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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 4 s) K4 E* H% v; X

% {! K, t2 }& I+ ?, EMichael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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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!: |8 [( m# h3 s3 z4 x
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(Starting buzzer)
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M: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。! g6 L/ C# H1 _* a3 j8 N
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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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& w$ M' i9 ?& q. P  zM:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.0 c. ]& E/ j3 N  z- T

: q$ G) n  ?; OL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?  J+ @- N# h$ u+ t, P6 k

, D* e$ J+ l" H" w8 OM: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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6 [1 E4 T3 p' \# 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。. r' a" L) }8 [8 e; X# T  w
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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?' M, H5 t; T- M1 L6 j" }
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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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1 s% A2 ^% G0 a" A/ n0 _M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool., x, C3 w! ?$ T2 M& C
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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!
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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!. A! ?, M: ^- J2 i

' v1 U. Z0 _* \" I# kM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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! ]# {+ Z6 N' W' R, w6 M' dL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?7 F" [9 |, E1 y+ K
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M:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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0 O, p! M8 T& z0 W! |2 q. ]& `M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.3 J: R- ]# N+ P) c  H/ B

/ E, E2 A' Z, J0 O" kL: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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% M- [* x( s2 X( s7 }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?( ~( _$ ~: U9 C# q1 i- ~) N

. ~6 G2 S: d  l4 j' w' g! Y9 m! tM:He screwed up at work.2 _: P2 s/ d( J, E" T9 G$ M
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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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5 ^, `  T. w- BM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.+ t3 X9 `- X; k

9 v) ]0 \1 E% l$ S, {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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& v/ ]2 ^& T# I7 TM: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!' G) w0 u$ v5 T
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.' M) {9 O0 ~' L, @* o
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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!" r2 b6 O" i& u! D+ v
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M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.' {, ^* G5 C4 I4 _' q

9 E5 Z* |9 |  ~* w2 {  OL: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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* Z6 [- Y7 f7 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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老杨团队 追求完美
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