1 d& r5 ~1 T( Z; A6 P/ |2 E aL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。( c( O s# Q0 [. x/ U" {
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) g$ A; r. ~8 I/ I2 X
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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。# e( ]6 E2 x; t9 K
+ n* q0 K- B" ]- LM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 0 J# Z( b t& U4 O1 d" |$ w1 v1 p4 x% s; M0 e
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？ + R- W4 P1 p$ q8 D. {* z/ V7 D( T1 J5 V, E" @
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.5 o4 P# R+ D' Z: k% U% B% |
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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"?( p, N3 ^# c$ ?% S( R, w5 m
/ S7 e! l+ `! o- u. d L# z. rM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! / q) h9 I8 o; h 9 m" p. s9 n# @, ?* x0 \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？ , |8 L- e. Q* R- U, _, e1 }) r! Z # g: e& O; H( N- y5 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. 9 @0 Q+ U) D1 `6 P1 I" f/ B 4 s- i& x- l9 \! E! |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！* |# h/ b! b1 h' r. b* P
6 M# g9 g/ Q5 l/ o0 DM: Please! Don't mention tests! . V/ C% E! Z e0 i& v4 F, L W/ ]+ u( x
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 3 X ^" Z: M7 _2 G- } 4 j8 V. J1 b5 y; K7 @- YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! # c0 G) I4 D0 ?! b) p( I2 Y) B3 J1 Y- j- |& s
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？5 _; Q8 Q0 Y2 ^* _1 @, a
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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."4 u! s( A, K5 ?/ f
9 N- k0 g' _! M% H" y/ ~2 ~8 mL: 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 \( b% z1 d. V; N* R" V! `. H: [& k, R- r0 O" H2 n
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 4 U% L: O& t% Z6 M0 t0 G3 g! v- ]$ g# A' E2 g# d# k( d% F
L: 噢，to mess up something还可以指把什么东西弄坏了。昨天，和我同房间的学生问我借自行车，等她还我的时候，自行车的链子断了。我是不是可以说："She messed up my bike"？) [3 p/ j) k, Y+ H/ W' B8 q- T& b
' \) A* J" S1 x2 k7 `( _6 nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. - a4 f, q- Q" B# ~* m0 |/ R : h. g+ }3 b$ k$ y+ c5 m! g- nL: 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。 8 f) a. l2 F- L5 B- } n) T; C/ w1 O0 x
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! + ?9 n/ o( ?6 s* D' }$ w6 y 3 _0 g& N5 l, H9 i# G( mL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。5 t; i+ x- M! M+ N# }$ J
, |3 T U- U" g* d! w9 z* q9 K. [M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.8 i$ d6 N* z0 l8 e. `6 ~4 q0 g
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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？ % F/ H q; S4 J" x ; m1 {" ]3 s4 L, d+ sM: 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! 6 `( X1 m# H7 D/ a* I" t6 e # g2 |+ |" ]2 u7 I: H6 b, aL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ * r# D* G! d# y% |$ M' t) J2 |0 C7 Q6 A7 _9 x* n8 k( y
M: Ok, ok! , W5 x3 F* o- T; T% W8 z$ n* P; C ! G7 z# m p- i8 _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。" s& Q* D" L+ t) v
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 m3 j# r% C: I , q2 Y+ i; Y, D: g4 |" s0 J/ Bbomb 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。% j8 e+ P2 r* [& ]. B* v
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. & Y, p# U% C4 ^ --- I f**ked up my history test. ) _" `" R" Z& h/ B+ V5 ?3 _+ w! F/ a2 r8 d% ~% t; g
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ! H! S4 O6 k3 t' a- S- n# t % Z5 Q, t# H8 V5 T4 k " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! : [+ p0 J, U/ ~7 ^3 p7 N1 i ---- They f**ked up my order !
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