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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 # g0 J; h$ @$ V+ c3 k# Q/ y

) [3 p" r5 X% _% Z  k% K" k2 Y: ZMichael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。- j$ c. }5 I0 x

. u! \$ z# P" WL: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!) n* x' I) g5 d" O, t' B
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(Starting buzzer)
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, J; H% I+ u+ U8 cM:Sometimes these games get really rough!) }. r6 I( `1 R  E

: ~; J' i( E0 F; U# Z9 ^5 YL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。9 A) x& p" R$ l+ x' c

. \* k! m# Q4 d  @9 O9 G( LM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.' f4 W: i  Z- g* V* L9 p
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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。) |. J* V/ z' @8 L* e

; m, }0 h! S" G8 Y' p) eM: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?9 C1 l* @. \$ F+ |0 r" Z' m6 a5 A2 X) |* |

* @: e: W0 l+ W( |' BM: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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4 n3 H  s' F% X+ L8 Y% t+ Q3 O6 XL: 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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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?4 C! P- x+ j4 F

% X6 U. {8 A* C1 BL: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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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!: W4 x: B% [4 o: D! d- `/ V

" ]' Q3 z1 U2 T6 B3 u% ~* o# pM: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!$ h$ e; y. [4 b
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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0 D/ y, L/ d# z+ f# D3 pL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?3 z1 o. n- [8 O* U" t4 i  J  M7 H

% O1 r8 D* s, Z$ ]+ WM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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, J( a0 b% |. h; I' [L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。" k  g$ v6 |9 u) h

8 d" F8 a/ O! W. |M:"Screw up," it means to mess up., j- a* I, B- O. y! Q

. ]9 i9 K) r, L; q& ~& lL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?" f8 l* j6 {. B7 H# J$ T

; |" T* E" Q! |; _( j8 {M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.$ m  V8 |% P7 r, H

) }& Y( I; Z; Q8 g5 m4 [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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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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M:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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' S) C# S: c: v: ~8 LL: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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0 i, @) g' Z; @$ N* QM: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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) o3 @/ Y  n0 }( n' P& p- q3 ]M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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" X1 B( I8 E9 u  a6 C: [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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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight." n; G4 k  J, y
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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。
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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。0 @6 T& T7 O! f+ Q+ I  v
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