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。
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' Q, q$ j# c, _$ v4 \; N$ pL：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!

L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

3 b' L; }6 M& P+ i* C5 h5 oM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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。

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？
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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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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。

M：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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# I; b- T$ L7 g+ {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。

5 |1 Q6 H5 J5 Z3 VM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

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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M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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& ~" K$ y4 Y: CL：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！

1 ]1 k4 k8 D; E  \" E( d2 a+ M: GM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
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M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

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M："Screw up," it means to mess up.
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6 O+ c) o, g/ F' i+ p4 AL：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.

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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, D1 n* Z$ O+ X/ Q; [- b+ D  ^: AL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
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/ y8 y& a4 k0 I# D8 d0 f7 gM：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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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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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！
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8 [: F5 d, r6 U3 h3 q. bM：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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# K! n. V- g2 L. sL：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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, i, L$ |- f  ]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。
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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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