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

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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。

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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9 E6 T" U" A$ K- y+ N6 x- WM：Sometimes these games get really rough!

" @% x* W2 r( x- R- @; ~! kL：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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% n* l9 i8 k0 _3 f" x8 \, iM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.

. \% K: S. [+ b/ J9 A3 TL： 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.

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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$ C6 j+ E5 M3 O% HM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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8 k1 C: ], Y3 V0 B- tL：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.

4 N8 s! I! |: B0 hL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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！
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- f" @- D# }) S; ?$ M, |M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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4 |: {* v% S1 n$ N9 W7 _6 WL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

9 G( i$ M  e4 Y1 s4 _M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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% {( W% t7 q8 G( W- FL：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？

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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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？

9 D4 f, |+ a( HM：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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& v6 t. U2 r- W. K( oM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

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。

, G6 o5 K) x7 n* ], LM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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/ Z5 W7 M! Q. o' d" y; gL：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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# p7 C) p- f% ?M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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6 m; F! Q5 r$ \2 T9 f! {9 @- @0 g+ eL：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。

/ U: G" n; Z) x6 U; K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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