4 e7 W) d$ A/ Q& k0 @, gL：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！' {. o, Q8 U! M
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough! 8 ~& B2 C. ~8 \2 J! J6 U8 O& ?; N1 ?
L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。/ j$ i) L- T; g! B; G
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M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.7 H4 \3 ^& b! R% [( j& Q* u
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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。0 w, P6 H8 K- J- ?3 w
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M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.# ^* u8 i( l8 h* y( Z- y, o
0 \8 I! f# z$ y4 TL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？3 Z( ^( V- C, ` T/ b: ?7 m1 t
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M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold. : k5 j* |# R. l9 |( _ ) m3 |. `& E5 B1 L) @# d, J6 Q, AL： 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。! }) U+ _1 `/ {( b. ]
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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? * s0 x* H5 I- v/ E* }( v9 m 2 C- S. {8 J2 r6 wL：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。9 g8 W! n+ F5 _, y0 X
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M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool." y5 _9 e" F/ ]$ N/ x
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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！ # m% \# R$ \! P+ h% n6 \: R: f4 `+ F7 p6 G( a5 T
M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing. 0 j. B L- P1 W ) a! I# @" `, U0 U) k8 o* a" KL：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！( m0 m3 Q/ S" d) X2 f D$ j+ I% ^$ p
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M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game. ! j' q/ `; [ J1 |3 h3 b8 E! q* Z- g: o# A
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L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。 . Y, v @$ }4 s- l8 `6 \ 8 L! ` k' u6 ]9 `/ T* ]# R( R" ]M："Screw up," it means to mess up. - E2 |9 ?& `- t; d4 R. K1 c |( I1 ^
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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？" E( x% G3 Y/ t8 f9 q
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M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time. / \. t" t% J( W1 D 2 v. ]' Y k1 e lL：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！! G5 n4 {/ b) ^% @1 [
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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。/ Q$ O4 Y$ {5 x# X. {- U, e
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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。 8 y+ r2 K2 f7 T + O" ?6 @- ]- S6 l* y$ `Real 声音: (810 K) 4 d6 F3 i$ w& @$ f. E5 ^) z# m5 t
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