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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
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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!1 E  F) Y# h$ n% G1 ?

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!2 O' o# ]% w8 D) Y/ z& w6 b- z
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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。5 G4 @4 G1 x8 |; [1 h) ?/ p9 d
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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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3 K1 x6 a: @. E0 w* BL: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。! |1 |! ^0 S7 |7 J; X4 H1 }. Z

9 L% @/ f9 ~) C! o- C6 AM: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?
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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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; ~; P) o/ G, k2 |( ZL: 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。& F) V) G# x4 f

( |1 S6 [  K' [% J& wM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?9 L# i5 @: L  n2 s( g  U3 A
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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。1 P8 q* C2 [& W1 E2 ?

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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.  A9 z0 \- T% a* u3 V5 R
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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!4 c6 x9 t4 P) p/ ]

2 v5 m1 j. x$ s" ]M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.8 ]8 m; }' G  c1 t* f( ?8 m8 n

  f5 a: L6 ^; p6 j: n! E+ t7 }2 eL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?" e# w2 {5 t2 Y# M1 i
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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。# l9 V! ?& ~) P; j9 K8 n& O7 P

# u1 a8 W3 c* @* BM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.. d6 [1 Q. W3 w6 f7 c) ^; X, e
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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?' E9 E, Y& c' E/ R' [, {2 P
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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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" d  R0 _1 l5 J2 vL: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?7 R2 n2 J) N2 x

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0 C$ }5 K% q3 I- G5 eL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.# Q. ~0 K) B: j) A

4 |  t. ^( l/ s7 @. K; b/ z" b8 mL: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.: v+ k' `% R6 m" S4 q0 z9 o3 [3 |) r
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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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.' d* k* _7 Q1 ^% @: S( ^! k4 p7 S
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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!, O4 A# M, c9 \9 }; |
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.: s$ N1 Q! i1 w; q1 x3 ]5 {$ e7 J
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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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0 {+ |! x5 b2 k6 v# g; T0 G) B5 y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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老杨团队 追求完美
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