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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 3 L/ j( h) J4 U8 N$ R

, X  F& ]; z3 o- MMichael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!3 I+ }* v! ]6 Q  d* h
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(Starting buzzer)
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$ Q4 T8 Q& j6 w! m% d' v; h3 nM:Sometimes these games get really rough!0 |: d/ C! @0 |- R& Z, N

% f$ g! z. ]* R" S* W2 dL: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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2 Q  e3 x  T" j7 G5 K' U# Z3 eM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.3 h: |2 z7 m  S$ m6 `# F
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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。! o3 L# L  m  |

6 x8 A9 r( T: TM: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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& a4 U' B6 s. b6 z8 o) F) W9 zM:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.+ c7 K+ A4 l4 E5 `  }

2 B. p* V5 c# D, {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。
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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?: c' `+ s- D$ M6 o

! v. _# r( c* M( ?* F- }5 oL: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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5 Z% D& V" T/ [2 b: E" XM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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4 \# D/ i5 Q( }6 V: cL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!" S. A0 \8 V$ M: u$ E2 j# y2 T# L
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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!
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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( |- r  e4 {& @4 B6 R% P; bL:"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.
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9 Q% R, L' T0 X0 W" _+ qL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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, k7 a/ G3 r4 }" Y. ?$ {4 mL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?$ {4 R% f$ u. L) \# x7 u

8 U+ }: L; C  F0 JM: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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! B! U+ T. w, o6 d( i( q6 q$ G8 AL: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?9 e5 B% l" \  y  {" {0 x
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M:He screwed up at work., @% C' n8 N9 m  k2 f
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?& o! I  P. F/ O. X7 E7 D- e, g
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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。# z" i, g0 K4 q; e- E5 e/ L

  Y) y# _' s1 E' l. t- g5 IM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.- ?; i' h1 ~- U- D3 f
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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!# d7 a- ^+ @4 b
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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" ?* x; M2 p5 ?# ?( j* BL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!. q6 v! s/ G1 r' ]- P  C7 o! X

" x) V; W; v" @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。- u, v/ {5 v# p& @6 [# G
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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。& p" p, r4 Y9 q2 `2 i% @
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