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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 $ m( p8 W, m( `) G4 T7 P# L
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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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$ B/ _( z9 n' M: c- J# yL: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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1 o# R: h3 m/ A/ d# uM:Sometimes these games get really rough!* r) y) E* d+ S. i
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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。
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' b' [. c3 L; ?8 c0 s5 t' @M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.' R+ Y9 O3 Y% E  @/ L
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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.
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$ v  Z+ `3 s+ \9 WL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?, v( q, Z% |0 _. |5 A' l

8 B+ p7 g0 a4 yM: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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; m  ?- e- Y6 p4 c5 M5 {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。/ k$ U) i* r9 M4 J) ~
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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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5 y- d- e, M8 t! w% u+ @' NL: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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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.5 `  _0 _) [2 x. n7 K6 T: w

* ^5 V; k& I1 xL: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!5 O- O4 j7 ~  [
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M: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?2 u) h- }- y" q& K1 d7 v! H9 m) }
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M:"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。: L( |  x5 L( Z1 n0 ^; p  W

( s8 Y4 e: s3 g& PM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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4 g) h8 j3 l1 e0 \5 xL: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.& C2 F; B7 l+ @9 k) N& d

7 m( r( f* T( |- xL: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?8 l. R1 f. P. T! {

6 D# p* p) c/ R/ g9 \3 KM:He screwed up at work.' o4 T" ]# S7 U8 \' @/ O
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.* }$ w3 C" b5 {
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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。- @: V2 s3 U/ K7 }% U' ~

0 @' ~, R- I) i, I: z/ lM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.: C" N; ^' ]  _3 I1 ?
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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!  Y5 |% W$ V( a. v! W! E

3 {$ a  A+ {/ bM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.* |& F8 m1 F7 v& k/ }' G4 l

+ {; W& D% ^6 Y# tL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!! }( x# u; ]0 q! B" L
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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9 [# `% p- U6 J2 z! a1 ?( `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。7 R* _, W  H* k7 b  `; V

4 T- H% C. u$ c- _0 V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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