Y1 q! D( o) I" }6 I% {6 }0 aL：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！2 ~# p0 K. {; @3 G0 }3 u' `
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough! + y! n& |1 x# ]% G + }" q$ o1 K$ p& `& D2 Z/ ?3 OL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。* e' Y' j+ L1 P: w3 w8 }4 L/ N
$ Y/ n1 O" M( p, sM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving. 2 u" m' D1 q3 F! n* L9 Z; z" V8 o- E8 r2 [) d! d' }( m/ a3 ~
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。 8 P% K) _/ M$ R2 ~! e' n3 h ' ]% S9 P* Q( T& @M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.; \4 o# P4 o8 W
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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？4 k( S1 y- s j* O
1 @! I, z3 P% y7 }& W9 k3 [: ?M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold. $ U" r/ ~8 D( K" O " O2 h1 e" \: r7 v7 `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。 - R7 ^8 ^$ g$ d3 X+ _! }% d $ r& f# [* Z) U0 u4 g2 g5 h! @M：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade? 4 M2 k2 y( v9 I* C2 s0 q 1 C# \1 F$ ~( h# h. J3 {# I4 PL：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。 ( a: k7 N9 ^2 Z r6 A% @% n% N) n6 D9 d, }* P6 ~0 l
M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool. 3 T: L% |' A3 I" B. Z0 V T- }: I" C, O% B1 L
L：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！9 F s& k. x7 y+ G! S1 p' w
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M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up. - E! s7 h0 Y' k q0 p% J7 h5 o4 a J& g0 J+ O M+ @ z; J# D ?L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。6 k, {& p- p( `' x2 j6 F
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M："Screw up," it means to mess up. 1 F* P x& N; o9 v$ ?' Z" I9 d( i, K& }( c0 L
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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？6 s" b; g+ n0 ?. ~) x. E
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L：Michael, 尽管他们screw up，我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。$ F+ e- P0 y. o$ ] J0 Y
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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。7 R* I9 N) y7 E# K5 F1 e3 S
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