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

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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。
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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!

7 r, O2 u6 R# L' |5 o/ _/ v  VL：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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) I7 Y# `4 H: r: B/ GL：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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+ A% B- s: `9 l8 [; q$ {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.

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。

! i& m3 d1 V  O1 f9 HM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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+ \" F& u" _$ N( S" q4 }4 WL：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：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！

M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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！

) [4 D, S. R% x6 N1 cM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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5 `2 U  D2 @$ a4 R- n4 e' |6 \; sL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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0 z( u& p% D. R! {: TL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

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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  {' Q, C# N% q( i2 h( o+ bL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

  O7 V6 h% M$ p& m, k5 fM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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3 i8 b& v& j* m  l6 q- AL：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。

# R7 Y5 }/ ^- d- \/ m: YM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

. s% u' v% {  _+ [; @$ kL：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.

3 c: e/ b! l, k  w3 BL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

' d" p; I  C7 h0 z. x, jM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

7 J3 d+ X7 E& S2 SL：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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