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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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0 q# j6 {. o5 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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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!* V7 a& L7 p( l: @7 s

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% T9 |2 y3 K4 @+ k4 g" ^: e. ^M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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8 x! k3 b- d- d7 y& Q/ WL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。* L' q! R8 G; J1 g! g
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.' R0 D- \& ~+ N6 j
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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。) C/ I8 I" P7 k/ }

/ f% w( g( C+ O* VM: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?  t) D1 f% m( V3 o; \
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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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- {, b" j) J6 J) P% l) bL: 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。: R- p8 @0 q; e

' G3 V1 b, Z( RM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?: b: r' J0 W; c- t2 [/ S
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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。! m' Y" T! S3 L
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.) t( {# V/ R" y6 H% p; Y

  z- x" N3 f. a  U8 I9 }7 h5 D2 tL: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.9 O: c- ?* \. P; W* |0 ]

/ V. R  Q5 q+ n, h! m: \4 n) ^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!# v8 v4 y* u* L. W- m
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.) O$ O5 V7 Q2 c& y! c
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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* s6 L1 m$ {# s% d- VM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.8 Q: X0 N& p; c) n, d& \

) A; E2 k% Z# Z& h5 oL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。8 j/ L" V, u' N4 i# G6 ^
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up., |, y. E) @, D9 Q% a8 K# l% x4 s
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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?6 z# p1 T6 I- {4 U, f

/ M1 U! ]! R3 I. o  O- cM: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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  t& q% X8 t9 ~# R" 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?) \, W( _% q8 B8 m* f" N
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M:He screwed up at work.! |0 q' k" ?# U7 i' J

8 F, E* @6 d' B8 ]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.; X0 O. Y1 x8 y3 T- R
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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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, e6 {# U9 F' x; f/ WM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.% e$ z$ \' m) D% K

( u' k! x7 n9 s" {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!: R# n( R7 |4 l* S- d2 s

# L4 @& a6 Q8 _# s8 U: QM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.( T1 w7 Q- p6 z8 U4 R
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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!  @) k7 M- [" A1 ]
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M: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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* u; m% y( G- g: O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。9 N2 T* K/ K3 I  _$ t) m( a
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老杨团队 追求完美
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