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

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5 p( j( B; M7 M8 QMichael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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( b* o* C3 A1 J3 yM：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。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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- x# S! k% R; T, ?9 J- U9 gL：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.
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/ f6 b! S& S. j9 I  Y! q7 [L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

' j' i. D- |8 t/ j1 ?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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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 F. Z5 Z* y* W  [8 @) k' a. cM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

, B) f# r$ A7 m: J/ ^, cL：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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7 B) T9 O9 g* Q9 d, a" h+ J: kM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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！

) l. K4 L& ^' RM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

# K7 T+ a; |" B0 n0 S1 JL：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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! c4 k- @4 a. Q* @- L; k# _M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

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M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

( A: a5 h- F: o1 N2 \' q9 VL：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

( s* ?- v; H( \7 CL：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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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？

1 t2 n& n5 h- EM：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？

, y2 V( z3 L. V. N6 ]; |" 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。
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M：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.

L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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* |  x' ~( d3 b/ w, D+ ]' KL：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。

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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