[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。, n! b7 p1 C2 I2 H
o) Z8 w3 A. ?L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 5 K' E, E0 x( k+ c& z$ Y 8 }/ S3 T8 H; |8 sM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.: R6 w' W6 O' s8 H
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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。 0 c( i( |& _9 ?' V2 S5 C 4 }* f1 y0 a, q9 H N1 VM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.9 g. s2 Z/ o3 a7 ~
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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？ + Y7 i: h0 g H% \ [$ y ; u5 V8 |/ n* ]' LM: 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. 4 @2 n: Q3 ^& ^3 ]' e% e" ?5 S' B: ]' q0 f
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"?' v) O1 Y' H% G8 v1 F4 x# v% _
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 1 T! l, E1 T7 y, M* ~2 \+ c) V6 V; A8 w K' K5 c0 d
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？ $ y8 m6 X3 J! \6 e8 x* M( o, \- |# a. |$ R8 M5 z, M
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. 7 C% H# L6 B: q9 a' |! d* ~1 R. v1 h
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！2 D+ i; Z! t/ j& g+ i. m3 S+ D
1 m2 D0 P' N( A2 r1 NM: Please! Don't mention tests!0 f7 C1 e& |3 X
# _8 [6 K) z; d" n! L- ^( w* I2 YL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！4 A4 V4 R5 x Z' k
/ A7 T8 @( @& U( GM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!) U! P/ F: Q% M
1 z" y# b1 V. t' Y) K1 V( ML: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ P5 r3 ~2 l% Q1 J9 T! P+ d: ~ ; R/ O/ C: f5 s5 G* I( f! Z, eM: 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." m! M2 b% `9 X5 k/ k" p( l( g : T4 U) Q5 B6 J: m. z: N% OL: 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 T9 t& U8 g" ?( h. t* z % c7 Z& a9 C8 ^; ` P/ fM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ' b& Y) g! z V; p" C% O $ d' h9 R# q* t# g3 x W+ vL: 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"？ . D4 h! n. ^. u4 ?3 ?. o4 K, L1 _+ x' [% L! F* W# L& i0 O/ {! U
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 3 _/ E8 E8 ^2 u$ K* ]: K% H0 U: @& {. M3 j W+ k+ T/ j+ f% P
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。. W& C, O: Y' R G$ U, O. N9 m: G- S" ~4 _
$ ]) A" i$ @( M# B" q, dM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 h* j3 E6 K! H9 f0 P
w, n( D7 Y# ]7 f9 U- OL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 5 ^, l, \$ Y- t2 o / J- Y8 q% ~+ {5 t& x6 A4 @! qM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her." L. E0 l* \4 {5 |6 h2 Y) }0 W
3 H) B4 R# h3 `" e% P8 oM: 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! ( P9 S Q y: \3 X/ b ( M& o3 }; j% `1 S7 _2 E; K6 rL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！& D8 g# T: z4 e; t3 J
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M: Ok, ok!5 Z& q: l& \7 M5 E/ y A. g
$ j$ B* T3 a& p8 H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。 5 y+ a/ U w+ d. H, KAudio as following:/ f" y; r V, x
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 1 t8 A' y& }- l; z+ L0 u: E- y) I; F" G6 b8 b
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 D, x. h, \/ ^( r) |1 F. h2 j4 u
7 Q: s- V& b+ M2 r0 x“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.% V g5 W2 k0 p+ q& Z9 J, H- w
--- I f**ked up my history test. B' d) S# ~6 H) d t
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。) G" a+ W8 h$ B, d& L
3 C2 O" u5 p$ P( O+ E$ X% ^* t " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % P% O2 R) X4 q4 ~# k ---- They f**ked up my order !
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