[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。 1 f" ~0 c5 l7 [$ J2 y" O " g; y! C1 D4 w7 Z0 w$ KL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ' l8 d5 H" d) r& ~. Y / p- ^# p* H% g3 m i: h7 gM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.1 }. u ?1 F% y5 y
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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。& k; m, L3 o3 P4 u
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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.. g) s" W* c' r8 q+ S4 T3 |3 z
& i! b$ [4 G. K1 [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？ % \2 d# i) T/ S7 F" @6 X; o4 z6 E, C1 q' g
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.2 N3 a/ e, J& x/ C3 K) v, b: f9 `; D
1 H5 C+ O; f% G& Y C1 ]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"?( D) G8 E' C8 @% D
; y9 h1 E( l. W; n8 {; T# l/ G8 vM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! $ c e9 x1 r% [, r* y; ]# B& B& d3 _/ {* y1 m) N
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？ 4 {' I8 R% m: z; j/ P ( W2 f; ]$ v' \$ j! ]: e" zM: 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. 7 L: Y# }! S9 G& x' j. Y% l3 ~! R+ T% t
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！) F4 e1 j8 Z* e; Y2 z8 g8 t
9 a/ l+ H2 _7 E3 S0 n- m* O" B1 rL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' _7 B D3 i& J; t8 ^# W2 t8 M7 e; P( E
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!) n1 f" W0 T7 U# W! A/ P# L
9 f5 ]- f" P4 K$ A2 }4 u% XL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ - l3 B$ f: J( d) s2 p$ | ( Q5 R q, F5 V/ G; }' u. MM: 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."- o- l1 ]* A8 I' `9 i5 d
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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？ ) \) j1 f/ t$ @1 O6 D # J/ U0 j+ g6 ~. W- z. J* }M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 3 `% k5 ]5 p' A+ j6 V3 ~) i# `" i( E) E4 R! \
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"？, o8 m" t- M: U2 y
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.4 x: m* f* n. W+ j6 Q/ V
4 T. `- \- k" y7 T' HL: 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。 / i' G F0 s s0 y% H0 Q x/ \! W! J6 d' F; @6 R; G" l/ U
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!9 f0 _" z* ^8 f7 @" F! u0 }
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。% q [+ R3 g" u- }, v! s7 ^7 |
- T/ `% u; q' ?M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " n/ `/ L9 h6 T( S 2 Z; Q" K: u5 }- pL: 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？( B# G5 H% y( h5 {4 K7 E
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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!0 t! G5 n% w2 J y
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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！8 B* S" q6 s% F1 l0 {' f. @
6 d- p+ [* g! W/ uM: Ok, ok! 0 r+ Q& X |% }7 G }. M6 O x, v. ?/ [2 {# c, c) y6 a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。' L( r! i% [. N9 d/ B- t9 j
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 . q+ u( t5 ^6 R- w2 Z 8 v5 C& P/ @$ T3 Q4 j5 Zbomb 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。 % \7 ~7 M+ Q4 j; u3 L* C) m" {% ~0 B; L2 u, V7 M0 c
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.8 E d6 {* Q( c# g1 L
--- I f**ked up my history test. : c7 d) W$ N6 h+ R : V* L) S0 g+ H% U! q- s$ b 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。: Q6 M0 @' V, B1 ]- Q: }* @
; C" g! |2 m+ D5 a7 K% _ " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 8 S" B% [7 T6 j: @) H ---- They f**ked up my order !
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