' H# `5 }; p. G8 RL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。/ G* M! _& m! w2 {) c: \; i: |, g( @
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 8 o4 k9 B7 S2 h9 S x% k" J9 c8 g( W9 J: I2 ?4 s2 d
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。 4 a5 J x# q5 F( {( R& R7 P; z! A+ S$ d1 F
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.1 [% L# Z6 z2 k% {. Z; N% {! O
$ G; q' c( S/ ]/ a( xL: 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？ . y7 D# t' V) z2 y$ y4 ~1 C1 J # W0 p. L( g4 M) `) v8 `* t: |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.' T8 o* P2 w$ v2 \$ N7 c6 G
4 W9 I8 b6 B$ W, \1 xL: 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"? - l. X; c$ D9 _9 `: l + w1 p$ l5 s( o1 w) XM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!4 h; A/ a' z- C; Y8 ]
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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？ * c; R7 e0 [4 z1 B! V" I, S& R7 z, G# h) C4 ~) a
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.* K/ s+ [% h% C+ Y
& _4 Q* a, P% N% W' F$ V$ OM: Please! Don't mention tests! , ~0 t1 O( _. p2 s: t& X9 R, Z) D# a! A ; C& u- X$ Y$ J0 f8 _L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ % j1 }3 t& N/ e( }2 c. `8 g, B; a$ { `' W
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! % M q. I+ X- |: _ 0 j J& B+ Z; z# d) K" s/ JL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？% @5 ]' ^% N& Q# Y
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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." ; e% O+ f) S G8 V. s6 L/ T$ k
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？1 S1 V( `# J3 Y* {0 }
" F$ f' H+ G5 v1 G( _8 |7 pM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.4 N0 g/ J& }1 S1 p. j2 u4 g
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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"？ : F0 _* g2 i9 v( h3 X7 d7 l, r0 C4 ^; x$ H) b
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.4 m3 r3 R! N* I
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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。 1 o) d0 l$ y8 a6 r7 E! {2 c$ H: ^" T7 ?! ?8 ~3 d8 O
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! / |& G/ Q! G2 X # ]9 S0 t+ y8 J% IL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 " ?. R2 V4 r6 [ 5 o$ t4 l: S6 s( N5 T+ z, ?0 HM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.: R, n. S0 T3 o8 f$ p) {8 q! q& t9 m0 ~
3 m5 C$ N1 y* x$ ]4 L& i; WL: 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？ ) K# g' B- D* h3 {3 I$ f8 L) }& N* e2 [7 p- Q$ X: @) G0 L
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 O5 Q" z9 B7 B3 A$ b* 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！; A2 G2 x0 T9 B3 R; q
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M: Ok, ok! 5 b1 Q8 A# }( f- q" F3 {0 K! Z8 ^, Q, l9 v 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。 % p9 ?& b* W$ o4 q: A( g* GAudio as following: 1 S; P3 @) y/ Y4 ^; L
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 3 ~8 D+ L0 A) }4 y* ? 1 N$ W/ G" @1 p: V9 p% ?8 U% Abomb 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。. F- W. K" `$ h. e
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 S& f5 w# m, m; r9 `$ T --- I f**ked up my history test. 7 Q" c* a& j g * Q% d( B# Y& V2 p: ?+ c/ w' ` 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。+ }2 V0 @7 J% }8 W2 I
3 x) z' f5 I) i " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !# L0 z1 a1 X% B+ O4 C9 |
---- They f**ked up my order !
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