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

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# m0 u& O( A/ q3 Q2 @% eMichael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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$ ]! x1 Y; G( YL: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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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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  }- }7 \# K/ l0 ^9 P& U. ^+ kL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。) m% `5 N3 R$ @  N: R
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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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" h* i. v9 P% c4 l2 j0 _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。. N' \4 x! r8 h' o6 ~

, o! S8 }- y; e% `- L9 W& L3 S( IM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.6 L3 N6 c  q1 Y% l! c% W: |

0 t. Z" h+ ^) _2 l( ?8 BL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?$ x! ?* }8 D6 R) s" Q
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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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1 F& ?* ~5 r2 V. t" XL: 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?# J, u* F  N1 X6 N+ X

9 z$ \9 d8 G3 ~- d% HL: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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. _: Q: x4 w/ [  v+ `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.  W6 G1 A, l3 V1 S) }8 f* n" F

. c) c& f9 V8 a) ^4 \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!8 U9 X4 A1 w/ b* A& B& ~  D

, f, w8 s( ]9 |M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.2 P* {# D$ j& u6 G

8 j! J, T" K* BL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?3 d3 V" k. K  F/ a
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M:"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。7 N" A1 s2 G! i8 U9 u

! b9 @( O0 W8 |4 rM:"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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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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1 f1 J# o1 D, ?8 k# X6 r: u& `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?' e2 {. C/ C3 i) P/ J/ ]1 S
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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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5 W) x& v$ E3 @M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.: ^- \0 u. y5 @! {( y7 s

- \( Z# t, R4 k3 lL: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。- X5 @& o) u" v4 {* x6 x

5 g6 Z. y* j' O& V. U$ FM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.% a; O' ^9 t1 y+ h0 A+ f4 O5 |
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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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; S* X% f9 }! e/ O8 EM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.3 j' l0 \7 }: g. B
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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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0 V: e0 d/ ?+ H% z# q; L' |M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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- [( a) [0 A$ Y' l* e7 CL: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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4 O; d1 R( L& J* L6 D# t3 I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。" }, Y/ j- _# N0 q5 h
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老杨团队 追求完美
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