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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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! q8 @) x" G" f1 Y) yMichael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!
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!3 c8 z$ d' [; P( r1 ]* Z3 s3 D1 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。
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" p9 t  Q4 s3 g; P1 C. `+ W( F# zM: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.5 h% A- L0 I7 j2 D7 d
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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?5 m, Q1 d. P0 n- w* E* k5 f# z2 L
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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.$ U5 t  }9 P+ T9 g
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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。
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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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: O) O9 a, Q: RL: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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7 s3 T' g/ c/ M& 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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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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! p9 _$ ~  P# d: QM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.4 W5 J5 b" S# P0 k" r5 I0 R4 j6 v
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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.2 {; ]8 k+ o; ~" c8 G

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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.. ^6 ]2 N; i. E! w0 t+ t
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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 h/ I2 P0 Z3 ]% m) W2 N

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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?$ w5 R. z' p4 F, o2 I/ ?

- Y) j2 K' E9 Q, G) {M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.2 F7 n) n1 [% L3 w/ t

/ Y& o$ N% W5 zL: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。+ X: w& \; R" `  p
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.& u% a/ W) c( k7 @4 I- ^+ ^
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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!: j0 M: z5 r- r9 N8 ~0 Z  X
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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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.# I" W7 A0 _! e

" Q& V3 T, \; {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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+ k, x+ b; i- [9 d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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Thanks!
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老杨团队 追求完美
thanks a lot
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