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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 {( T8 q% ~, G2 d
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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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- i/ v& i5 G0 b: O/ f& eL: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!, M9 D4 L- n3 W! T

& }  k  O+ w" }7 S( ^- oL: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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% E' S2 i, {1 _+ fM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.7 w+ E' w' _6 e

: f% @/ M3 G& O& \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。) @# L# z( U- f4 l6 e+ x+ k* b1 N
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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# b# R( F; o) sL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?5 V" c5 ~, T' C7 I2 g) P8 f4 Q5 F

* W5 Q2 N" u/ SM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.% m" Q0 f1 e" c4 @& |( `

1 D% @% y( A8 {5 Q& \. L. UL: 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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?4 C) h" L& f" E; a# g
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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。! t" v; J: Y1 j- l1 r- U0 z9 f

, m" u; i4 H) Z5 HM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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: r. N( O4 X4 n8 nL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!3 k# h! q2 y6 G* N; e

% @: o- G: S9 R" ^3 KM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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.! ?7 c  `" V; x# U+ I

% w/ f! ^8 c+ g. E& |* uL:"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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' P" K& Q  G4 X5 ]L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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; |6 H" }9 v, V6 D: t7 IM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.4 v' d/ k5 O, K" h; O- G6 p5 G

/ ^9 j) Z! c* h8 xL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?* l. G( S2 S0 g
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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.
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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) V8 j5 Y5 b- R

' L8 |2 E: l+ m1 {: i. jM:He screwed up at work.9 Z$ Z) m! O& w' C

: N8 |5 \, @9 pL: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.
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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.$ u) F: n1 E8 f+ 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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( r- Z% L, G0 U3 n- b2 aM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!. j' l/ L- a+ H' }  Q4 f2 c

" Z/ V# Y, M4 }" r  @' sM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.( P! d! H; L8 Y3 x

/ F  Z* o0 Z  m7 N1 t" \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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. x& T7 r$ Q( N2 X, e7 B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。. w6 w8 L% Z- o" }# L% e- t1 q
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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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