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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 7 C6 |+ ?( q0 U% e" d; L

$ Q! A  w# q4 |& r' p& Y) ?3 zMichael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。+ @, e+ Z5 \, ^, a1 Z' e# O
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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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2 n' P5 [+ {* f: d5 b7 ~8 v; {$ LM: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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6 @4 u8 T$ R' |2 @2 KM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.& t& j- j& a- b
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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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. }! r! t4 I4 F6 A4 ^7 G9 n% {1 ~L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?. i0 A+ k$ P" P
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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.
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* e  a0 b7 E# ~) a  J  R; jL: 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?
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% ~: A* N8 c) C" N4 OL: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。2 _3 p# R7 U  V; W3 ~" J7 c
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.  L1 W' |0 N/ @2 \
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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!2 n& l; q8 g! g/ A5 U
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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5 I9 t5 u6 X/ C) y& Y) Z3 h3 O+ vL: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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( d! ^/ T9 t- T% ], s- J- D0 O6 SL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?6 s4 P0 @! ?+ [: T& w

4 _0 E7 P# p" PM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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5 L) f9 G3 z2 d. n) gL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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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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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) I; @7 a' _, @% b8 xL: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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+ s* |" m( ~3 p$ R5 B& YL: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.
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9 k+ t+ B( U; I$ C1 ~. ]+ vL: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。# [: m0 y# X! K' B! ?( d
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.' {8 J( z* V  a
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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!
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( ^3 d! D+ j" A1 D1 f, D- aM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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9 V& [( M1 T! Q1 qL: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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# m6 k2 l, n9 _3 f2 e  LM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.: I; _% L& p) v

+ c' U. @* L; n& p3 G. G' p. _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。; R9 ~' U8 v2 r1 u8 w

9 L) t" g# H% c& H6 J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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发表于 2009-7-14 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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