[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。 % V. ]# B6 G9 `: v9 e& @9 s ' O, K2 w, i7 v3 EL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 & J V k" b$ |; ~" _1 C4 g, W& l: P9 l/ K% n6 d6 u" H" j5 w
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ! `3 G4 S Q; [0 J, Z o+ X/ E7 T9 r$ \6 S) h `
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。 ! o" S, L# A5 W, F& ?# |% ] " q- ~7 [4 T3 _ L1 f0 o# VM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. % _5 x) w* f C1 q k5 K+ [& c# c0 ]
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？ : d; ^8 A& j% v3 Y( \5 k8 D 9 L. m- X2 X" m- WM: 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. / Z e6 e P" Y: @& ~0 B, e * y, M8 f( n' }/ r# I2 v+ y; R- HL: 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"? 7 J9 P* @# D. b9 B' I1 {0 e; Y% k: v. n4 a* k6 |; c, {
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! / ]7 m+ J0 V9 {/ [* s7 X% O" S' L/ d2 C" [, n1 C
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？! K0 T1 R: u$ J# J
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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.( C, P6 i' h; ^
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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！ - I4 D4 h3 i: W3 P/ r S ' a7 U! z T, s/ f7 _+ U! y6 z3 AM: Please! Don't mention tests! " H% q/ [9 U q4 \# G; h6 j0 T1 _
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ : u* s \8 \) Q' Z5 X4 N" u # F. v/ }4 o% g+ m1 h1 `4 B1 |- \$ q6 z& EM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' K( d$ `* U0 N* m ~) s
& T% y4 W* A x6 H6 A6 E5 F5 _L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 8 N; q& |: f) w' d9 @ ( G( z+ h+ ? ~2 ^/ N9 TM: 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." 5 C: ~" p5 s( G, O1 B. q( u& o/ {
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？ ( ]% i5 ~0 s8 y+ X! D0 o( E, g8 i" d* R3 R
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.2 Q& C1 _4 E" Q& k$ }2 o) r
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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"？ : o/ e7 O' F p" ]; N 3 _8 w5 G, X- k* S2 l$ D/ _ F- q! HM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain./ |) ?) G: y; [/ u* ^$ `
$ y# F J! {7 }+ ]M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!8 e1 H5 G0 ~ |6 P4 E/ X8 }8 r
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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。 , Z a& H/ _4 O, B J; \9 e/ k% E( M# D' T" _' k
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ @3 W5 U! j3 z! F* e. n( y
3 m+ g) L, a( L$ b- i2 g- IL: 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？ ( u% ^: I' O% x9 ?: K " g, ?$ }( @2 xM: 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! 1 t7 [* O" k7 r / h& _4 k3 g9 [4 B8 w/ v% FL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！( b, w% T/ \' } P* e7 ]$ W! W
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M: Ok, ok!3 A1 P7 ?$ B K7 T& n3 Q0 Y
6 e m. D! y; u, H. a3 B" R2 W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。+ d: ?% C6 X, {5 m5 \
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ( f2 k; y* j' }! T* G4 E1 j' N% M; P+ q7 ]% o# M$ b
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。: I$ T9 m- s% {5 @! r: x! N
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 A2 d! o) T$ T6 B
--- I f**ked up my history test.$ O/ u" B: q( I& G y$ G) [5 Z
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。0 l: l# T" S, B/ {
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 D8 F/ @, K& s5 ~1 N) q! ?6 I! Q ---- They f**ked up my order !
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