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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。' {5 s" D5 a3 l
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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!
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% \; s% L0 ?* jM:Sometimes these games get really rough!; n$ |3 V, B: I% t; ~

5 c7 O9 ]9 T( U! Z1 fL: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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* [, E. g0 {7 Q$ t0 K- B; i5 mM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.0 P% i* \& d( K# a

% ^8 M' _8 G) F  O. q" RL: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 P7 R+ t3 E0 f( l, T" C  R' `0 B4 [$ o
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.+ M: R3 d$ t0 {2 Y7 N
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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?) G' Y' M6 t# G0 v

" {. f" L" {  f0 y) Q0 O, C$ _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, a  p  F7 YL: 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。! @% W. X  m+ v" K* S

9 m: `, C5 A% W5 g4 a: p  r1 }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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$ Z/ o7 M! d) _  q1 o3 F3 HL: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。* f2 q& G1 p  k9 a
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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# p+ n6 ~3 x* Z) ~" T( jL: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.) \0 |! \3 c; A" w: k

# P! p, ^( e: j1 gL: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!9 L! s: k- a3 o6 r  ]

. F. j+ }4 V& ~# A# B/ @: @M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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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.( ~+ d- _, |7 A+ g1 o: p  w
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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: u# U$ J( }& Z# sM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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; s& _# `9 L6 Z# P9 EL: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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% y+ i8 h" Q8 FL: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?) ]" P) \: m: j2 s- D
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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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& W, ^$ x+ w9 o6 K7 V- x% R9 o5 KM: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。, b# {* R8 c5 r7 Y

% {: K% x  v& s* a1 bM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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+ O  F+ }6 s! s  CL: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!9 _8 N5 t( L9 |6 M" @

% v, r# w+ y/ v& y: w% IM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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" _2 P+ w5 s6 z8 e( K  V! TL: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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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% A* t* ?" c: o( S1 [/ VL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。, t0 H; |1 w) G6 [# r

3 O+ y) [8 S8 {- P2 M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。# b9 s6 @- Q- z: I+ }5 i" g

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老杨团队 追求完美
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