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

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( s' u* t8 |" N5 J# v! lMichael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。6 A& v' K/ z# A* S# t

) ?6 p- F3 m" x& f2 XL: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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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!+ k2 ~5 m2 \, E$ n2 I. j
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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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3 d2 U5 E) z6 J9 L& fM: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。2 j. N0 s% O+ ]  F2 h/ k) P5 c
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there." v# C5 n# o" Y# {

+ d8 f3 g+ q/ r! K0 \) v7 e; qL: 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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9 B2 t# a1 X) Z2 zM: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。- k: a9 O* \' L" D4 E2 p
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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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.; l( d$ U8 k. b( g9 s6 i( @

1 m( W3 Y. H9 r  R5 kL: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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0 L; a- Z; U% o: I. J  J! G0 BM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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  e$ \) `2 ]0 u/ `7 E. ^5 {- rL: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!6 Y- ~, K, t4 V2 d5 C9 d# x4 t

$ {% d# Z& c8 ^M: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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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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1 |- e- J, ^8 u5 v" DL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。$ E+ p# g& D4 ?/ [# y2 Z
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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2 l4 Z4 h9 q" xL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?8 M9 o; ~$ S! k4 j% F' z, `

) b0 y4 B" r  u4 i( h; V% PM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.2 }: x6 U5 ^! Y% k+ T6 Q- q
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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?6 T6 u9 L2 n2 l% ^6 [

0 f" i4 f4 ^0 {2 w, `6 `: kM:He screwed up at work.
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3 B2 t3 ]. ^7 r, c* J7 U6 iL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.% G& j; o: i& z6 o

# E  Y. J) D& @. BL: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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: @1 }5 c5 F2 \/ Q' e8 _7 [' @1 A! WM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.  T. P, V1 D$ f

! u3 G8 l+ z; z0 i; O" ML: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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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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.5 |9 \4 M7 c. v. Y) E

$ Z4 P; ^. B5 b9 ]% NL: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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