[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 S, e Y: z* w
2 R) U3 _+ V: q, g' k% }, z1 b: B% FL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 * V( t: H1 S0 q* m- V1 a( V 1 a5 }, U+ r! C5 z" I2 \M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 6 S. a7 t5 G' Z( X2 T0 O5 H. ^+ t. ~. {$ |- |5 I4 A# v
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 N- x+ Z* _/ I0 @) \ . k+ r& S& r L2 S# |M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.; R' Z. v) K: A4 e1 H6 V2 J
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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？ $ x, T2 i* Q5 z6 x B7 { 2 h! Q* B0 ?& 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.; p' A5 o7 V9 L. _# U2 |5 e5 O
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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"?# x$ d1 f( P5 V1 F% m8 U
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! $ B2 \% w7 @- E0 F / c# {/ I; v6 s. F0 p+ ^+ A( B; FL: 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 q: H; ]( ]3 n0 I! S% Z4 a. R* I, E2 j: P+ u
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. * n" R1 Y. }' }5 x" r5 x# G+ z6 b( `
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！& Q0 h$ d6 A, c8 Y
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 5 i; e! j6 L! M# [. `' @ 3 L s" E) e6 J3 dL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！& l5 {6 ?6 Q$ H- M
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!; v% Z8 x1 R; i8 u
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ; b. t6 Z$ w* T( R. Y" P1 i, N9 N. \. g3 S' x# L
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." 5 `: l' ~- T7 l2 T3 y1 h% V) U8 I( H+ ^+ M" U
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？ , ~$ q, [- c/ E% h/ Y7 [: q: [ 6 n* D0 e4 Q9 o9 ?M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " y7 j6 y$ a+ Y6 Q8 L9 s! W) y# ]( Q. c h. A# N
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"？ " t, `: D% R/ F7 P9 R ! P2 f# {1 ?/ Y! hM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.3 d0 Q" W) J8 Z) L# g/ d3 N
- A, e M2 d; q6 z- F& |- h: oL: 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 _) X$ w) e5 J1 K, d# h5 a1 n ' F6 }6 a7 U" uM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 K2 ?0 j+ p: j/ Z
; W; I: v7 L( b+ u2 d8 oL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。7 x! Q3 ? }2 W0 D9 g" D- p% L7 f
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.2 u$ X4 ?+ H4 K
( W. M0 v8 \* ]- J8 p4 Y; W& mL: 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% f& J" I) k/ r S
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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!$ Z8 z8 M# d* [) H! s s% l2 n, C
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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！ * j. n N( w0 }3 K! [7 r& E. K5 D8 j9 `, V
M: Ok, ok!/ b1 E' N5 z& s! t) L1 W
' U8 T4 z. D V( S p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。" b D% M3 u7 _' n
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 , _9 t2 ^( F. p7 c9 J9 C& j5 u: _2 J8 c3 N" E
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。 + z) V" V$ k" ~! w. n- N! V! _1 [# G8 J( z' e
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! O7 U6 }) `( K7 `3 {6 _ H- `6 {. L --- I f**ked up my history test. , l" q0 l0 f0 t# O8 n( F, t' ~' a& J5 p5 E9 h9 z1 v! D
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ( i2 l# S- v0 {" \0 l ; Q* W% R2 `; Y( U$ J- U% f) S " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 5 H* r$ A u9 {3 {" s ---- They f**ked up my order !
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