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

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* l7 A0 K4 o* z5 D+ x: n& [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。

9 C& ~( J& u/ T. O) t. o9 `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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2 p) r% L, J4 R: E  z1 g( g9 hM：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。

. ]) \" W. B' C, X4 e, g" OM：Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.
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) ]! m8 b+ l) c- i# t* ?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。

! z; t7 ~& V: C8 R% ]M：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？
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9 {# [  Z+ \% ~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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" E& e$ L4 ^2 u) ML： 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?

- F% B9 Y( m4 P+ q! kL：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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1 r' L8 B* p. m& n  K6 S4 uL：是，一说起这件事，我就会生气。得了，得了，不谈这个了吧！

  M* E( i! K# g. F# O7 nM：I can't believe how poorly they are playing.

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！
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* Y- @# t6 T* G; IM：Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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( T& j' o5 t& k$ I2 L+ G6 ^L："Screw up"? 我不懂，这是什么意思？

- ~; S$ R& d6 V. Y4 QM："Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L：噢，"Screw up" 就是打得不好。

# t; H6 c3 F* d. M7 E3 pM："Screw up," it means to mess up.

+ Z* ]1 w# }% m0 d) S1 e2 hL：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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6 u! n+ a3 e7 S/ Z+ H; aM：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.

& o; E) O& P; e. l) I- c2 xL：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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M：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！

5 \/ j$ R1 U; S$ b# r  oM：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.

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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. \* H& k5 C; ^. u5 w2 Q" Y, Q- w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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