[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。 ; i, B" _0 D3 s$ K4 n- ?8 Z+ E, ?3 ?: A1 E5 m7 \3 T* O- N
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ; I& Y" O' d& b: P5 c* ~ 8 T; E% q% M! ^M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 {3 M) p' S9 U4 F# i; _
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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。4 R% i% s6 s1 V: z# 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.$ v( w' ^2 v e/ b c
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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？ - g0 s2 m& m$ l! Q; s" W0 c2 [ ; C& L, S$ ~5 v @5 }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. 1 [* M* O& R8 {( L% I 6 M% D' u/ M# H7 i, ?; dL: 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"?! F' ?+ y9 @0 p( C
7 g5 K' V8 m v% J$ @, FM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!$ g5 N; I% I6 x4 t, k; H
! ]; T! j' l) }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？& V" e4 d0 w. p& C+ a% S1 Z
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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., f6 ]" ] |+ w; d: N, J( L
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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+ \2 s F# Y
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!+ J# V9 W3 T# D& i6 W2 W
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！7 ]- t$ d n0 b. o& i
2 B" G9 y) @- v6 e" r- ?7 XM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 i& R" B' B% k8 A- e5 o
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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." . K- X1 o" M, w8 n . C/ s* z, v% i* E1 {4 }1 TL: 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？ : v0 a, O; D0 R5 M( c3 R # c' X. n3 I" D9 s6 s! q, sM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 8 N! v2 @9 I- j) N& J) H" h5 y1 q; R" T2 K
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"？ # h5 m% X9 S. x % c- q& C! o* S) {! @M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.0 k& t# [, X$ E( N! O# S- x
. Y% K. f5 h7 C! kL: 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。 $ V8 z* y! O+ i9 O. W y7 [* P* ^' g& b$ K# f3 G8 G
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" G Z- o$ s3 ^3 J% G
v3 w; F Y- a$ x5 N# N6 C* bM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 7 w5 e' i6 T) J% R6 I4 M8 p& K" i: f2 m4 _. D
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？2 ?; u( \$ f5 A! ? x
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！3 |/ n( d+ Z: q- ^
, v! ~1 c: Y- z8 M5 C3 YM: Ok, ok!5 G+ a0 K B) e5 r' I
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 7 t4 _+ m) D/ \0 Q1 q( u [: T. C3 d% N: C! a8 g7 Q3 O2 C" o
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。$ w* q/ n# |3 k- h
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.6 c0 g) j- \# B& d
--- I f**ked up my history test. : K7 V. a. F z5 R* f% y2 V' A) j. h% L' {7 M
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 w x5 x w% |1 ?# m5 b% h& O3 V# e0 C( d
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( Y3 K+ I; T3 p. {
---- They f**ked up my order !
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