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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 6 l- J7 S, w) v) j

) f6 |* E6 z+ r2 X) A) @* wMichael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!  i, g; h; L$ b! z; ]" j
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+ I5 V" h& ?+ \/ NM: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。- R7 i5 {1 W$ g! j. N/ w7 M

- E1 x. r2 E3 c% VM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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/ X  p5 Z! g; i2 u" H1 R1 v/ H  UL: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。: y  N) g, }. X/ l( L4 s

9 ~' Q# h1 L" ]' Y# ?M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.4 T+ [1 Q) u0 O' F9 M3 C

2 \) ~8 D: P, b+ yL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?6 ]: z2 @7 E! W+ ]  V

: {0 C, L, Z8 C$ X+ cM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.3 @; O; M( V" A4 C) N5 z9 C
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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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3 K( Z  f: W+ L( E) {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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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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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!  e8 t- |1 y/ [: x

) P% K# J4 X$ B' E8 B# e4 f3 W  [M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.( o  D& M, ~* S% P4 E6 w1 N

& v/ v3 m6 O% [% Z* x% K+ kL: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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$ R% J" e# Y1 z3 E! XM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.) f7 _2 J% o* i: e/ m) P7 v# x$ _

' Q. N0 W2 U+ O! [$ `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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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up." |9 L9 q: e2 V# I
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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?* I) T  K/ @( o6 P
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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.- I3 n8 n( ?# W2 e+ s

! V/ W& N3 j" |- s+ [- j6 CL: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?( V* L( F" `3 f5 @' T
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M:He screwed up at work.- P8 n6 l4 H9 [5 u0 N
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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.4 ]1 o; B/ }7 F5 L* _
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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。1 A) O5 T! @7 J2 W; N
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time., R# u- d9 T- r6 e7 C
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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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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.& r( G* L& w. g, O  n; t. g

7 D  L) O6 s  Q; a# W3 `8 lL: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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( W3 Y+ z- K9 f% [" d7 EM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.7 ]- n: u+ I  x8 L
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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。1 c. G; K' {- w7 K" W
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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。4 ^# |/ P; Q! K0 i. F$ Z  X

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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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