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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 0 W- {  u3 P0 E+ ]" `# l3 a& e

1 f, V. g  ~& rMichael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!/ h1 P0 l, S" K- F: p
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!! O3 v- R" g6 I
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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。* t5 c6 ]0 S, q; z7 H
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M: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。. H3 v( O% o  t$ n7 W* O& \" r$ v3 P  H/ O
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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?
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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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7 [* J8 I+ E, @1 f2 pL: 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。% t# ?& B0 X( E

( i$ M2 R" t1 f$ G. wM: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。% \( G" e0 g# Y

+ i6 o" o( h+ I6 M6 G4 P+ h' PM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.: x5 g/ V& E2 E( ?0 ?1 m, p- t

( [' |0 Z  H8 p& Y5 pL: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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% J  M% ~. V: ]) u% g1 M8 g2 TM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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" Q- l; n% b% k% P! ZL: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!# H! x0 T6 U! P' y; g

- O3 T. G# a% V$ f3 E: L1 ~# oM: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?
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up., u$ _: U3 l4 I
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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+ j7 ^1 u2 H( p8 GM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.1 p; i! O% z8 `: v+ f& y9 n
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L: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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4 J$ d" R3 c  i. ]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?5 d& s  Z) @% {- v4 Z) H3 F

7 }. j+ i% z! D" wM:He screwed up at work.
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- V6 ^6 Q' |$ T; W2 RL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?8 E8 S7 h7 I3 [% ]

$ \. F6 C: I5 n, W9 _+ nM: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。
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" F* }7 p$ B$ l- @8 w4 n8 cM: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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: z( R; l; A4 aM: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!8 ~5 O. p& E' e0 G( B, ?
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。% ?# _8 J; T: g' Q1 Q, O/ u

0 N3 O: p* Z/ @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。% e( w" ]' j% a4 T+ Q+ z- I" \* _% Z

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