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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。& y, E+ B  S$ ~2 W# R/ a

% |" M5 g5 Z+ A9 L* ^) }& c  Z/ XL: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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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!) b* h- A. m# ]
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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。+ T! R  ]2 P  l( ~+ _
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.$ X5 V2 t! K( G# S8 A! ^' T5 ^+ S

2 a2 R; q7 D! q9 f) K3 E: fL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?  z. b% I* e9 U" ~# ]" |3 @3 q

( _5 M6 b4 S- Q, @M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold./ Y4 a2 K. v4 e; i  f/ X3 g

5 c# v4 d2 N) n8 LL: 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。) x/ K8 R2 }! X8 }4 U+ V0 {4 C

) j" w& P9 i- k( X8 |: w" I( ZM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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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。
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8 ~8 k, H- K, X; e0 h$ ZM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.; [) N; b+ }( n- n

9 t8 d; N+ ?1 tL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!( _5 |9 e6 a/ u: {* I1 E
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M: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!8 S# k+ N' ~! l7 X- u, j
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.+ q% a1 Z! F, O0 Q: }
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?" d+ @* a1 V5 r7 z
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up., V% [% U7 A/ P1 u. ]/ m

0 z" w: v" C& z7 yL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。: J8 X6 f. i# {$ P6 i+ F

; v2 U1 v( Z( j( _% ?+ W' |$ F2 _M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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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( K) S( B* X/ ~6 K+ X1 ]) yM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.% [# a# J+ A- e( c3 K8 k# z

5 R  w' N; v$ c* zL: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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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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1 l. g1 T% ~, P& j& x' ?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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2 q. L; a2 F* r! b0 J; |. KM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.7 Z7 x; ^1 K# A' [3 C" ^# V

3 o# d3 b, Y" q3 VL: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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2 a  J) F  O* d) T0 c1 ]M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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" F! Y# ^. ^4 ?' Y/ N+ OL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!' j+ ~: E3 e) [# K/ p2 e; j7 x* H

# q5 t, D" T( @0 T. u6 G* IM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.- z+ E% M/ E9 Q
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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。7 F; T# J5 v5 r! t9 x2 s

( v8 _% B$ |% x* E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。: a9 C, }$ w  }  z' E
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