6 I) y- O& c6 @8 W0 K8 qL：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* z& T. ~# t5 {( }# T3 u3 e1 N
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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。 2 K( C1 n9 w" Z% D) p8 b6 o" H7 ~3 s8 n1 f, S" a; @' [+ i
M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there. 7 c" A1 k1 P+ w6 N9 I . w, M& I" Q* a* ]1 hL： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？ 3 x( ]9 N) w" J. W3 T: a$ O9 \. v8 x+ \
M：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold. ' ]8 a# _( [3 s$ a ! B, e% n' V9 @0 z- |/ o* ?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。$ N \: n! Z2 e7 P7 m) m+ C K
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M：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool. 3 p7 J/ w5 h/ X' G 2 @, j; Q7 f8 @5 t7 A- tL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！ T; Q3 \* q: {2 b0 Y- V1 s5 g
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/ H; k3 v. Q H) U3 d/ W* m& a9 iL：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！ 5 z( H9 d1 S! b6 v$ T $ ]8 \$ L1 m+ `/ G; zM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game. " Y* C+ Y* r: E; u: D# [7 G) s) L+ u. V) A' _
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( W5 O3 K5 x7 }! I9 pM：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.3 R6 v6 R! L5 t" h) _2 ~. l% D
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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？! `' u* L- r+ T$ L2 C8 x
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M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time. ! |+ {8 ~5 t5 m' E 2 C! N7 a- U) {' H/ h; DL：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！* z0 G+ S0 J7 ?
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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！ 3 h" B+ ]5 s) c ^ ! R; k4 L) r& }6 M$ H- DM：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight. $ b/ G. B4 ^# i7 e 4 s0 L! ~) x4 x- Y$ RL：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 Q* f: i9 L: H t8 l; M5 [
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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。) N9 Z9 O" r5 D
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