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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 % A& f/ L( U  Y0 [
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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。( x3 U+ G- c2 O7 ?: J
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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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(Starting buzzer)
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8 \; M$ y" y$ L: x! C+ i/ `" }3 A9 TM: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。" ?9 q. o- h( P. l0 T
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.0 a8 v+ K" c1 e! M: r! p

8 Y7 Q% P- L, K) u( C: ?) OL: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。% d; X( H+ M$ D* o8 ^

. ]" Q* o: {# G: q& uM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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8 O5 ]  I0 C7 }! N. z2 s" c* VL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?" F/ v0 T: J$ ~# A, Q0 ?
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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." A6 @. u2 Z5 J. W6 }9 h' n

2 ^6 _4 \2 u7 S3 {/ k" c3 B8 fL: 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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?) U: l2 D( d- G, v9 d0 Z# i

3 [2 V2 v% W" T% B: dL: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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& Y0 b$ f2 b2 K4 A6 u9 \7 A& wM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.* f& E; a- D, h# [& @( M0 l- N# |
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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!2 I" K( U  I3 E$ C
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.: ?4 |* O+ y# ?) Z9 W& S

2 v. b0 \1 G, h# A) A# }8 JL: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!! D& \8 L3 _; V- W" h, k" h$ z
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.. E* ^$ d# T  d9 G* {. M
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L:"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.
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0 `) r1 C* u" nL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。0 o4 M& w# {4 {: `1 I3 {
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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/ `& P' B* ~) O& z* Z3 S* p1 E, N- IM: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?9 B1 h' R* ?( ]0 W0 B

5 b2 c+ G2 I! ~9 V! \M:He screwed up at work.
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' L$ b& O7 [$ [3 X$ B9 ?& @L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?6 T: z- Q0 m3 M: |
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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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) Z3 `+ c- d) A* A9 U  hL: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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8 G( `* ^: ^& D+ cM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.% B" K% F& f2 h& a3 H; R' w: N5 K

% T4 D9 Q- z' J" j( u: d' AL: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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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# l$ n; ]7 @% oL: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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6 N4 v) c) S" V$ bM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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1 t4 b6 R! n" e, A+ r: U' b  mL: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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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。3 V& l) O* j3 F! g# J

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老杨团队 追求完美
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