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

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发表于 2009-7-14 17:52 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 4 L& b4 q: q+ V* ~; P
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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。# ~' z# y0 c- I# O5 \; c

, l) p6 ]+ [7 U; ?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!
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M: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。
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! U# t! H* l0 u1 I) A* N0 i3 iM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.  T$ ]  k7 {0 V* p/ x

: b$ b- a* z* |( a. WL: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。- d# g3 u2 o( b, r7 m% i

8 J0 }4 D& r& \. I2 I* \M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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6 t$ ?9 z# R4 D# oL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?$ U' V7 o- D, e; Y

+ h1 Y( R/ `  c: ~: A& ?1 UM: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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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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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!
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.. b- b/ A' ?: l% [$ j# a2 p$ B# R

7 _5 X: W/ h3 X# A5 k, @9 q3 K  LL: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!0 s6 i& `, H" b* c
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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?
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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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, R& I7 E5 ~! s8 e6 h; MM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.( ?# a+ l5 B5 e6 @
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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?
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5 ^/ ?( ^) y6 ]; O' [9 b. A9 sM: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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/ A# b: ?  ^6 [$ q  L: mL: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?; a1 c. z/ ~# L" X6 R
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. C; C+ Q; o+ I$ H. ZL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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- a9 I: s: ]$ |3 m0 W- {M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.: b, e" ~1 V1 y8 B
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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。' c" m7 Q6 |- t! p& n4 j% e; P
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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' K% l4 _% k" ~; a9 c( yL: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$ j3 l" H# x/ b* [M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.: U' M0 h. f) g! c( `
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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!
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  W0 e+ M( U4 S5 u- }M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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9 V$ y" b, L0 M9 s$ ?0 cL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。  P7 }/ Y" W( c3 K

2 X' H: k4 x& N7 t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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
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