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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。! P& ^7 z5 b+ a6 `4 R1 P

8 t6 I7 U  d' h1 U- A" SL: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!- o. c% @  m- j, c2 d; }

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$ I* {  D# }3 N" ]8 MM:Sometimes these games get really rough!8 O% X1 z) d4 ~) y6 {$ s$ p7 j

" Y% Q8 C6 K- `' s( }( sL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。' |4 V* m: ~5 U1 Q

; M3 k5 f. m0 F' ]M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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3 ~  x( S% g* aL: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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. J& |  E( u# d4 O' o, N0 ]4 [M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.( C) d# Q) {9 |

+ J# M8 n/ e/ v! t% n$ c$ xL: 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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; ?! y9 f% ?7 Y+ `, Z* \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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1 D* @3 U% @  m) O; f& g6 IL: 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。& d- O3 m+ [) x! j: P
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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?
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# n& o: R9 Q. F2 fL: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。6 ]) w6 y) f+ J" P5 Q' @7 A, \

$ O1 O9 `: j- i# W5 DM: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!
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.1 h. `( r1 z) |) g2 s1 m
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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!- b$ d! T& T8 h& X, X) I  }' T' h4 h
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.2 q# i, L; p9 P
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L:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?* \2 D# C) ?) W

' L' Y0 `, V+ ~& S: a% YM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.+ i  G% @3 d8 k, I/ L: f. a
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。3 N; O& C& a# @+ \

. q" l$ x) f- j! J7 cM:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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( o  X8 m. g9 q8 y# BL: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.+ _) j" X/ B  [0 B, l

8 {# A( p+ o2 bL: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?1 |: x1 z8 U8 @  C, 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?  o* U$ K4 X2 W; `, q% o0 U

: ^6 o( t8 u5 }# TM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.' p6 c, J7 p. O

7 j  |* Y; D7 {, E8 sL: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。: Y4 X  t% {6 l+ W( Q- s9 {

( K8 V) p) p8 |  H! k+ S  NM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.3 ]1 k7 e$ l% _

1 [- @; m: |! _4 P5 \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!0 \; i% q" B, }/ o, L! F( l

; F, F3 m: l+ sM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.6 D* ?& i9 Y5 p
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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。$ t* B0 b% M; S5 ]8 \

5 u6 y4 \( Z' y1 j0 y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。+ {! l9 U' n2 E

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