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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。6 P! ]/ o% c$ X( v- ^+ t' d* K  M
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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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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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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.
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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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$ s5 W$ q4 Y; F2 PM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.1 C4 g' \9 o- B3 D. N
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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。
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# X% t" l$ b7 s7 O5 hM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?& x" E3 e+ U0 U' I$ E+ ^

1 e( B9 n) G% j6 SL: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。- Q9 g; z" \; K2 ]) x' u6 k+ l

4 i- K* P  O( s% CM: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!% k9 ]! U1 j! O  ~
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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0 Z' P6 b0 A, V, h! tL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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: O0 }8 ~& i; A3 c+ XM:"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。/ A% i0 D, q( Q, o
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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?
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) ^( f5 c7 p' X& [' P  _" L" n- Y1 NM: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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/ x8 `+ x: y" K- Q( e; v) t3 t+ gL: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?4 ?1 `" @3 s, W
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M:He screwed up at work.
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! d# r" i7 w& hL: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.: W, d  o8 Y6 T. U2 d- u) X( d" L
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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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.. Z/ h' N) p" |( G% G5 }) c
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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!; N0 T- g. o8 v- l4 {( R; c; X

5 U; k/ v9 A5 mM: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!
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5 i+ Y- V9 v) o/ d/ M3 F7 u5 YM: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。$ Z# N6 }. L$ _3 Q  Y" t" L" d

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