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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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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。4 B5 _8 q3 S- J" e: P

; D2 `; Q* h6 g+ Q% [" F$ r4 C  U* G& LL: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!. i1 L; i' D+ y/ t

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: J( `1 R0 B) _8 S% uM:Sometimes these games get really rough!6 D0 k9 @$ i$ z# q
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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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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving., q3 i/ B3 [4 l

1 x5 u4 `2 j" o$ B) q3 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。2 N, Y) z5 x4 C% _5 }) }/ m/ T
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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$ J4 V/ z4 i# f& j# B) b8 uL: 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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4 O2 F2 I% i/ p2 ZM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.7 x2 F% Z: L  B

: _6 Z& c$ b' r, OL: 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?/ a- o# E& Y1 i* e9 G3 V+ l# b- l
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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。: q$ E, \* e+ j! B; }) [
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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$ `0 v. f4 J1 Y! z0 P3 V9 a1 t  yL: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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" v0 Z: }$ V. B! m! l8 u! p+ W: aM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.. {6 b# C8 i3 ], e! E: C

5 u4 y9 A/ D. q! L/ `9 H+ `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.
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9 \! I9 N' e! A, h. D/ ^# C3 rL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?+ I! B+ k3 j6 J6 c/ p

7 i5 I9 u* a1 m. A5 t+ T- C  eM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up., b/ [: M, O7 g" ]% }( |) j8 O0 Z

: ^6 w/ E2 K5 T  I% A% DL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。. H3 Y- n% N9 a7 z& T$ {

4 K3 x. Y" K, I& X7 O4 F& xM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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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?/ C* ^+ _& G( I* A* ]) g: A- I
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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." ?7 {9 G# Q: M5 R  x

: h: N! l2 R+ B9 l: C0 t+ A( pL: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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M:He screwed up at work.& M; y+ E2 O4 f' b

. G9 g/ `! g2 d/ lL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?2 s8 s' w! }7 T7 w) h

0 j) Q; ]9 \$ p6 `0 K) bM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.( @4 F0 I* p  x6 X( e; s- v
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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。! h: o) s' _! E

9 q% X" X/ F& S) U! Z5 ]( I7 Q/ L2 |" DM: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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. A8 l, P9 k) z6 {3 rM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.! q8 t/ k$ F  x
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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!8 f0 h1 c/ d1 _6 g
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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( {( \8 G$ o$ I  z0 b' dL: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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老杨团队 追求完美
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