( q7 X' m7 H/ P5 |L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ( M) v1 m! u, j: v/ C/ ~. X! x) O0 J% E! K0 O) C# q, y
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 d# q, h! r7 h; d5 ]5 Y" H0 H. E5 D: F; n
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。 / g8 C% i+ T8 L2 X7 x: @6 @6 G' `$ o0 `" Y8 J1 e& l- A$ v9 q
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark." I1 y+ }+ Q# @; E3 T
4 j# ]% [$ A$ ^6 H% e: l( f. |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？ 0 q0 `6 l4 |6 U5 B j5 X# V2 t! v( c 4 P) [1 g0 Y" zM: 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. . Z5 v# k6 R4 c! [9 J2 f . x+ S1 L2 ]* ]" k0 bL: 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"?$ i) y( \. l5 d( {
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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!- h; n1 a' M# Q" S
* I! o1 q$ Z4 K rL: 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？/ K* I* R6 l- Z+ b* E' e
m5 i( x0 C2 a# P6 p, S) gM: 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.8 i( H: p$ n7 z6 B2 a! B* {6 v
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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！ * b! R8 |9 Q8 w8 K" [1 Q! g- W8 d% l; ]) h5 }3 g
M: Please! Don't mention tests! & Q& F4 C' V+ T" s+ b$ b- J ' b9 M; d* y! t/ }" jL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' L( ?# `8 R6 D9 u6 p6 F. _- X# { 8 w9 ]. a# T- ^# r ZM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 E( P$ k- I* G( ^5 H0 Q 1 T4 `9 n' z$ g; t" _: v+ qL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？' p# ~# t8 I2 \+ ^ J8 G, s
$ f2 |5 r( _' \$ o+ oM: 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.": l& W R3 i9 l9 o9 I
! W* W9 x; C/ u6 CL: 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？ 9 ]' g, C) v! S, A6 { $ }/ B' }% U& _8 H3 z0 ~M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 2 Q3 _$ p! C' T6 c S" F: e $ J1 S7 F3 ^2 L# DL: 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"？ 6 [" M( N9 X0 }( [ . S% A4 X. |8 A5 zM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." B& O9 `! I$ v. G5 y- V4 \' L5 T
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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。 9 ^ j1 w7 G( j: M o: B1 N0 j. L x9 }+ Z5 OM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! , r! X0 f& L& v% ]9 U2 {! d# ^) d2 u ( [# z% G1 @- ~ XL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。3 }, L: S0 L8 m3 t7 @& t
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. . }/ m9 z# r1 Y$ B0 ^/ s8 \* a0 `3 j$ t) ^) i: @
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？) [% l! s* ^4 a& b u7 F5 ?
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M: 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! 9 e: Z j# f6 w) U* G0 \1 O% f- ` v ; h% L5 R, ]: O1 o7 jL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！' `: c9 E. T8 g9 z8 Q5 q5 P
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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。 $ j1 \ S( p8 Z: N& Z& k) mAudio as following: ; c; a1 p- l! X% H$ O* y' F
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 / x+ Z+ Y0 A+ X- L0 N: I9 V O w/ e, }. M) F
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。$ z5 D' Z9 m+ H j; K6 Q7 |) {
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.# S5 t: P. P5 W8 i0 g# r0 X
--- I f**ked up my history test. * `7 U+ i. G, L. {; p: F- ?; ?8 B. L6 s
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 2 w+ w0 S1 G* F; S4 L 7 M5 y+ E U2 b5 n. w " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* _; a/ A# J1 i1 s% `. m
---- They f**ked up my order !
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