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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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# q5 {# h) T9 W) hMichael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。  p) N0 A; c( u5 i' k! C
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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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" ^% I, s3 K$ F0 o5 ~: N8 [+ GM: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。9 [! |  c) w0 z

8 N9 m5 j: U" H0 ]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。" X+ d- b2 a, q

# ^+ Z2 v( e; m- E. C7 K% |1 eM: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?( S: Q( ?1 }" a9 `3 N. \
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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.3 {; m0 g7 e' M( b5 S

) ^5 j/ A/ T$ S8 a4 m# a7 uL: 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。9 M/ e, A5 R; ]; }

% f. Z, R! b: xM: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。3 t. C' T* ~2 c( ?# B# M

7 e6 X  f6 Q/ C( M3 yM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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3 m% p2 S7 A* o* V9 Q1 PL: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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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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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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0 h) g! X% t& V; yM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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  B# U6 H3 m$ g  K5 k! LL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。; J# m9 p2 t; U0 V' h3 L. b

  B0 r  K" B0 QM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.  d( R! ?8 m0 Q
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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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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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2 x) k: X" w( p( C) eM:He screwed up at work.
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* I9 ]% R0 @* j+ d+ |L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?+ z4 l/ U' L8 ]" ~; X; d# v
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time./ p8 j, C( Q5 m* J- A

) X: F9 R8 o" {( e( ~) ]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 R9 P8 y) ~$ \0 a$ u+ B
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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$ U( Q. q, m. b! A( }3 E# uL: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!6 @' X2 Q( r2 R0 N- X5 r0 w5 U- Z3 ?

+ O/ R* s; d+ y. V9 G+ N/ bM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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* _/ c' m5 Y% j: Z( u' r" W2 RL: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.
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5 a  E! z0 a& j7 [7 [# z& rL: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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老杨团队 追求完美
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