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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 4 C: p" }+ M1 F# j4 c: Q9 x+ ~, q5 M

1 P& @0 l9 O$ I0 F* K! h1 G" dMichael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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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!. h& d$ i7 O* g& o

+ x. z1 M; [- w/ l6 T+ T$ o(Starting buzzer)! W, J. h# A0 s* U0 v1 p

& i8 E& S* ?7 G; a, OM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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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。: Y! a/ a! n1 u

2 b. W* [: G: n+ e$ i, gM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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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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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.- ^+ S! L! w' r- H* e+ v

. w" v6 y/ q' Q, X! V; X6 x: OL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?/ s  M* T# c0 k( t

0 Z  s1 e, e! B/ x2 k4 ]$ bM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.  t9 u" v' h( w% K

$ c* b3 [' X4 m1 TL: 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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% I( \& ], K8 Z; |' d5 n: t5 dM: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。
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.9 J6 m) }' D+ |/ \1 b! v- u1 D
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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!* P& C4 `: F8 i7 b

* Y& O' b3 S6 R1 c7 U. DM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.9 {* V, |6 c4 o% G" t- H1 O
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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.# l  {8 Z" Q# n  C; C! O" o

/ s' w5 Z: |/ ~! f" vL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?! u. e5 n% E/ R
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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。7 o6 i7 U9 f$ {6 k

5 n% n( y1 ?5 M: lM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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" B: {6 R7 n: ~* S5 tL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?, E. L" {( L/ @1 Y
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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?( b* ]3 U/ o/ \) O
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M:He screwed up at work.
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?7 O+ y# j$ ^5 F& h
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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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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。* e" t, l9 `: K: D2 H
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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. b; b. k0 O2 XL: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!2 O3 y, b5 t8 n' U

- o2 x1 m! [1 L/ eM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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4 a  ~9 r1 A) k  y2 ML:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!$ W8 f4 ?) }! ]! W" d- Q

; o$ \& P; Y1 h# `9 VM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.  ^2 z9 n8 F$ w# |% d' O6 i& W; ^
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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。) g4 |9 Y( @, X+ a; R% S

- t+ l6 H9 S' V. D- }, e# k' V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。8 W; u; O4 L0 D, v+ D
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老杨团队 追求完美
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