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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 , ^: B& p4 o# s! s

' l) l3 k7 [, b- Z) VMichael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。/ J6 A# u) n1 d) i2 X6 S% F
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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!5 n7 `6 N6 d. I
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(Starting buzzer)
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; z# Q0 n# z/ f& F9 i! I& SM:Sometimes these games get really rough!* V2 G. F4 h. i  w( V  C! P3 L
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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。; h* r) _- I- m, g: r
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.2 B4 y: u* a$ E; M' t
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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。5 e/ w" I. A' d9 H

- ?  ]5 ?, e: [M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.! U' Y' d, x% t7 k! ~+ V, g

7 R0 X5 u9 ^% O# w! wL: 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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M: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。: ?/ I8 A( a3 z# g4 t

& [4 g2 \8 [/ ^  oM: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。' N# N. r5 e# ^
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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6 U" h: M+ k3 j" e4 ~: _/ O+ S0 lL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!$ L; G. _  ?) g" z& q0 r
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.4 p* X- L6 ^7 o: f1 a* D

) D/ J) A4 x# R1 b$ _1 K# J1 F! `; ~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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" Y) ]( z2 r3 i2 Z) G+ D! q6 eM: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?6 }4 B% U% _; M$ g+ U# f

% _0 R1 r: x  m7 y7 WM:"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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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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( l- q7 {- Z! H: J' ^; H$ pL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?( W( _( J: R7 q! U
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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.% t3 o( w2 l: p9 B0 a

; b: `& X+ T5 Y" t: }( RL: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?+ K2 O1 n5 ]# k$ ^0 v* M+ T9 x/ l( T

9 Y1 W. t: N8 p  uM:He screwed up at work.& A8 _# w6 q$ m# C

- G/ i1 E, F& E3 ~$ \L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?4 ]; B) S' M; l/ ]. @( M

. s: g- S3 d! z8 BM: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。4 i; L+ n- T! X5 A
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.& Q7 H! T0 N: H. E' r
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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., ^2 A4 ~" V$ r% V) b& H1 i$ M8 g
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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!% n) t6 e+ @2 z2 i; @

7 d- C3 W' V$ S' ], ^6 UM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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! n5 w# a8 O5 j# ^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。
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4 C7 r) s, O3 \+ n5 B8 y, M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。- Z; O4 n' @: ]: V( V  b- E1 b! j
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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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