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

Xbfeng

! ]# G2 M$ _8 p! Q' U7 v5 s) d) |
& ?$ s" Z5 \* R. J2 aMichael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。

- Y: r9 C# z) c( aL：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！

(Starting buzzer)

& {% F  U2 {6 ^0 Q, j! J( A9 wM：Sometimes these games get really rough!

  e  G8 i$ K" M1 i( `$ _6 E& u5 @# HL：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。
, _- K8 c1 F7 H" ~3 \7 i8 y" [
M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
- o3 r! x- I* x, [/ H+ n9 `
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。

M：Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.
9 B+ k8 ]5 d# o( @9 L! _) [' O% a
L： Michael, 这是冰球，在冰上打球，当时是冷的咯，你在说什么呀？
4 U3 P# Z& O* r2 [$ P4 }8 c
( Z6 f- ~+ Z( V% O' nM：Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.
9 u6 Y5 ]/ S4 o# `; g* N0 U  T
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。

" o6 p# b1 M0 v6 _0 {, sM：Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
, D( d3 H! |1 O4 N3 z
6 J+ O, l0 _( y2 ^% |7 D: I  |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。

" O7 M' W) B  R5 C* u, ]2 tM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
( I' r7 k  `% M" g) G' y# v
  J5 Z- C7 \7 q6 O- p) h5 u/ FL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

5 a; y$ c$ }) M$ v. B1 tM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

) F! u9 @3 P: T) P7 HL：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 r6 L+ f  F% o9 U+ d3 z! d
5 F& ?/ O" [$ o- CM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
6 x$ w' x) a/ V- R% n! E# D
. o6 n$ b5 L( ~0 i( y3 R( {L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？
' q6 E4 T3 ~( V8 Z" I; F
, A% ]5 R! K/ [( g) ?M："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.

L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
/ ?5 Z' s3 H6 y1 ^1 k+ Z
M："Screw up," it means to mess up.

L：是不是只能说打球时，或参加运动比赛时犯了错误？
  F$ k# V( n& N& |7 \; H' H7 X" }' R
M：No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.

5 s# }( g7 P$ @, p( qL：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？
- F4 E) n* A7 J; N
, Q+ G- s- [4 f' ]M：He screwed up at work.

L：你老是和别人的关系搞不好，也能说是screw up吧？
9 T: a7 P) b5 g6 o
M：Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.

; a! ]- b) A! C8 pL：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。
0 V3 f- {7 {9 ~& O0 x* S: H
M：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
% x* M& J, I9 H7 C
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！

M：Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.

. H5 {& @/ ?5 m9 ]7 F3 C9 lL：嗨，这些球员真的很糟糕，你看，他们已经输了四分啦！

M：I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.

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。
: }1 H# X& y  \; I' h3 u. B: q
) L% V& {6 v9 i+ P8 z, N$ W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。
3 K, n+ k$ |3 O
Real 声音: (810 K)
. x9 A9 V5 ^8 p& V3 p  f9 i! M, V

home_ed

Thanks!

billzhao

good

doudou1234

thanks a lot