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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
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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。7 ~7 u: C( F2 c1 f
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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!( O, I8 B0 J1 h; v' ?' y

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!+ L3 m0 k6 _$ m/ {$ K

. G% q' k1 s# l0 j' VL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。
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/ w/ I& W, |1 o& Z' u/ P: o& |M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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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$ q, s. X( }# s7 l5 hM: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?3 g1 V: z# c% X# a0 T3 s

' p: O) M# t, Q# HM: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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9 R( g/ l. W2 K5 T9 j# x, {* [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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4 k# b$ ]5 E- G- w: Y" b0 EM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?/ \- j) }0 k! k3 K1 {
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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。' `: Q9 J1 w8 v
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.$ `, u6 |" S. M* J" 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!$ d: X+ I4 D! C. s8 [( x' V
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M: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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, t& b( D8 [2 d9 e* p: vM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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  n) A7 ?& f+ I$ K8 w/ \1 J: UL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。' d  c& J# u( S$ _
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M:"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?7 Q5 W1 e0 u1 D9 J5 ]/ ?: u

# Z- M/ Q- L2 Z3 Z# t/ g" nM: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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, W2 r9 k& l7 O! NL: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?' [  Z5 o; g9 M  v4 o- @
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M:He screwed up at work.: T3 c' }9 v# i+ c4 `
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?% s8 S5 T( N6 s' p+ o
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.$ B9 o/ F: B- Q6 q
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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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8 s& H3 J0 ^% f. a4 BM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.  ?- H* T+ D' L" p
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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!! f2 p7 y- d" n4 p9 @8 E2 h
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.5 ?2 U$ \$ m4 }( A
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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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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。( `0 V  }+ I$ Z- ?: V5 w
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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。
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