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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 5 o5 U) n/ `) b; G2 i

0 ^* E$ `) A( p  s! p% ~  @( kMichael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。+ t; V9 q3 y2 {+ h

4 j( A4 ]9 d% y4 B: J7 ?( i. eL: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!4 m* I, H8 `# p% t
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M: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。/ Q* E( Z. u: E' p' m6 \) I1 i. E

' m+ z9 ]% b0 n+ F4 _5 l' ?9 {% sM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.- Z# t. @1 e8 g3 k4 p5 I0 ^
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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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3 Z1 l7 g, ?& W' iM: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?
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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。
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1 \3 {  c5 @) ^; ]2 p  J& L2 x$ IM: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。0 @  K' E6 ~  A2 u6 u( H& b
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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!
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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!# p) p- {; B# V

; A" Z6 L9 a8 @& b5 @/ y) A/ }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?( S: w, v8 l- j( @# u% F- @

  ]' h4 I0 v5 qM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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, L* m3 O& @9 I. g6 K3 a* x: KL: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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  q) n. ~; e' t8 @) c6 uL: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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6 ?- g9 R" b% @( N2 J7 `# \' CM: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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$ U8 ^3 C6 |5 ]9 l1 L4 i5 E8 M6 RL: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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; i1 ~* l0 G" L- \$ H3 G0 E5 QM:He screwed up at work.7 n: e% a, b% V
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?: X* n4 ~% R; L, c. {" f$ {7 Z
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.. ^( M, k, h1 k. W
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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。/ h, N  S/ h$ `8 \4 M
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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0 J& n0 Z* x6 F  x1 GL: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 J/ e2 T& Q( v3 `+ Z4 M. mM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.5 z, ]' e3 I$ R) \6 m  R9 J" V! p: e
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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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4 Y7 f0 B% Z: ~M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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+ a  p" b1 ?( q$ ^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。8 p5 w+ H/ Z$ o6 R. c" V7 j% D
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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。$ j) H2 l- Q( J% U# o" T% d0 I6 V. U
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