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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
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5 P$ [6 d: z1 t8 L! YMichael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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0 \  |8 Y0 J( U) \) e+ M" u" lL: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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& G$ S& y  X1 Z: \: i5 X! R7 {(Starting buzzer)% t" f, ]; ?5 ~6 U) m7 u/ A( k( u4 N# H

2 E$ q& C0 f- s' J' GM:Sometimes these games get really rough!' s* F5 t3 d# m- `7 y

; S2 u% L0 R; Y2 f4 L3 G1 J) T4 nL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。% q. L* w, y) a' P" U
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M:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.  W( Z! ]8 \. U: i2 ^! t
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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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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.; {: W5 Y3 j3 _' T7 g9 \8 }" d

  P; b8 g3 d7 {5 w& HL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?" S9 e8 e9 |0 z% m, m

6 p3 z4 Z+ \# X8 X: a( ZM: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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: t4 \3 a0 l+ I8 R$ V9 BL: 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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8 _9 E# q$ {! p9 ]4 HM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?+ D% l4 h8 x  ]- V, P; a+ \
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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。- J( u5 r1 N# b
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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1 c# }9 H+ l/ p1 S" c- yL:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!! n( S* ~! U3 n5 K: h
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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!! q6 ?9 @3 o, N3 f, j
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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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& r( H0 I6 X/ L% Z4 m6 f+ VM:"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。8 C. M/ _' Y: T3 M: j) l1 K

$ U, p* G7 r$ K, t8 F* wM:"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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4 z" _$ ^) p4 p3 |% B7 X# rM: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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- e+ F2 ]  I. H; |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?( j. P+ ^: f6 B: I' A
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M:He screwed up at work.7 q; w" D6 d  J9 }5 ?& w
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?# V, v* t6 [( m! f" o9 R, E2 @

3 N1 b# g. s! }' N. ^M: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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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.4 N$ k: V8 F# s& V; e5 ?- ~# |
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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!6 i2 n! _2 _/ y5 v7 ]. K0 B2 Z

* b2 y/ y6 D; C% J2 m* MM: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!
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! M7 v/ V( K# v+ K4 K2 L- e! y6 eM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.
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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。. R7 R- I8 e3 Z/ p
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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。. X8 y/ z% m& j; }: L- C
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老杨团队 追求完美
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