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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 0 Z6 ~5 O  j* i* W

0 U0 P  F' k* l6 {6 K9 gMichael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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$ m; b* [+ f; {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!, v  s1 U6 N1 ^1 N- ^5 {  |/ b
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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。
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, p3 e, P/ U4 H' ?M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.6 h' k4 I+ L% J0 n% Y
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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.
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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?; M4 C- T! Y5 q8 j, t

8 ]* p4 ]: \; ]; i8 \M: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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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。2 ]7 |- Q: S3 ?3 d

6 |9 w4 B) r( b# R! O  xM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?+ F) T# n* C9 t! y
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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。" a' w3 b% M- b

' x" @' U' J5 d6 \2 M3 [4 `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!
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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!) ~% H) D- V4 G! A9 o) X- p. P0 I
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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3 y  W! [* _1 [" P/ U% H8 `, A* ~L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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0 F* ?# k7 v/ ~" lL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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$ V# e9 h! o! BM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.8 ^5 h- I+ v5 D- e* v, ^

& B: W) {: j% J: i: GL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?" H8 V" |& @- @" h$ |* ?3 ^& U

4 l0 {; |* `& {) I+ K" fM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.4 S' [; {4 {% `% A* T+ D

! D, Y# p$ }5 a( _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?8 f6 b/ J, C& ^$ W; {

& }2 |( B/ j  R: |M:He screwed up at work.$ D2 I% s1 h6 ?3 U% o4 C

: v, I0 ~1 f9 |L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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! B) t& C( g0 s# K" D# q! b' aM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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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! n5 }! \8 Z' S. M( i' F" J( r1 e* ?3 jM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.# j# b2 W; L- A1 x/ X* G: t
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L: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!- u' z, x4 M* K% l0 `( N. B
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.( z2 ]2 A. B' |2 d5 s4 Q( n8 e

. w- `1 i" c5 G$ R: }: w  FL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!& s1 F! z" G2 J. [- \0 F7 W8 H
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.3 z$ w+ P# c" h$ H9 h. G7 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。. _. W/ S8 J4 @. p+ S, s! H) l$ b; }

, b/ H! F* U3 B/ ~" C9 Y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。7 U0 R; [4 h6 J# V# u* g4 e4 s

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Thanks!
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