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

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! k( V1 I: {" r6 o0 M% Z$ {8 LMichael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。/ R6 J" E# {. i/ B9 i/ b5 X
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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!6 H6 {0 F4 D, M+ J7 @( L

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1 ^4 @1 d$ [6 X' u6 c) W5 FM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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' ~: @! }$ V9 T, aL: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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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。
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# h. I" H$ }7 V  Y0 i9 F, \' TM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.4 ~) d' m7 I9 Z) c

8 i- t  Q5 q/ A: \/ w& BL: 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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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.. Y. Y! X+ s; f- V9 O
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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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9 z) G/ A; e8 u# _  g3 V5 c% O; W- E9 _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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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。
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- d# l+ t$ j1 j4 F* j* @M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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; B: N  x; J! W  tL: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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; }( _7 h/ H" zM:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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# W6 Q) F; N4 W1 K( D. F8 m$ SL: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!9 i+ y1 y- J) }% A# e
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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?( u  |3 X4 _9 o  J$ J1 ?

5 x, F. p: h9 G% |3 B" SM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。, I$ F& k1 _/ f: M+ d: f4 t

7 F- j% c- R, z6 R5 XM:"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?# j  e! {0 O& i, X* K" b4 |

/ z; I8 W* ~9 L( R' b5 f7 v2 u- UM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.. L0 V6 E" K6 u# P5 Y2 ]
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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?
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M:He screwed up at work.
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, i/ |; d  h; N3 _L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?. O5 v% z0 d) R( D# p

! i, E  q& n1 I' VM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.5 f- _; ^# {( T

$ O) b& E" J1 X6 s+ AL: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。7 U0 P+ ]" p/ e6 X
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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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!
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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!* K0 W4 t3 O" Q7 ?' T8 j! U

' q* k4 ^7 H, S' Q5 qM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.; i3 P) D  _; q4 [
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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。0 _& {) @4 D' V- D2 I+ h

# W( Q7 N- U6 y; n+ {# |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。4 V1 l. y* F6 e5 ]5 X+ }
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老杨团队 追求完美
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