[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。 , h- Q4 ^4 z% T# R* Y( z _# g% Z- D: S+ m3 ?8 e H% R8 U
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。! i7 v1 L& z" h) O( Z# y* N, I2 k
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. / z. |9 q% ~% x8 R+ b5 L , i5 ]8 @8 ^" F/ B/ f% d, z5 Q1 N H* I- VL: 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。- i/ o) F1 z. _4 @
) \: M5 J4 ~, Q7 j7 [6 V/ VM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark., P5 N1 m7 V% l* J! H: a
3 o# S7 {/ S& P( D6 i uL: 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？9 M+ n9 H, f! h/ i
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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.9 S6 Z% l- @/ W5 m
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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"? ! U6 F/ M' e5 o; Z; P& k8 d( V! n$ [ . J7 Z' Q( R5 w, {# ]M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! / S9 F; A0 y7 _2 y- Y- F" Q- k. S6 j1 s! c" V' h) e
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？ & ~5 ]" C# L+ q' [2 S/ v $ S! n1 ~& C/ Y5 l- l- {: L5 iM: 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. $ s5 s1 H& K) Q1 Z4 F& B! r1 w" Q% K- c# c
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！/ Z( X. a! h6 \" ^
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!8 D/ k. x2 v; }4 K$ \
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！" A9 _8 Y/ p+ E. }- z3 w
% L1 Q2 Q+ Y& `! J0 g/ k% k! bM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! M# B# S: ~; q- D: t9 h1 l; ~" s* y* E/ z9 S$ E8 X0 P5 a
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？$ ~, g* t# {5 |( j$ }
9 Q+ u1 b, M0 T% Y5 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." 9 F; t3 r% `) m! M6 ^* E9 ~ 8 ~, `+ O1 k' U9 l# `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？( L" K4 u& f) _6 x: T
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. # x: U8 E) H/ M$ k$ L, n 2 Y$ n6 z# h6 N/ u* q3 GL: 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"？$ d4 [3 a/ E& S" |; n0 L/ G# Q
2 R) I1 m6 q$ KM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., p- x& _+ a. r4 B
: s; L1 S( v, ?% A( p1 yL: 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。 . n7 z, K& A$ u* ?/ T' f4 P5 q5 L \" ~7 v$ F2 C) I
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 C1 \) _$ }' }; R3 m; a( G+ c+ D0 X h8 N' `5 ]; F6 m; d
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - F" I5 q5 L$ ~( ~: a( h 8 M& J& W( }& e4 [+ d5 I) d4 CM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& A% g* _4 v% V4 o# t
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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？ ' Y' M+ T1 y) e) E, a, N1 v0 @0 b- D# {/ p" J
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! 3 a/ F# h& u7 |1 a( q4 A' i9 ?+ R5 Y
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 h1 c$ R! b# ~ P: z) U% _& Q- C' a) t; `
M: Ok, ok! 2 Q) X' K! b2 } M% |2 _0 [& i+ }- P% F& H1 `
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。 ' t8 _2 Z4 H/ P7 L( rAudio as following: " ~8 G: `! [# r# }5 K
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ! G- S$ p7 k2 p. u
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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。 2 F2 R1 p; T. y7 Q3 q# w( @ ' G- [1 w# G4 t" F0 i; @2 ]“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. p I9 X. Q8 A4 u' T o4 S
--- I f**ked up my history test. % x$ \4 r5 p( S. f+ J1 U& Z! R7 m" V6 l# c0 D! B9 N/ l+ ?* H( a
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 % L) ?0 f( _+ U) o* ?0 m2 q2 ~! n2 u* A1 `# L5 D6 Z( U! V
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( p- `& e2 j. q2 k J4 k; u3 f
---- They f**ked up my order !
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