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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 , |5 c/ `) r5 m- B
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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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) s8 [, D( M& i# L  Q7 W# 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!; H; w) O8 ?4 \/ B  W1 ~$ N2 t

, H* r. F: K; x; I( a; s, i* T1 \0 wL: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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6 e/ W3 V+ U' c+ L9 BM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.# [9 [% r$ Z8 o- A
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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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" z( }1 I+ }$ Z2 c0 _' KM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.7 X3 ?1 p2 Q- u+ t
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L: 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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0 _( e& {; o, \1 D+ d, J' BM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.- A8 K1 R3 r4 |! ^7 d
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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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! f0 C$ r: o+ }0 ]1 c4 T' K+ Y8 P$ ML: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。5 t, f4 B; [/ C$ C1 [/ B

4 d. c$ O% a  Z* r& y2 JM: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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' g" i9 z% |2 x! \M: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.6 K7 j) P# s; O. a% v

0 G3 Q' a4 s$ e* }0 qL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?# G8 E. W# L4 {5 c% Q
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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。* O! U; Y- ^5 l+ }+ b! j9 m2 Q

; R1 S, d- s2 ]( Z& e& OM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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) x& @) o/ d! B% H0 GL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?4 N; t9 g6 o2 M8 L7 {: v0 x$ Q
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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./ _8 W% Q* Y* l: ]' D
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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.5 N- j6 b: u- L' B
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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.
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% d$ p7 {: R9 O* mL: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。& Q$ d8 O5 C1 G/ K) U1 F
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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- B+ H4 y& l- zL: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) r/ A. i' `! d/ Q6 bM: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!
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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0 ~1 s, h9 q' |5 s3 _) m+ I( xL: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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; L6 d, w4 o/ c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。, ]+ n8 k' O% T; z; H) C
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