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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   I$ S2 c& y$ w7 z! r: |; B

. F; q5 F& I  t, }6 K( HMichael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。) E3 W& S3 I% H! `2 o3 M- w

9 k' N1 o/ T+ ^6 a' s, I7 t# `: Q/ uL: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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$ z6 [! h: \2 n6 c5 H" @, sM:Sometimes these games get really rough!( F9 l$ c. C6 S& q

- M$ K2 X  p4 V& m9 k/ j, U  p' kL: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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2 V0 y! u* h4 dM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.* B+ `$ R" W# L5 @. n

3 J# q0 }8 V/ Z# ^) E& ^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。0 a0 ?! e+ d8 R* L
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
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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?- {/ f( B( [& w5 o+ R
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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.+ P9 S, w1 E1 R1 m

3 G% }; g6 [0 B2 @2 b  _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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' W- E7 b, }0 gM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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/ v3 m% O6 Z" }; X2 q$ c! kL: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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3 h* ^" X( ?8 H1 x& m0 {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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( ~* }* p8 ]# I6 IM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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% @' T5 i% U* ?: d4 vL: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!/ Z9 l  ~: g0 a! S  n( v
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.5 ?$ u5 Y7 o$ I- j3 t+ R% N9 f1 u
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?& {" ^9 j( y8 o  L2 |

( {  r# c8 m4 i+ K. V3 hM:"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。5 N9 r# V. R, D' q  a; \( R
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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7 c# C: q% S0 a" T+ YL: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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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.' ^0 r9 X6 Y; f2 P9 r
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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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) P  N5 ^( k9 Y5 Q7 y- ]: V: pM: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。, p. a7 V% _* Z' h

2 b6 v6 U" ?+ v9 Y( v, U9 jM: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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M: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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1 `6 D, O/ X7 |M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.' k9 l! o, G3 U  }

4 v( W, h& S1 b4 b! p) O, UL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。: E/ [( Q9 ~' T' v, r
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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。- a- M! q) I$ }
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发表于 2009-7-14 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
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