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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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& Y! M! b; c1 j  MMichael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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. d1 R. F; O4 N& @& W5 \9 SL: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!7 o3 G9 G/ f* q
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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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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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" N0 u( l% y% M6 {: Q9 _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.9 G* M' m7 D  k
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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?' J( i& _  l7 Z+ G2 p( x" D. R
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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.
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  H# i/ c! i! T% F2 g! Q9 f- iL: 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。* a4 Z% a2 j: z0 m0 T

7 N8 f2 p, @* y+ D" i2 XM: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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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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7 S1 K  y  O/ h/ WL: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.6 H6 n0 k( w) h

7 Z9 ?4 E: ]- F" G& C$ 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!! F9 g. b) O+ Y$ [7 a) [- d

. z% y% o" u1 x( @! K9 ^# nM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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! J' f7 v1 O" w) w- O+ yL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?  t! j1 W, u9 P% Z2 h, ?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.7 H) e. I% k) f- |: }

: U5 R9 x. s! rL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。/ |3 L- y) V0 J1 M

: L0 Z7 @/ ^1 eM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.  c7 D5 c' H& _

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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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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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" `& R: m/ R4 J( I4 cL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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" z8 G/ |8 ]! q3 v1 k* {- C2 G4 N) f& hM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.$ T2 i  V+ Z3 i- M
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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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0 b) ~& V+ I' g/ H6 }M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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! B: |$ {, @8 U$ [2 k# PL: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.& z! e) W8 L1 t' Z
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L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!3 }  D0 d, o, p, A) w+ w6 f

7 m* J9 a) z, w5 f+ hM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.8 c6 C) P$ h$ \! v! y2 `1 u

& P9 L$ X  d: F2 C4 pL: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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) z& w0 E; G4 U' p0 U6 N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。  M% }0 S. w7 ^2 M- L* @# B

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老杨团队 追求完美
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