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

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: {1 X# ~$ W% b  N' KMichael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！
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(Starting buzzer)

. l& H" |& m6 l& {: CM：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。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

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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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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4 O- B8 u7 Y- o/ A$ H; hL： 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。

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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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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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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" [5 w! n& m( \/ g8 I, z0 aL：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！

$ Q" p5 j, D1 ~! s" c  FM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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6 f% h. X1 ~2 ]$ DL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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9 b$ f% A0 V6 H  oM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

8 ^% }4 _# A) w- \* z5 c' [L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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: n% N/ a$ q5 b: m- C; G- yM："Screw up," it means to mess up.

' f8 ~6 i9 C5 o1 RL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

! x% M! n: a, G1 E7 `8 N2 Y" jM：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？

M：He screwed up at work.

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( B6 H$ E. @. X# ?3 ]9 EM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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.

) O( R' g+ g# |# W' T' f* aL：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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9 B( g2 J- v3 ~M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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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！

  A! y2 P. N1 z% d' d( RM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

- q. R7 H) R; o3 O* \! h' m/ bL：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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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。

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