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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
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Michael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。, Y# J0 u! K% A) q
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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!; v+ [! P+ W' n( V- Z
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2 J8 G- i  Q- R3 C7 {3 `M:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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0 K# \5 J9 G) s; |+ i' CL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。4 w7 u  t4 P% V( B; S* W& e

! D2 r3 Q0 \, S5 o9 _& mM: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.
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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?" i8 ^. S: ~5 J% S1 f5 }# o

* P1 o( y) z3 O$ D0 oM: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。- `0 o% K' ?. L* B6 V+ P( b4 }
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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?4 w0 O0 S" F6 g5 N. ]

3 A) I% ]) T  W: 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。- Y6 L0 G5 l& [2 `1 A; b4 N; `
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.6 B! O4 S9 {' a7 V. i
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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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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.1 U- e! W: Y6 F
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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!2 c& M" l8 e9 P& f# ^1 O# S

( M- {3 h( Z3 ~6 j1 DM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game., j: w2 l8 s/ H) B3 l$ P( f/ v' m
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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) _" @) f" A: D4 h6 R% FM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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! F  f- t0 c$ a0 [: Y0 Z: wL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。- {& `% {* ^# N' U# a5 L

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2 [, `# m7 j4 ^, C  f; FL: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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+ Z. i3 B( d6 h5 RM: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.7 y* r) d7 G! R7 J; Y8 @$ e( f8 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?2 l; w; f2 D7 w( T9 Z

1 c5 ~  N5 r3 M) LM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.3 w6 e, `# D) N. [4 r& T
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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。# r- v( `" w6 Q; x$ }* c/ J4 E9 g/ d
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.( I' f2 F( u' S# {* T

* Z7 T8 a- S, M- [0 J- @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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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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! i& L7 J1 _5 u* v( I: u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。
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老杨团队 追求完美
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