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

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) t. I9 h$ F$ C8 q' d+ c+ rMichael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。

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！

(Starting buzzer)

M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

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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/ l( P" I; r% ^/ Q& `M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

* L: J+ v" i4 d. J9 TL：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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% J: J4 D6 V1 Y9 W8 e) QM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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4 a6 l+ ]6 l3 n- P3 NL： 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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4 }1 K" C7 [- N+ l9 v, g8 m- w0 k& }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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) D* Q" @6 s5 YL： 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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9 a8 a9 x- a0 n  i' l% 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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5 V6 K  y* D+ [) p. v4 P. gL：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。

M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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4 j- T% i2 R2 v& F" w  w) k1 YL：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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* e( J& h3 d( z" R) U# a- eM：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？

M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

7 a- I; g* _8 {% H6 }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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2 ]/ W: G5 v! w# fM：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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$ m9 i/ u4 h% b6 s4 y$ NL：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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M：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？
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M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

8 y1 L0 S4 |- d) d$ e0 AL：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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# r, M7 ^$ D* X7 U8 _( uM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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4 i: z1 V/ b: d' m2 ]! BL：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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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- }* ~0 p5 B0 |. ?6 U" C, NL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。
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( ?/ I7 _0 `- U9 h& t; x1 H: |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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