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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 ' |9 y9 C, ~8 f
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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。7 T; R9 W) Z' R8 [
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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!1 Z- ]1 ]. j. Y6 F9 g4 o: `

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8 W8 P# j  X& N$ }' D$ cM: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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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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* ^( u1 }& U# T* S: h0 @1 `* wL: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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) n# F1 `  {5 ~, H. w) yM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.0 n9 J1 r* j3 d& h8 R7 \* v

7 [' m) n; P( Z  M+ hL: 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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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.; F7 M) R* W7 H" l! P; m: w

  ]7 g- k. D1 c* u+ m; {% l4 {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。2 i+ I: V% `  s& u5 O
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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?9 |/ f1 @& j2 S7 J7 k: D" Y

8 R5 A$ L; D: l/ o8 W. ^) l* P) _- YL: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.7 M& p! ^% s. ?5 W0 M

2 ^2 U7 G; A* }1 G4 ]& P1 R, AL: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., v, w9 P9 E& m
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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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) D& }' M3 t" @% c6 L2 o% SM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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9 G* Q. Z; K$ |L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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3 }! q- m* l5 D& B) P9 }M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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$ U3 r5 [' K5 \7 ]& A8 dL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.& ?+ C" y/ |/ C+ {
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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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" K% V( V1 q4 m5 @& s( sM: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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( D2 A- j! ^) ^# n$ |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?4 M0 ?. D6 _: r, O- c$ m* }

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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?0 d7 j# k4 @. u0 _/ g1 H
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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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4 L: _4 R- t  R" U0 \+ Q  [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。; r: c' Q9 ]! |7 N  ]6 R7 x8 H3 o3 O
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.8 @/ c. K& ]; R$ ~& ?1 T- |$ ^/ b

* N8 k$ T% q0 JL: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!% w2 V- }9 o4 |
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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/ M8 b3 ~7 s& i/ a# k" P- VL: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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( E' u2 J) N0 I; E6 g6 vM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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  H2 R* Z" ^) r  J$ }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。
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( \4 P' P; V9 M+ C0 M/ p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。# E1 m4 ^3 F+ g' b3 v% K

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