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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 ; o5 M7 `4 P" _0 ~! q" t1 L; U1 h
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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。6 m' [0 E+ W. d
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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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(Starting buzzer)
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- H# B/ u* d( `, r4 D7 b$ gM:Sometimes these games get really rough!7 s- G3 A+ n$ ~( s! y& A5 f1 B# o" o

9 s: F2 B; P* \# _/ s, M( U! uL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。$ q3 F6 Z) I3 i- Y; o
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.  `$ O/ z2 R) i" s# z+ G
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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。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.# `# D; B9 |" L# j

. W! ^( T7 i- X/ CL: 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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0 k$ s( ~% E1 [/ uM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.! B4 y1 t0 V0 @# b  y
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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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2 R+ F4 {$ Z! @) MM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?5 C( i& Z2 W3 A0 f7 _
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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.
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; m% A+ z5 b9 w# K: R  n* u+ S" sL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!$ ^" R+ N3 _' \. Q9 W( @' k( {

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+ i, ]& R5 {8 C& d8 K) q) ?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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5 X4 D% P  U/ q7 ]* }$ T+ lM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.6 b6 Z0 Z. v% z* X7 i9 k
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?% d: o* u5 j  n2 q" Z) y1 g

7 u9 Z0 S- b) q! xM:"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。2 G2 i# @; ^9 y, r1 p4 ^- R8 F+ }
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M:"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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3 U+ y' G6 A4 SM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.9 u% g2 U0 Y) T3 V) W' {* p
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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?, W# Z% N3 ]* A9 Y; E) `
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M:He screwed up at work./ X& Y4 V' y9 h. ]% [  u

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6 I. n) E; |# W7 C- z- pM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.9 Z- @( n. ~  y9 Z/ a
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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.
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6 S; S; ?9 [2 FL: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!; \1 G; g! R! x. A! b

, j# d- l: ~+ AM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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# `% I/ w) {) V7 sL: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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1 w3 X, u) _8 _( Z  u3 j9 {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。. j) {% `4 C3 D* p3 A

$ Y  P9 o  B& `' H2 o% n% z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
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