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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 " l$ w% @9 P# e7 T6 A

1 ~0 O& b$ }4 w5 hMichael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!  x$ q: A0 q  E$ u5 C$ @
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(Starting buzzer)
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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。: p8 ~' Z& A$ Q+ x8 h
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.+ x( f4 R, p/ t( Y" v

9 I1 C4 J8 K& `9 U9 hL: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。3 n6 D8 N% m" p$ o. ~
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there." n0 C& g. f/ A  J" g1 t- S# C

9 u) g0 B$ s! c( ?# X$ LL: 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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! p4 t7 `1 E3 h0 ~M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.; i8 T% G' Z; ?9 }: z  R( [
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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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' T* o4 U" G: ]0 U" OM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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5 {9 O' ?4 H4 K2 S- I' x- }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。0 |- O  m! {( W# F

; [, ~6 T5 A# h5 A+ mM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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8 Q' I% z, t8 X1 ]. \L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!6 t: j- A- P" \: ^2 u; E

3 n  m3 M' H( K, k; WM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.0 ?! S+ L( w7 g

" _$ Z0 ^  k: z$ D4 R( TL: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!$ `; X$ `. r. P1 \

- U' p' r! P6 c2 i6 t! H: wM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.. R) d2 T, @' q

" g9 u4 W/ Z% Z- c- L7 q, `* mL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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2 r/ a* U. \1 W& y) D( i  M2 L) OM:"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。
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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?
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* v5 t3 B  P* Z" MM: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?4 s/ `0 |/ z* P+ M. V
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M:He screwed up at work.
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: z! B8 Q. Y7 ?7 }( O/ tL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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9 A) S9 M' V. m# OM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.. K; {2 M7 n/ E4 O/ a3 B7 t5 n

) A3 q# C- x: s( F6 Y# BL: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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  E9 B4 K+ p% S+ [! a; @  AM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time." ]3 L1 N3 Q8 q

4 j" C3 C8 z  o: h* M' O% kL: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.' R7 f& c- ^# F* Q5 i- _, l! l

; E, q2 B% {4 r0 fL: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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.$ w# I- h0 |) P' P1 V! A
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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。
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  a$ e5 Y9 ^2 c. V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。/ ]& D( v" B$ f+ m8 ]

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