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

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: H. P' F8 v; M: q! T, sMichael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。
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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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0 I; a2 h9 t+ r( Y0 X& v) R(Starting buzzer)
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7 S3 N, L8 M! `) f7 e- WM:Sometimes these games get really rough!2 n8 z7 Z& ^3 d+ y* z$ \. r( g
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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。% E5 |. X2 }; z4 b4 _3 n2 u/ W
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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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% ~* B" ?  H) ?6 n( eL: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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* O! J& X- [* R% \% F, n3 M7 JM: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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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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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。9 M: Z: L& ~) G1 x* O" J  K+ J
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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?7 _6 a7 @% {, S- {8 V7 V( n

* o5 y1 J* p; g. u  V$ S, iL: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; L  ^% l. h8 n8 G& l0 O/ Q
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool./ d6 d* _) w1 T9 P

& I8 S. I* P6 C# n9 n. w- I0 jL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!1 V- S% w% d# S0 G0 [3 e
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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!2 }- C& V3 E3 A( b

! C9 n% [% h% M, [M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.& F; |* D) w. \, o; Q( m+ j
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?# z  @; c. Y( k! ~1 j

0 D* w' p2 M( T- B! b$ AM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L: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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3 t6 }- U7 J/ f" e9 LL: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: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?7 u6 D. e& w% t: i8 s
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M:He screwed up at work.
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4 w4 f- |) N# q/ u2 RL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?1 Q; X9 W2 p6 u# \( p6 s+ U
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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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1 B% k0 u& K0 z: }2 h" o- XM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.- l' j5 @9 u- {
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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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8 _/ u' I( S0 |7 G. hM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.9 P6 g0 v- x7 I/ T0 R* t2 C8 g
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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!5 r# D4 P; e* a' v; h/ p5 m  Z
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight./ m/ u* c' q5 i/ j' M; S

& o* B( g* B2 T; }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。2 L( G7 h' f2 l2 ~

" @6 s& a, r! g" I) }' E: f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。, x# l# U, X2 G# _6 k/ L
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