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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 + t& @- Z' {( m0 |! V2 |
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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!
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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。$ H) N0 K% p. C" p1 l, ]

! K4 T" E3 c0 g( R, TM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.4 B; n* W$ I! S. \' b$ i- {

" C! W2 ]9 b# y. f2 ML: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。# @% G) [* J4 H
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M: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?! J9 b; {- G+ {5 t6 U
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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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" @7 n6 o1 ?0 {1 f/ ?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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?2 j8 c4 }: _- l. {5 h+ _
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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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.; j- v5 H; [" k- f5 X
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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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" q: h* F/ E8 G2 H% F, }M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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!7 C4 _" n. \* L7 w
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.2 i+ g% s0 ~' w" k$ |+ q
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?9 p% v% d- h1 T  K! }9 D
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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8 `0 b' s7 P" ]L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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% W2 c$ X: d9 AM:"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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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.0 Z1 |1 y% C3 w5 G3 _+ C: A
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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?
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( y  a- _: _( f7 m: xM: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?$ q1 A( e; N+ j$ b" G( h

% Z$ c( I$ f2 hM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.9 j+ u% t. d8 K8 N

& D- C9 ?& P7 _/ S% H# X% H- H8 pL: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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; V$ o$ s  M9 I) zM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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& A! s% C! |& G) L6 CL: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!  B" B( |$ _, y3 ~! ]) d3 Z

& q2 G! s) C% c6 e* B1 RM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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2 J' j  F# l/ Y4 F  d+ rL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!) Q. H6 E0 B. |* u: \9 ?+ p8 y+ r* t3 i
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。  `  z; P5 Y3 O; K8 Y5 N$ y5 S

" E5 i. w, V* t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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发表于 2009-7-14 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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