |) \" `* C5 z

- M4 x, C( O* `( u" \! H3 x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。' Y, S- G3 u6 M/ E, [# l
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