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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 / q' S! L9 m) b4 V3 N

1 B9 l+ e1 h& u4 Z2 T; LMichael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。* a% V& P1 c7 K) A& s  C+ j
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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!
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(Starting buzzer)
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M:Sometimes these games get really rough!+ B3 F7 h3 {5 X  F6 A( t4 s

# y$ L3 w% n$ n' Q" R; `7 z+ RL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。1 _3 R$ ]% J5 l; Q  R- O8 W" }

9 O6 l. J% j7 w6 r. aM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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2 d$ D* O/ Z9 o$ a% 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。
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  X; h) [0 s. c- `M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.3 i2 j- s* R9 D" |. M

; D% d% a, {9 G, Z) C" w+ gL: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?5 O4 e2 M1 |" E6 N, e* V6 Y

$ c7 B1 q% u' z2 hM: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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. _' w- f0 [' Y$ I. ?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。' P! P5 s6 A+ U- ^) w7 C0 ]2 `
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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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& e* e% q3 ~( ]4 p& r2 ZL: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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' p1 y0 ]! ~0 r% J. ~1 w: b" IM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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, b7 }/ m; o( D' P2 z9 n8 ]' ~- iL: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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& s. C1 }1 K. }8 _' E2 T/ ^M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.6 `0 u, s3 Q5 z

3 u2 f* P0 G5 B" E) D1 h+ 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!8 l& U  `) F/ u, ?$ o: f- y

! X# y+ `2 I7 D# [- jM:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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/ B9 o8 c# d- U' g2 YL:"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.! Z, T# d0 B' G3 A, U5 l* w

. |3 V  ^( ?8 W0 xL:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。. w' V1 T  p  t6 \& [6 ^( z0 _" S- K. X
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.
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L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?8 m9 S2 W; `* w- e; e3 S
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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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: _& j+ A* Q. g% y$ aL: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.1 ^  }: ?* j/ A* x1 z/ @8 p( j
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L:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?, N+ m! j, n) |2 u+ Z9 |

5 W* J, ~( _, J* D; L. NM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time.- x5 _" s2 h  g+ \! f

% l5 Q. u' [/ aL: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。' Z& ^. E% t0 Y% v
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.- j& H- Y1 {/ ]" t- Q1 c, c

. P/ L; K+ i( l# R* P- j$ @; Q4 xL: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: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。' `# p" w! r4 x, O

  O8 p6 Y+ c$ B( v/ ]* x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。' a/ m( O' o6 s4 H9 Q: D" D2 B
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发表于 2009-7-14 20:01 | 显示全部楼层
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