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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 1 V& M1 G0 _& L! f

5 S! K3 p/ \0 R6 C3 P9 T7 s2 \# \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。. p1 L* }1 p# B
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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!7 z/ k; _# d9 v( y

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) u7 |" L2 e& j, E% }7 v! t3 vM:Sometimes these games get really rough!" H2 P: C3 Y. ?/ |9 O6 E7 i2 R

, L3 K, F% P1 |/ |  i0 r: w  zL: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。3 o9 E1 U; L/ |4 c1 E
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.6 p; x0 r4 l0 j- }

- w! D( C% k, l' e7 v: LL: 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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! [, S, o% B, A/ ~1 ^* WM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.* _# @6 l0 l9 x1 s' y2 W

7 @' t5 z+ h% K" e  ?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。; w: ]( G- L& f3 W& `

' {4 Q+ o- ?' i- Q2 ]  {1 ^1 EM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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8 d  ?  k1 h* R! l0 `# F1 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。
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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!7 G" f3 r. u. U  M# R6 j7 \+ q
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.' q+ L( a5 p1 C3 @& q6 @6 f
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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!& s. E9 M1 X7 {& [9 Q0 b" _

  I" z2 w% e. N# \8 nM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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" I' h# \  D% c: g5 S* \1 ?# n/ G4 BL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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! k( }, _. |6 F! q1 FM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.! }" L: G, R9 ?% e; E+ r8 N: o

& V# s7 K/ ?. X6 q3 ^" g- |9 dL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。! U7 H8 r! q' ^
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.; s. Y$ d; d( Z" O) x

4 e/ J5 \  P+ dL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?8 v) o0 _* w# v$ l- d+ H

# L& K* G/ _9 c+ WM: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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6 K+ ?8 D; _0 O; h' @% pL: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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/ _3 V% ^6 S! ], ]4 KM:He screwed up at work.0 E% L5 A" F* U
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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, f6 l6 f4 q: W) G) ~  ^" S# Q' C7 lM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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. E5 X! v% S7 ?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.
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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!+ N! R/ P/ C( j$ W4 @
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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!
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/ p' {, f/ Y" q% B( s+ A. OM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.2 U6 ~- U8 v) b

+ \2 r6 n6 q6 n! G4 Y# c1 S! ~6 VL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。4 w& e" @5 e, C/ K+ T) {

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