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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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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。
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) a  C! b+ L# E3 NL: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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; m8 t2 `. e7 u0 O2 C; s; r(Starting buzzer)
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% M& |/ X. q/ m- @: FM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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L:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。7 S! N% T# g/ X* L

$ i* K- f, ^8 ~& T9 B" E- O! dM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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1 s+ t' L& h2 _5 LL: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。9 Z; P7 ^( r* }/ ]  ?2 a$ H
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.* D8 _$ K& n' K! n$ I

) J  h( L1 E, f  zL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?1 N) k* i0 L6 t) M) D
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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/ _- L% C# O8 I6 Q; V/ ]2 n
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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。: G2 }6 @+ g  P

6 N7 x) b$ V- p& M' i0 K/ N# A& g+ |8 SM:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?( h" s2 a* n+ G9 O' P3 I
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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。" ~8 H4 ^: Y! u
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!3 y5 U0 P/ B( [; |4 l; @7 s. B& A! y' n
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M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing./ A& n: S8 H$ L" _

$ k1 A( P* O- ]& z, _3 r3 ^& nL: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!3 d! F/ v3 v2 [4 G' E' R

7 q) `7 P3 J  U+ F1 w" wM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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/ h; o, Q2 _$ @4 cL:"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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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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9 k1 z) Z$ g" E# V7 ]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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9 ~. M2 a" T. F, }) D! DM:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.9 h2 U! Z: c# a
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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?$ e& d! j2 `3 `8 m5 x! S) r
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M:He screwed up at work./ J! W  O  b6 l1 n4 ~8 A1 P& E

. F% |" o2 l9 I' z- B( fL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?) U3 I# X! j. ^; ~5 H2 @, Q. R

$ n7 a9 O  B; ?8 A( {5 }! gM: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。9 _" j1 k7 V3 L; j& H' A8 P

- Z6 [) X9 m; Z" ~- v; P' gM:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.( ^6 E% h. q6 S* A1 Z4 K

8 c+ U6 a8 }$ p+ }9 N: _( `3 |8 ?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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8 l% [: y# d& B, PM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.  G+ J" O! ~. g6 a. I

& m* X) W9 V& y2 }# X3 o5 F3 \7 ^# OL: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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* H# L, I) D/ e4 R5 |) ML: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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