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

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5 q/ b2 K$ ?! V3 x( y  t( A; SMichael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。

. v- j* A- O% o* 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)
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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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M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

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。

9 d' _& L+ E3 z4 R2 F0 yM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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/ f! L/ j9 E5 ?6 Z, IL： 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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! O- M0 }7 i/ V2 h6 L* `" k5 qM：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。

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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$ ~, ~" f  n# G: kL：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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. _& Y; g% U2 U/ eM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

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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) E" U$ z1 O$ m! SM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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！

/ o" [9 w& V2 [* u$ D) wM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

8 K, b* q9 J4 |  d$ _% G( EL："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.

9 e, B- w+ C0 {/ b- o% GL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

- x% `* m- d$ x  _M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

, G4 V4 v2 A' X: {L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

/ p. ^( Y9 A4 D6 N' BM：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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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？

* N9 o- i& A& G( [M：He screwed up at work.
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! k" l: H3 o" c9 \! tL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

" t9 B6 U0 J6 ?8 wM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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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# D/ ~* V: J7 DM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

6 v* Q& T7 n9 {) 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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

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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6 h8 `7 Z; \8 k3 }M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

# k1 f* K* y$ y/ \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。
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, E, v/ N2 N; {8 p; @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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