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

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  q1 N: v/ s2 h1 R6 O) _: q; ~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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5 q; K1 a% g5 x* U& @* CL：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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(Starting buzzer)
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M：Sometimes these games get really rough!

L：我也听说了，他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴，经常会打架。

M：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.

( S. D3 M6 T* \! E( C5 U$ ?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.

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- t( T! \" @0 qM：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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- O" r1 m4 X6 b" w, j6 _9 ]9 OL： 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?

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/ z, e0 a9 B* E$ `2 [9 n: sM：Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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7 E2 b& g. U8 l7 ~  GL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

# I8 y4 ~7 P) oM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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8 j' Y; K( R" z( u! l9 b3 D+ ML：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！
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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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! e3 g3 D( C. RM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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: F- x- N3 f; a, _, ~, `L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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- X( i7 u2 v4 X4 b9 UM："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？

M：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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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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5 Y$ C7 ], L" x. w- {) tM：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？
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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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- ^. Z, x" a6 C. ?5 i& cL：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。

  ^' W/ u9 \5 B; f: D0 k8 KM：I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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( L' ]' m6 U* E0 Q3 T. j$ W2 _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: d: n/ U8 m' d* u; [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.
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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。

8 B( q9 A; [% ~' K3 h$ d# ?; j, i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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