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

Xbfeng

- N7 ~) {$ k& J' c) V2 c
9 }! ]+ L5 D. sMichael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！
9 g$ ?" n$ @: N5 p9 L4 h6 Z. Q" r  e
(Starting buzzer)
+ S. P: S+ ?& o6 E" E$ A) M
% G: B$ Z2 u! vM：Sometimes these games get really rough!

L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。
. k5 V+ w9 E6 R- N& v
' B% f. Q9 I, PM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
. f% G) B5 |0 d2 m% k5 K( k- G. z/ V% ^
  O: \5 a9 W8 {0 \# G( Y! ^8 {# tL：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。
8 u: Q6 L1 p/ V7 t; w
M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
+ R) d- ~* n7 e
L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？

M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

( }" ]2 F' ^; f$ J" rL： 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。
3 o$ e2 K5 P' t: ]
6 N( `4 b1 a  A! I0 T7 CM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
3 Z/ G; G! N' K- q# O, T0 n
$ @4 W9 O. P2 D6 g( o& e& RL：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。
3 q% A( J; U9 F: Q- I, R& F
9 P  `, t6 j3 o/ P/ ], mM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

8 o. D1 L3 ?/ s% Q5 t+ A3 \6 OL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！
+ @7 @: G$ P# o, v: S
M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

& ?5 ~; r: o9 W4 UL：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！

M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.

L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
* ~3 ]4 M! \/ o: X# V" A
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。
" i. l- H: U/ H0 D
M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
3 V: L/ J  h; [6 `  }/ ~
L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？
/ ~" ]; D- e% [
# _/ t1 y6 [; Y' Q' t2 AM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.
  x- w. D: r8 f2 T! o
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？

M：He screwed up at work.

L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
/ U5 j1 \  W9 @6 ]: t  y. D, i4 q- w
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。
; k" d7 A1 ~# ^( x! B
M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

) g/ l; A1 g" q4 e# pL：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！
8 P1 M9 F7 G, [+ [9 M( {, m9 Y
+ {# ?+ l% J; z- BM：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.
6 H9 T, A$ K+ e6 d0 }- i
3 F! h5 X' l: P* ^- s* R' \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。
  f( e/ J6 p# u+ C* P+ n
9 T8 f. k: t' B/ W: l/ A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。
7 |$ B; E  t/ E+ E& c$ \* @
Real 声音: (810 K)
2 q% v6 X, V- g, \* c. l* Y

home_ed

Thanks!

billzhao

good

doudou1234

thanks a lot