[流行美语]又和大家见面了。Michael这个美国学生今天好象什么事都不太顺当。他的中国同学李华也发现他好象有心事。到底是什么事呢？你听了Michael和李华的对话就知道了。他们在对话中会用到两个美国年轻人常用的说法，一个是to bomb；另一个是to mess up。 4 k1 s2 ]' p1 A/ a' f" A, H ) D n X4 o+ a! _, I5 ^- Y, p5 |L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。( t! v9 [+ R. G( R/ o3 J7 R* q$ b
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 u- j4 p0 O' Y+ b; H, |% J ' h2 M# T1 W3 \L: 噢，你怕刚才历史测验会不及格。嗨，没必要，这又不是大考。 Michael，你刚才说什么"bombed my history test"，bomb不是炸弹，或是爆炸吗？你可不要开这样的玩笑，现在大家对安全问题都很敏感。; Z- u" G2 t8 n' [
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.5 G; L6 `( m3 R1 g8 q5 S4 j
: E% Z6 r' `. l& u9 _/ `L: 考得不好，分数低，这我都听懂了，就是那个词bomb用在这里有点怪。我想，这就是中文里说的考试考糊了。那除了考试外还能用在哪里呢？ / J- b6 ^. l9 \, a% i) K# \" N* ?0 S
M: Well, sometimes we might say a movie or a play "bombed". That means that no one wanted to see it, and it probably lost a lot of money.+ s5 d6 b" f( v, w* |; }) s6 D
e# l2 d$ ~) ~! X9 ~L: 噢，还可以指电影，或话剧太次，没有人要看，卖座率太低。我上星期去看了一次电影，剧院里没几个人。后来我才看到报纸评论说这部电影太糟了。我能不能说："The movie I saw last week bombed"? 1 Y- W) A% O d+ [* } v F! A% Z; n) V5 L: l4 P9 e% v
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; G2 [5 H+ N6 ]
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L: 对，你说几个星期前去看的那场话剧，有几个话剧演员简直是太糟 了。That play really bombed! 我说得对不对？$ T/ j1 _' S% z% x6 F# H
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M: Absolutely! Hey listen, Li Hua, can we please change the subject? I don't want to think about failure right now. What would you like to eat? It's my treat. 3 K% c T( c( b9 c7 }( X( u* i. X; Z8 D0 N
L: 你不要再谈这种丧气的事情，没问题！要请我吃饭，行，我吃沙拉和三明治。不过，Michael，你真是得省点钱，要是老是考试不及格，研究院会把你开除的！( B2 g% O8 M# M% G8 Y, c
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!% {, m, G; h( F' Q; a7 j: V+ C D
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！" u. y! n& i! {$ ~( F. w
. ?9 l5 L( ?$ I# ]$ ^: \; ZM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!+ e% h) ]( ^2 Z5 p, o& q0 U
+ |1 j* {7 }7 `L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 4 ~9 y- p! N3 p# M4 H& A9 g S4 l3 L# T2 B8 }* S
M: I told them not to put onions on my burger, but they forgot. Therefore I said that they "messed up my order". I can also just say "they messed up." $ ] p' H+ u% b4 \9 w. ~! X0 z: |% m/ C
L: 噢，你叫他们不要放洋葱，他们忘了。所以，to mess up就是做错了事，对吗？1 [( ~+ u, U) S* p" A! c6 ]5 ^* }
$ G. T1 T2 \1 n. oM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. # d+ o3 n( e" m( g5 b4 i " R5 C$ M& t" h) p& BL: 噢，to mess up something还可以指把什么东西弄坏了。昨天，和我同房间的学生问我借自行车，等她还我的时候，自行车的链子断了。我是不是可以说："She messed up my bike"？ 4 \6 E. c& W0 d( A0 I2 k9 P" K. L! w+ b/ p% M5 k
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. " O5 f k# `, f8 W. H8 k& y2 |' f. O& ~( C
L: 对啊，我是让她去买新链子，可是她说都是我不好让她差一点没出严重的车祸。. Z- d# _( b' c4 a, t8 ?2 ]2 g
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. m7 a. K2 S/ u4 z9 ` L4 [4 M' d2 V
* C# ~0 D! t# z, B& k; [L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ; u, w4 o! l6 ]3 s9 B & [, J' J& Z. t8 ZM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - `6 C/ ?1 d/ F4 u6 g% b) z% n" U( z- h6 N _2 ~5 \$ W$ h
L: 虽然她弄坏了我的自行车，其他方面她还是很好的。嗨， Michael，你能帮我修自行车吗？' A* o, u% y0 t' r3 g6 r) Q
. K" ]) t3 r0 Y" Q- dM: Well, I'm really out of luck today. I bombed my test, they messed up my burger, and now I have to repair your bike! 1 L, A. U, C5 _4 C 1 u! n1 O) \8 s) T! g9 vL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 9 L1 @& k* i# w9 G. j+ K 9 `" E9 l& @- OM: Ok, ok! ; z" [) m) F# D/ O8 z+ b0 ~% E' r5 ]; d
今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是：to bomb，另一个是：to mess up。这次[流行美语]就到此结束， 我们下次节目再见。$ q; N9 R# }4 k
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + f2 O. n" r9 X x# _
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bomb 和 mess up，俺好像是看明白什么意思了。可俺平时接触的，都是社会的下层。同样的意思，底层们怎么说？ 试试 screw up 或者 f**k up。 4 U' g* V- g. y3 O' E( Z# A2 A* Y" ~; c4 }
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 9 E& l5 q2 F6 K+ s --- I f**ked up my history test. # i5 Z; ]% K* b8 g5 H! f 7 x5 t y2 p# k& e( E( A9 W8 o 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。8 P2 X0 f4 ~* c
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! $ n; @1 P" }9 U3 `" [# ] ---- They f**ked up my order !
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