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

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1 R* _, Q6 {0 E4 [8 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。  M; `8 [* b% o

1 _+ Y& o* A, j! H  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!  k# R5 U# s6 Z4 h- e) }
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!) \- J5 T" W9 g0 C

6 b- G; v8 ^; u' m. a! E+ G+ R) |$ HL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。- t1 h3 [9 M, B- E2 b6 l, {
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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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- \+ n  ^* H: U3 x' L) f; VL: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。$ c9 M+ Y3 R$ I1 w& c* h3 h0 N5 n/ L+ q
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.6 k6 |, Z/ y) w! s
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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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8 T% w' H& ]$ m* I3 B: B& uM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.9 D. c, y" @8 w) F; M' y

: i& H" P% d  f+ ?1 pL: 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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?: l  d& ?& `+ B( @5 w& x, y

: r8 n- [, F! R& O. hL: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。, U* x5 z' @9 [- E% J

; R$ E6 A( T, J5 UM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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* b) M  D8 b9 lL: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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! ?/ ~8 U1 r/ @8 r& V: TM: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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( b5 N$ \3 B9 b  |! fM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.9 b$ \, i7 b6 k. R5 s

! W$ [1 A  q6 K* U4 T) ]L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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. _1 M' [3 S7 Y8 T9 VL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.0 t0 R% s7 n  u0 H+ |
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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?! U& y+ _$ V% X2 B' e
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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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+ B, E( N7 ]0 @8 h$ 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?
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M:He screwed up at work.! I; R* R/ S  G# d

$ ]# T2 J2 c1 R7 R4 n6 G9 KL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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7 h, F# u# K  ~4 R; r/ iM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time./ k. }% {0 m7 z7 L( J6 @
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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。9 s4 l" ^9 n" y% Z% Z
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.- R* Y8 O; Z8 F1 q  t- R5 l
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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!1 C- q( a# Y, n0 o, P: c

0 @9 `# ~2 u. M1 X8 v2 ~4 Z$ kM: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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.7 v9 c8 z$ l- I( [: q5 h3 Z" e: D
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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。, S2 c6 e& g% [! F( p1 b
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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。$ e! p6 [% x6 W2 [) _  u6 Z3 z! {
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老杨团队 追求完美
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