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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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& h& L1 y8 }; ]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。0 v! U  W4 \% A! R
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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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( P2 |+ v+ x, a+ a3 zM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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- D! c! S2 l! c# U$ J* J7 H3 s# |L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。1 n" `" h4 H( P5 L

( ^/ T$ Y! {3 n& X. {7 }7 SM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.4 w$ e, s$ R* D/ e! {. Q$ v

3 M/ m5 Q3 d: w+ ~; t! SL: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。4 p, D2 Q1 |! s% h

, |3 \( B2 s5 v  |M: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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. @0 I- h( @) K1 r0 m! b% H: gM: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。
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. J9 L1 o6 C2 b5 V& rM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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& u1 k( O. S, G1 I1 ?3 ^: k' N; AL: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。& G5 u1 D; N# [: v/ E- e; a
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.7 X7 z% U# p, v9 u

; }; ~$ U8 O7 X- _, e( M4 jL: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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5 H$ a8 e/ ]' \9 K4 rM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.% ^9 l: Q  [7 v: H: \) R5 @
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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.
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  Q% ^5 F0 _4 ~L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。4 B2 w7 s# f4 f% T4 L. ?
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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2 V+ L, H$ o6 f/ A) w. F- ]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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5 r: J5 S2 T/ x' R; g! r: y  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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, k* E" y* E' R3 o- sL: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?
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  w% U" c) \, M! cM: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?
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- Q0 S' y, `4 m# MM: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。
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, f" m( \0 t9 a: BM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.3 `  e6 W2 _7 Y

( ~& n2 [0 }2 C* ]; Y: C( yL: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!0 l/ {, P+ |" t6 A! j' N9 J

- T% X! m$ W5 Y  a' C/ `M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.( h2 k7 Z! W5 l' j% l/ v1 D

4 X. q+ g8 a4 ~( d9 t2 B5 ^5 xL:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!; a9 E* Z7 F4 W# ^
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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$ s) v. y$ w  UL: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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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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