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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!- a/ H. n+ v* J8 o
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(Starting buzzer)
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' A* [2 G* e  ~" u9 H+ g: U: tM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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3 ]3 g" q& ^8 q( qL: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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  d; l: E7 ~( g. _  i7 mM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.- p' M& Q3 z+ B: o) n
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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。7 v# ~4 `5 r/ O* r6 |+ y! A9 W, r

4 |0 J' @- S1 n' bM: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?, l. r3 S- k* o5 h9 J5 v

5 o- J; i) m$ v) IM: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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; a- V$ u' a! ], NL: 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。% E- ]5 x; Z1 C; e" s7 e* R" 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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# `/ T5 G2 s+ ^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。& u' L+ N$ n: H9 c; F% }9 q1 z$ ~
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!8 j3 d- ?7 ~' m- y( Y

, l' h6 `& w9 p8 a0 BM: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!' a, j1 r1 p  ~; g7 \0 b3 U% [* I4 G, V

# L* H* W  D8 p6 t% OM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.. P$ Y; Z/ L+ X1 l

" F+ F( n/ S& JL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?" ]# m/ m* G  G& j% b( C; E/ ~) R
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.# ~: D- s1 Z+ V+ u$ I) ]( Z; U- N3 ~
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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) H7 _4 l5 G0 u. Q1 EM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.3 W' {! A) R/ [- Q
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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?
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M: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?2 v- y" q) @4 ^6 p) ]/ N
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M:He screwed up at work.1 `+ G  `% r9 |7 `4 z/ |8 m

/ u* S; v- E* f6 n8 o6 UL: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.
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6 q; v) e( o2 y7 @; L' n, L% LL: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。! O' L# @3 r1 z3 R1 c

9 y' B0 N' a( a3 R; }M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.3 l9 Y. }5 l- K$ Q

0 T7 g+ I. r9 l/ w& BL: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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' T9 q! y" a3 a) ?, [, L0 \M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.- u/ O! F# i( W; Z4 Z8 v- V
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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。
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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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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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