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

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3 v. U( h0 B: d7 _. i7 L/ [" A7 NMichael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!8 e, g& E; K3 Z, Z( P% ?0 _0 p+ _

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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。( m$ L2 H% n$ A: ~

. m! G, g8 ~- R) cM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.6 C( {! V0 h" k2 j* `
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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。9 R0 n! O+ }, n8 r. O
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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* l. _. p$ n) i8 B1 [. p% cL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?$ s' \4 M' C# ]) ]# P  m
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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。! }3 K& s& k" o* w( }
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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?+ [  P2 n" [3 R" R! A: o# [

1 h  p) ?. x0 O8 u. {% I) UL: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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0 n! q$ k9 }7 Z, NM: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!. I7 L3 F' S7 g5 f: I

6 ~3 i+ e0 T8 R& }: E; t6 @+ AM: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?
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& i8 p" Y5 n5 C5 vM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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4 z6 g1 Q* a$ FL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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& D) O8 ~3 w  _0 ]( y8 cM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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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6 K+ d: q! [5 _) ]7 B1 w4 W- xM: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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7 I7 [* @4 ~( K- 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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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?3 c# f5 `5 _/ w& o! a4 C+ K
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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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) `0 C7 `  x/ a6 j- w+ OL: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。/ ?  G5 i- L: ]8 d

: Q1 d, \) Y, a  K) y4 ~$ W0 l* HM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.8 ?2 k* j$ |/ @$ K% c9 [
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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!' w& O) K. [% U8 N0 C) Q3 t3 x2 N/ x
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.# u$ a8 x4 C3 ~4 h' ]& c4 t
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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!, n: Y# f# A! j9 A( m6 p4 Z

2 e: |1 Z" |: P( dM: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。. _8 z' m0 d2 v( Z
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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。: `6 v- K* [7 O5 k
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