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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 ' N7 b: H( M' \1 N
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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。
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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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# X7 `' }8 H2 U(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!. U# h/ W  r0 @) T

  _+ A! g" O, Y  X0 xL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。9 u3 t8 Z1 x& {0 |8 D' i* u/ P( 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.3 L; n3 C3 k, f4 M  W
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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。
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& K2 u5 ^, C1 z% x: e8 K7 |* @M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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6 g, h' W6 l6 }# i2 zL: 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." R- \) U  T, `8 V& p
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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。
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+ j1 u3 C, D" b4 QM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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L: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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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.) z" ?9 w" F& \# @% M$ i% O) P9 [% |
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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!0 D1 n% _8 p  T

2 n; I) s  Y7 Q/ A3 LM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.7 e+ y5 g" u, X

6 d2 @: m1 d0 e7 a3 U: FL: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!
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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4 J! X# A6 D. sL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?8 r) o6 N9 N! |0 Q4 Y! Z

' O* h8 e  G% }3 T9 a9 S+ Y8 p( a/ gM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.1 L% D& q1 J/ `  E/ O7 z6 u

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6 f" L# [- e3 ?! {; mM:"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?% s4 A: \% r0 s

% e! s% t( i8 w) ]M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.2 C- c" ~8 J+ y9 Q  m

: o: p2 `# B! 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?; }% _, r( M" t- N1 `

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8 k) y+ S7 C" d4 }& m6 P% p- l: ZL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?+ E: h! J+ {7 Y. \; n
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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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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2 e; I" g# a* E$ @1 O( x9 b, O& @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!* W7 M; t5 Y% C6 N" ?

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- b% b8 q& t! ]" x5 [& t& Q, VL: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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" F3 W( v  A' l. q$ g$ W& m* xL: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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/ r4 T* Q* r+ y( s, A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 x9 O+ P3 p& M3 W. [
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老杨团队 追求完美
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