[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。; l2 V- v+ K9 G( L: y9 j
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 4 s3 l9 \' L4 g9 g) y0 H r% r: x / d5 S1 Q! D* TM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. " r3 @$ @) e" C 6 i* s) z; f+ g4 m* x8 qL: 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。 . a8 }- R/ X- f0 r * B) s& A; C! c' u3 TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.6 ]5 X4 |5 v+ ~; G3 i
7 g+ _ u' \' F+ {7 [3 A' a/ HL: 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？ / N; f4 b8 w7 Y! W$ r6 f/ R* x# G- j1 c& L8 Q" u5 b
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.# W. P; M8 ~# _+ o5 p4 c1 a
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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 s% a+ t9 C9 f! Z
) ~$ b( m2 Z" q3 A. O: O, fM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!+ ~+ P6 N/ R& T! q7 l4 o! ]7 x
6 r" Y- z0 B: g) bL: 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？ . u% F+ b2 `( u' m3 l% G' G: N* Z6 R q" u7 D7 Z- B8 J$ g
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.5 m" O( P! b' Z: j( B$ ]2 E7 [$ _0 z
" s ~7 V. m7 w- {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！ 0 C, T, P; ]# t) r3 w 9 ^9 N, t" K- s' z- KM: Please! Don't mention tests! 1 V* v9 {/ i# ` D) Q6 W M B3 ?+ r# {L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ / f4 l# S1 P: i) V: A4 r8 E3 D7 B, s2 u" K# \! v
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! % _6 a9 y, e- @0 T" |. h# _/ e) x; d% _( h0 B5 `
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？" y4 w3 U& s8 U) D6 ?
5 {( b# Y& `; A* J/ W1 FM: 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." 1 G7 p" d/ U: \0 A$ p0 {- s# |+ T4 O6 i& N+ O1 l$ y5 f$ k3 _1 }* }
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？/ f3 ^. U& D: L- a
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.$ a: R9 r7 \# I* H- n/ S* u7 [
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L: 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"？ `$ [( a( @5 v5 L9 E& ?+ k/ o
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.8 L/ }/ q/ v# o; i
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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。3 B6 T3 d X- s2 h- z4 k* {
" t t5 s* E5 C O6 I7 e/ K. M$ @2 GM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 D: c0 x6 O1 p6 M$ P e! _4 Q [8 d, a+ O( C- L, Y dL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - N7 p4 C. j3 e- U: Q; y( F+ D ^ F6 g0 ~
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ r9 Q/ \! ]8 u& [" j6 T# | R9 n
. @6 G- t2 Y% D% x0 ML: 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？ 3 v+ l* [! F/ o! a) e& z# K1 O2 l ( Q3 i. r" `* F& w% \. Z2 EM: 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!# S+ J. }5 ]7 s. T
7 N8 w7 K- E3 T. A6 bL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & M: V7 Q, j9 g. e/ ] v! Y$ N; ]7 m% P( _! {# S
M: Ok, ok!2 B; K5 o4 C( u
% `: H( y2 N* x& n1 J) S# a8 V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。4 F' U. a" l9 q
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 : M2 O; K7 g: p& l & d% u, K" e0 `! O/ D) R& m3 Tbomb 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。 : M# p- Y+ T Y' t ' O# i" v9 s* h“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. . F3 P, {" ?- i! p9 B# O --- I f**ked up my history test. p* O, c$ \/ C7 t7 k1 w+ [
, g0 @0 x5 O2 x: Q5 n 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 0 f6 u/ Z% l3 W% `& | / x3 y3 m' l8 y& e " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! $ h$ g& g3 L, Y% |, n ---- They f**ked up my order !
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