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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 8 z5 g$ m* V9 M+ G4 B& j

, i' R6 M4 b! K2 t* ]: {( J, iMichael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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(Starting buzzer)
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% d; L+ x1 t, t8 ?& jM:Sometimes these games get really rough!8 ^0 |4 D9 c( f* [9 Z

3 B" E) U0 @3 a+ r# F$ L! n8 P- P7 [L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。5 C: G8 r: H, K9 n$ X, W- J1 g- R

( U- p1 J1 @9 \M: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。) S* U& G9 p( e8 I, i! |

, e% l6 D* |1 m) c, E& wM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there., j% }/ s& C1 z3 X# w- N4 r8 J# `
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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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, H8 ?# L4 S& n' d: fM: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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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。1 R- I- y. K6 I
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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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' S+ L4 Q2 G/ y, Y+ {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。  z. p; m8 S" @. ]/ H; h
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.0 c5 q$ h% x' B4 u* I3 t2 o

" M! t- B) E! B( T. _+ ]L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!& \& P, b+ n+ R, U9 f

9 I6 d. J1 m# ?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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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.1 I" `# \6 {6 y' n+ V
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。* o3 X. K& A$ i

4 J- N- ^9 h5 b0 l2 X: ?* QM:"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?4 w2 p2 G0 I1 w6 e  r4 v2 H" T

, w: q4 V5 j5 u3 h3 O) dM:He screwed up at work.1 J0 ?: v" t8 p& Q5 S" x1 C

! W! c: b* _5 S" i* E" k0 z$ kL: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.
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6 {6 `( I) R; B9 X+ o1 A# c' DL: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。
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; n/ \( B) y; \  _+ B  p/ ]M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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3 C3 K; V2 p, T7 K( N1 hL: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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/ g& c& O5 N+ {  \- @9 mM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.7 C- g: {$ m4 o- p& Y
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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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- n7 W5 z5 t$ T' q, G- o' F' m& oM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.8 n( q, q! W* x& n* d4 N

* \  G% Y/ b1 m- Z1 M8 cL: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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. [: b1 g& G) I2 b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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老杨团队 追求完美
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