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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 " p# ~/ j, [  t

+ r+ R8 J1 F' T( B3 {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!. |( |/ @. D0 g
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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, C: ]- I8 i' l2 K! f8 G1 _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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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.& X/ z2 P5 @7 Z

0 w- b. I$ t: P9 n2 p3 `5 b8 vL: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。# D6 D  u  q, p5 g2 ]) q& E! F
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there." R* O" ?+ O1 g% B+ a! t5 C
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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?
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( Y, ~: i* C0 rM: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。$ z# D; q' S0 P# I+ L: g  N

' `: U* ^7 \. MM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?& Q! ~- C  w5 r. o
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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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5 r% {6 Q" m0 E; B$ E9 X+ ~  yM: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!" s, u+ Q5 \8 K/ J1 n: d1 k0 o; h& a3 k
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.: d0 z2 t4 I1 J  H

& d- C2 l# b0 |: x" v: ~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!
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, Q+ ?3 x" J( z+ n( ]8 TM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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8 k( G) |8 ]/ C2 a- L3 \L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?5 m  T1 p+ H: N+ \1 Z8 O
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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/ N/ I0 Q  k5 d' h( K3 lM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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& _5 f. G+ X7 Y& l/ r7 K, lL: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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  r( k) u8 o' u" \* DM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.( l- D1 a; ]# {. l6 g( a

5 s- n9 s, m1 X$ G# j) X  }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?  [" m. S% F) ?* @. H. a! J  K

2 j1 s6 T; k, v8 n' DM: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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9 O; H+ p7 h% W. n4 j+ h0 qM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time., W3 W  A1 c3 U5 W# a  G$ c3 X

" }9 M( d* w; ?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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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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!
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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2 ^2 q# {8 p' q4 `' SL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!0 h' J9 }+ r, w. D

7 [* k- N* d7 ]% s8 v+ ~3 y0 GM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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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3 y5 ^# u- N" n" h& h) j( 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。4 }: T- \2 d" w0 k
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老杨团队 追求完美
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