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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 9 F3 ~, ^' L6 C

) v4 T! b! O8 p3 g: J* uMichael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。+ e) \5 r3 `& j) m
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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!; o: K0 z- Q, H' f+ D  X) p, A8 V; l
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(Starting buzzer)
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) O% ^5 }( c& }0 v0 i! U7 L& gM:Sometimes these games get really rough!
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* ]( e; [) |$ b- o$ uL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。
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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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1 I2 y' C7 q) gL: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.
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7 @; ^( W" \+ V& z0 T* |. D' H& UL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?3 }9 ]9 W8 }/ a
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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.
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% Q# D- g, A4 n* I& c0 g8 @9 UL: 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。1 T2 R7 v! ]$ R5 N: a
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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?8 z& m4 F9 b, ?+ D! y/ N/ b
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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。5 M3 G1 V" i7 n' Q* r+ g5 x
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M:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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9 X; t! K5 ]. p" G, `6 ~; N7 Z2 z$ `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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( \3 J( i( U( ]8 X" H& _M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.3 C. F: z& T6 ]3 ]

5 e# f7 Z  @( I2 N2 c4 S: D% S3 EL: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!$ ?' D% R4 H( y# [# j
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.  N/ Q1 U3 u/ [4 s, i0 S
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L:"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.; v; ?$ k/ C8 e$ T" R

  K4 ?! n5 R: r* R3 X! t% z& vL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.5 q) e6 J* q  C

% l- y/ \: p" U" R0 VL:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?, g- U  ?( j8 ]

: e1 K7 E' P7 H: Y; t4 p8 ZM: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?* u  A( r0 T0 }8 k: U

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3 L7 j5 w3 s& N* \: O" f. S& {L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?# ?) D/ h1 S4 }' y& G$ w

  }- u7 _# }0 ^; q0 |( E, eM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.
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5 w& D" j5 D; S* GL: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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' \; Y: q4 X4 q6 Q5 @M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.' ?2 O) o! U7 i

; x& C) t5 h) |. @. U0 y, O* NL: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!3 K. q9 M  @" o9 k* m+ K
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M:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.
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/ N: X4 t5 {  L  NL: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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) C0 u) S! I7 hM:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.) R# b+ Q3 N; v! ~9 I' T

! L5 Q3 G* |% V4 SL:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。0 s6 P; D* d. [0 S# A9 X& w) v2 H7 E

) O: O% Z/ u$ ]. D* }" C( ~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
thanks a lot
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