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

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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！
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

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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6 `0 I3 D: ]" H! E1 y8 ?( i2 n7 fM：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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

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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) Y! x  Y/ B% D' CM：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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+ E/ H8 q( _" Q- e- ~+ BL： 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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, \' u! k/ m3 U& T+ |* bL：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。

+ }' N' F, }+ W+ y# I. h: O2 sM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

1 R9 u( j: G/ rL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

7 V6 d0 C- [' @- h, i% VL：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.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

8 h$ C% g$ ^; H. P$ H9 k* ~! LM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

5 R5 J; T: G+ a* D0 Z2 G# {L：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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3 E5 v, h5 t" A2 S7 r* B# A! aM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

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？
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M：He screwed up at work.

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$ m- D# j, h/ G" q# J$ xM：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。

+ n2 M4 v( y8 g1 t: AM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

- P$ \6 D  @% @6 F' S! [3 wL：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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4 ]! B0 g# A/ P1 VM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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6 V7 D* r# l7 b0 _4 y7 F! lL：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.

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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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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