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

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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑
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9 o5 ~& H5 r+ a: MMichael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。1 w& e, E2 m, B& n( `$ \
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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!, m+ L& z4 ^7 F3 a* J

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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!7 K& S  v: C7 v8 O. Q/ K8 j

9 f( m/ f$ H' N5 i: ~# k, o4 lL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.6 K$ n- C! l9 X" z" B" T
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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。/ q( S# d& Y1 ~

. C' m) }, O2 L. xM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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2 h- g- k. ~7 Q; HL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?& t1 B& I3 }- k/ v

4 {% E" W( k% t9 ]4 T. YM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.( \/ p5 |2 D" j4 |7 O
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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。1 [6 B2 V  U1 `# n: D( [
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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?
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+ r7 H. c1 }, j8 JL: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。( }0 b' Z3 ^- `  g" ^3 m! H& x

. Y& i  h7 ^7 {- K7 E! A. W$ u) uM: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!- I1 A1 E% r- O
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.# @' M/ V$ O, J
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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!
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.1 I% k. B& D" ]4 p* K

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( ~' ~) B$ i% _6 b( u6 dM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.6 k$ T% g$ Y, ]
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。" Q0 X' v& K/ L2 y$ H

3 ]/ U9 G- s1 Y" e0 [M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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+ K! Y% Q1 F( h$ v. m( h: lL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?9 Q4 m9 U9 f! G0 z

& G9 h1 k) A2 V* A  r0 L  uM: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?
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0 c5 U. J2 k7 U9 L/ P% a* kM: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?4 U" J# t  t9 m# j1 M( u) h

, q+ L0 C: M; i8 pM: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。% d5 D% W  R* U7 @9 |
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.+ I: i! q! ?8 Q  _
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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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/ a/ Q) }( M5 {* _/ `* _M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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  ]" C. H$ h) i8 aL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!9 l1 m4 c4 f$ E/ n) h/ ~. P! Q0 s

* U; [+ C2 ?9 gM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.# b5 Z+ m# j% E' i& S
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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。
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* l! |) C' ]- Z* j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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老杨团队 追求完美
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