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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
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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!* l( K8 K" N$ F$ T. [6 [
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1 s+ _4 n4 B+ dM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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3 U1 D# H1 L( S- k% W$ g9 _' IL: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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1 j  M4 A: w1 k' hM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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" Y: [9 C% I! EL: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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( a9 b  v1 E# _1 O, SM: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?
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, m% P& v! M* E- nM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.) ^9 O, ]* v$ e. Y/ e6 K8 F% c
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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。6 K) w- ?6 H4 c. o; r4 d: h: G9 d
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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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+ B; v! T$ z! LL: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; W# \+ c8 u, x% T" D" a

' j$ r( w! x/ v* }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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, i- W3 P9 \: Q( eM: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!' {3 V2 h0 ~7 t) r- P) Q' h
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game./ P- g" G9 N  M0 p( ]: I; Q- b

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+ ]: {2 k' _) b3 j9 y3 IM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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) H8 e  f6 Q) t% P7 c$ U3 A3 r4 HL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。' @, Y0 R# E- g7 W2 W, q$ r8 u- H3 _
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.- B3 C& t0 g7 e6 }8 A0 w
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L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?; f# P1 X$ _% J7 S3 W' ^

) q$ u: p7 H+ ?( Q. JM: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?
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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?
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) [, z3 o! g5 L; }) A5 G8 T7 kM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.6 V- }; ?) R+ c) C& C' |: {

% J- \7 u: X6 ?6 CL: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。9 {3 `$ Q. c* u7 e
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.! r' h' b6 L7 M1 `4 Z; h

8 T# _4 R9 g# dL: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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# F, N: l$ E. e2 E9 p# ^) UM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.& n' X2 c% w, W
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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。) _8 _% l+ J6 g8 u
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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。( Y: N" e* K( {4 R, C$ _9 j
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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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