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

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$ T* D+ q# y+ x8 k$ @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。4 O9 k; z1 q& N& E( R

; H) J  g* M$ ?$ I( i& ]+ l, hL: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!) H9 M" I. u+ G' V6 i9 X) n& F* [0 S
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5 t. l$ z# J) O5 ?: @M:Sometimes these games get really rough!0 C7 f, e: w3 L7 \1 x
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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。2 V' ~5 ]$ @0 S" w  f" i* P
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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。' z- Y/ W& o  b3 P" f* l& N

7 V% \3 w1 ?2 xM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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: {* z0 q* Z% o$ u, ^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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; l- L, P: i4 p) @- zM: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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- O" k0 D% l6 t* v' I% l  ML: 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。: N7 Z% l" W/ n8 }+ T4 o/ `

8 X' @$ K4 p, Y  o: a5 l% MM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?# A7 D. l+ J! d7 D- a( s9 o

, x# i3 C, Z4 m+ ~& C8 ]  PL: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。  C0 G3 P9 V  Q# R# ]
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool./ A8 M  o* l' X  F7 _$ t

5 s3 q( D1 s1 |/ [8 M7 B- J1 \L: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.! |6 H" `! Q$ y

! P' L/ h, S6 ]/ C; vL:"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.% x1 u7 c6 [5 o2 A, X

4 y) \- u: c6 p8 p( @L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。$ K+ b6 F9 n3 U
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.; W; ?- E+ ~/ l% a5 p

! C3 K( F' u0 v" {( A6 U7 C5 Y& YL: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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1 M" |0 d2 ~) ^4 ]- m- uM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.2 C6 Y# |$ E" Y( m; z2 V

4 F- W, N* M5 E, g: SL: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?5 r! U- y: ]  [) {

* O& F: U; e6 s8 N( P2 Z& x' c$ GM:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?4 v  G, q% P/ x  R" O0 h+ g
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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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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.$ T) }6 e+ P% _" p
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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!5 {: m$ n2 K& B' L( P, f
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players." [% X) S  A* {, @  M
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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) A5 K" _$ A/ S4 V! s: P0 }M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.; J6 }2 Q4 a% R) p" T/ P% G- K
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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。* U  S8 @9 n, J& K1 i

+ P% ~$ W( H. Z9 @3 T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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