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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 & o7 b) b0 ]1 Z! F  t' G' C, }

3 }4 [( S- z. i: b  f9 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。* K9 O6 g' X; o' a: g

0 L4 c! @) K% h% {" R+ ZL: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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, |  r% `$ S; m6 X; T. M* h(Starting buzzer)
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1 u. T: k2 w$ T6 e! dM: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.  u: D) d2 w" r! [
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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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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.) P$ U& ~# o& k
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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.
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5 j$ m3 T$ `- O; Y9 Y" {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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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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9 c* q  i* f- ]' c% H: H# @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。% p2 t* k' U+ V3 i2 w$ K
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.0 _" r5 i9 H% h* P0 q$ I

3 f* O/ X/ Q) r- ZL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!" f4 m. ?, Z6 a, S/ N+ Z2 I
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.2 W4 e4 m/ S( b: g

- n* v/ K" _! lL: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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- g. _3 o1 V& b( HL:"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.% w2 w' w" b; B' o+ I8 ], C- U2 B

, n" ]% S! K, M& `5 \8 h0 eL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。. W" ~: A4 A  \8 \

4 v. e9 l% `) y$ V0 D, H# |( SM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.5 ?- l  A4 q! ~

# |( z) g" I. B" bL: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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0 ?# H4 y" m! _) S! T: lM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.; d) u. k' Y0 h! R* Y. a

) [/ m8 ^) O. eL: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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8 n! f4 H7 n9 H* ^' _5 s# gM:He screwed up at work.
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, J9 h/ w& y/ }# pL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?, S3 B$ \2 r% v
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.: ?/ |4 A% ]  p4 k$ K
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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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.6 `$ ?- U9 }  h& U
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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!* l. ]  |/ U3 N  c4 y8 E9 N* Z. W

0 B  `3 t$ e6 G! n6 NM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players., o/ o/ R5 @5 U9 X: h
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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!0 Q% V$ P  U, ^2 {* t0 G% B5 d% |
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.4 }% o, w3 q  e' o: {8 ^$ g+ \( I9 l6 {

! J+ p0 k4 M9 P+ U3 d0 pL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。+ U$ Q+ U) z9 @# N; V: y0 w

" H6 Z7 V9 T/ _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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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