[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。0 v9 P/ s1 Y' ~' c" z6 x8 N3 x
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 + \) `3 H$ ]" a5 F% H: s0 X o& E$ r+ |' I! D7 t
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 s8 C) ]( D/ U
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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。; P6 J5 R/ b; n8 J: `5 e
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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 t! b" N* ^% d: C/ }$ N8 u - T {9 w# O U# k% b8 p* bL: 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？ ) o5 U" t2 L# H5 w6 q 0 R8 ^) D6 @0 hM: 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. # O# s1 a7 V1 D 3 X8 t7 h9 B9 L: k& ]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"?- [+ ?/ r( L' Z5 ~) {5 v
' S( a, b# A9 F* n. q) ]# `M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; @, J$ D* _; @3 l
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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？ R8 e0 m/ U' u; G4 V/ R . _3 q. Z* e3 l9 @1 A7 q! ]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.2 `5 ]" {: Q% _: G
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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！% u; G6 S( b: s8 D& E9 E7 f7 E1 V
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!. B4 r+ e6 H# ~
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ : E+ z8 D) Q _8 |! l) a# w; R ; L, @, j# ^4 t: Y9 w! g* [4 ]% P; R" `M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!8 f5 z% Y/ A! N. G) U2 S) l
" y+ A$ j* Z2 J+ @+ bL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？( Y, B$ M' Z; s8 _+ M& X
0 p$ V) @7 J6 t5 {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."; h5 k4 }" b7 e/ c; [7 [' }! g
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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？2 {* m: f$ Q3 Q8 l
L$ z9 w4 ]! r) i7 k/ zM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.* t# d8 \, p5 f7 S4 W7 R
) x; r( [& f' W! g8 l+ PL: 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"？( \' I; C1 r+ { ]+ J8 \
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. : Y' |8 C2 q$ s) ^' {& i0 }0 F1 c% g2 }4 [$ t
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。, H+ h1 E1 G2 s1 t" }
0 h$ c% x+ B: {7 S7 F" h. DM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!/ B9 O; V8 |5 \8 J3 R" I
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ) }7 ^2 e$ H+ l( `0 p; D9 C/ H5 r. f2 E' Z4 P V; p
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？ - m) W) i; q+ O. x6 ~6 ^# [4 h9 B5 x8 q8 ^' N
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! ) [3 [/ l! ~' }( I F" r5 Z7 o2 u2 ]0 k. bL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！2 I) A) d9 Q6 M; f& a3 j: @: L& o
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M: Ok, ok!7 |4 \7 Y7 O2 Z# o0 _
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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。; t& f% @6 p4 V, X3 j( k$ Z5 j
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * }6 J, b5 k a* _/ D; O: V 0 j- V- b% q' \" @# \6 a# v* m& F) mbomb 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。 # K# j0 j! t( K( W r ) L2 e* F) g3 y, l: p6 ?4 }+ |“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test./ Y# ]# _4 h7 O! t! o7 s, A
--- I f**ked up my history test. 6 x; c m; I: C* S; ?* i1 m; o4 h' e \& s3 I% f6 _1 n4 f5 z
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( W8 h6 w4 w0 [. P8 L
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 v% i8 ?; L8 [9 U1 n ---- They f**ked up my order !
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