[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。- ~, m# N8 Q" P6 X' H. P
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。# R7 J& a2 c# ?+ m7 |& u: d. A
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ( l) e) Q" w7 |& ]& c' S. d , Y6 |1 c2 [& o8 G$ U. lL: 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。) Q. U3 {- a6 F& Q- E* A) 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.4 k# R3 Q; ?( m) X/ x" l ^" |
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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？ & {* y# O0 q; ^2 H: h2 S& a! L+ `" [5 O3 ]
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. , {- d8 J, d$ ] Q! G$ R5 S* C2 V4 i5 W
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"? ; ~7 x4 a' _( v% k# H6 `/ t 1 M+ Z# {& g, L# p8 J. c$ O. WM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 9 x% t! N% c- y# d# ^ 0 \& U6 p4 g2 J; V3 i5 d: E+ y: NL: 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 @" C5 n0 q/ V) m
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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." s; b( ~9 h! C+ I
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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！ 4 W5 ?: u5 r* w! o @2 J2 S4 q4 v( i* d$ @* k6 e. Y+ v: B$ l6 x6 U) Y
M: Please! Don't mention tests!' Y, D# M! g/ e% ~4 l# b r
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* ?( \+ C% o- {
4 B& u; |5 t! Z8 i1 [! PL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! C I$ G8 P g2 t0 V; ? : E4 D# Q' ]- | cM: 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." % `$ X& j$ d& t# I$ r& \) P8 d+ B3 ]; y/ n- [
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？% M7 k" P8 {. m6 J
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.1 K9 G& n& U* e4 Y5 K _1 Z
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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"？ . H8 j4 A! W0 p. n$ b8 z0 b; H0 u. w' o " G; w: l w0 Z* D B% f3 V1 J* UM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.# }- p. q: q; \
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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。2 n( T w. f0 H
, n- G* x1 E/ L( \+ s( c9 [) zM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 ~. b+ m4 l# M* [ 2 W- r6 I- X8 I; YL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。) |" Z* F1 g+ U: V# Z% X0 j
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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？% Z$ [' U2 W: x" M5 p
/ b0 n2 u2 t% l1 p. cM: 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! 5 A# e+ }+ q6 u ?& y 0 q3 \. K" Y% H; PL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！+ J( K5 H1 r: a3 [
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M: Ok, ok! 0 S: v( |/ K5 H2 t: R, d& @9 b, T1 S
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。) p$ K" h) [3 {7 V- l
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 % a( ~) {" u4 }- m6 s, l# l" G$ r" b1 r; J9 r$ d2 H
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。 * k ^9 q, E P" s5 [" k! t$ a9 E9 h! J% l+ s
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 x6 Q1 U# `, H `/ L, z --- I f**ked up my history test. & O: a+ S- m0 }5 c! l - f0 C) Z% R x! }, e 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; M7 r. @3 B* j8 d5 i. M2 V8 y$ ]$ i5 r8 t* E5 j
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! $ s% H6 D5 c) e, | ---- They f**ked up my order !
" R) `) I- ~2 D' z. ? kYou screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。8 z+ F1 }3 |' ?8 a' F& M* A
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一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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