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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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0 d/ }/ H# P, {1 _. }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。
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' [, t- w( G3 s$ ~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!
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(Starting buzzer)
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* [7 \0 b7 a7 a7 n! y% b6 fM:Sometimes these games get really rough!- U% Q' L1 E& t2 p: I' g

$ j' {9 X6 N  Z! ?L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving., _% N' M) i# ?

; }  g( H; \0 u9 `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.+ v1 v6 E5 F- s7 r) F

4 Q' J& C8 M3 \) M8 ?5 Z& ^7 ML: 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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  l2 ^% s: c7 eM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.9 f- t! u! |, k) ~$ O2 @2 ~" G, V

7 P, D- b/ f" b& DL: 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& |9 D6 `$ W: _3 {$ O% hM: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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6 N/ k# r3 R' w" R3 M. v; t( ZM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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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!4 U3 v& k/ ?7 X
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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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!- C2 X; t. {2 F& V6 ?
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.9 q8 E: P" X& F: L

3 v4 f7 N, p- j% a  AL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?8 z/ O  E$ e1 Y9 v
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.2 `# S7 o, V4 U8 }! v

7 ]: F2 b+ k& P7 B# p) x& IL: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: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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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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; p; e1 {8 c6 W( `/ ^L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.+ _& r: q& Q2 u. e

) M( U) T6 j4 b, fL: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。& L- Z8 c2 \; q4 X  N# [( f7 |

1 G: ~! z( R  lM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.# o4 n9 C! f( b! L& Q
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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!" a# n& `( r7 p' d& b! W: u! v

  j$ ]% M% @) c) b8 ZM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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0 \3 A! U$ O  L2 q/ }9 tL: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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight., u  {! \* [4 V2 |! P! r
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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。$ ]5 }! Z8 c. p, x+ [& A; n: ?- W

2 i( x4 x/ i3 F. Y. h* G' Z0 }, [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。* K. c7 I( a& D1 P; D' s

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Thanks!
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