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

Xbfeng

  h2 t2 |# T$ C, y) W5 L! {' cMichael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。
5 y; i$ A: O  f8 I
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！

; G; R: Q# Y" r' Q# h. h(Starting buzzer)

; p9 g' W3 N  G/ d4 I0 xM：Sometimes these games get really rough!
/ ^  t- `  y; h: U+ Q" s
L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

0 O2 ~4 d- D1 A6 D8 ]! N. o8 iM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

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。
" y+ A2 }4 ^; X; h8 K7 S
8 R3 N2 I6 m/ ^' dM：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
" _# S- K) `, j. u1 p# ]. c
L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？
  r  N( L  W6 k, O6 a  P2 m/ p5 m
M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.

- D% n' }& E" Q% Q7 J  VL： 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。

M：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?

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。

M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.

' I: B" {' ?& S+ c/ a* ?6 e+ {L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！
. S/ Y7 E: @7 O1 r7 g/ o
7 I9 O$ I, j$ }  u6 z: _; v) |* T+ w$ ]M：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

! d- \, @" L+ 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！
9 I) z5 K$ C, U
M：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
; x( d) c* o3 N  c
5 c% W+ R, O& X9 K4 l/ UL："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

  R' F7 W$ ]7 j" {1 N/ WM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
, \) p0 V" G3 D, K0 J: F& u
L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

4 K" w9 X; K$ e# ?; d) f2 uM："Screw up," it means to mess up.
/ B% ~3 Y: Z8 }0 D/ A7 U- `
L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？
- T+ t; J/ e# S3 X
0 ~4 F) b1 k& {" z7 XM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

! D) ]! F3 g2 W" Y! Z4 ZL：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？
3 E' K5 x$ W3 F8 E6 K8 w# C) \6 Y
M：He screwed up at work.
* W7 ^% w2 ?# {$ i. ?* F' F
: D" F, ~. B5 {0 B# NL：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？

M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
# M  j+ H: e, M! F3 z5 _
7 ]3 z: d) t: e% J, v+ D' {4 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。

" {' U8 _9 \9 c! P" YM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.

- E- s4 R8 [# l8 \9 O$ Q0 @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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
  J' u" k3 ^$ B) \" o) Q7 G
L：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

. j% P; T4 J2 wM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

5 K; c1 r8 Z. KL：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。
+ r0 ?- u2 n3 N
6 R) d& K( N+ u7 R1 u) _; k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。
3 J9 `5 t+ L! l, ~9 z8 t
Real 声音: (810 K)
6 m1 ~8 m! c% R  \% H, ^

home_ed

Thanks!

billzhao

good

doudou1234

thanks a lot