[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。/ Z8 ]$ c2 O p- i) y8 K
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 $ |4 ]$ e& q8 b9 Z8 p; k " A! L) j, {3 {9 O; u# lM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 1 C+ m) V3 @# X y7 d4 t3 b0 y8 i" g. x- I
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。9 Q" b: V) Y. O% Y* G' p! x; H# Q3 \$ |
# h+ M1 B% V: s9 S! `M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.( p" \ Y9 w2 d% _& |# j( Y
( K' \$ O/ _% V+ J2 OL: 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 ?8 p/ H+ n: @& x9 L * c! y" ^" _# H1 U. U% _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. 0 ^' _- B, U i1 n& [; Q+ d% U9 ]& q4 G, f$ F2 `9 m3 ^- L
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"? " Z5 Y6 o8 [1 P& ^" m; R2 D5 J1 v8 B4 \. Y1 p9 ^
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!' Z; d. o, f# a0 q
& q" a8 Q$ x) ?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？; e5 D4 j: Z6 }/ C! L2 y- x
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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. 8 u3 O+ H. j. j1 ^# L+ y ! M6 R2 d+ R: I2 I: m! z0 {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！ - c" d! l) l9 y! Q H9 h: ~' [, A# X( yM: Please! Don't mention tests! $ S5 }4 `& @8 E0 k: W \% Y% y1 A2 g+ C% {8 ]1 n; _
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！6 s- |7 Y& G; f! ?! D/ L
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& H' K) C, r$ \) y. ^( G e
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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." ; B0 {7 v6 f1 V# l8 R1 G1 K/ u1 C) T3 a
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？/ U, t8 T$ R% u$ z/ U) o
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 5 l! q. s3 ]) A4 p9 p - c y* ~! c N( 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"？ 4 J+ X9 T. k* u' |; G: ]0 a# X9 w7 R4 o0 x5 d
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. $ @" f4 z! R4 w- W8 n B& G* q6 U: e# A' U V/ R! h s8 a
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。 & w0 L0 o3 F& N5 J1 P6 s% _7 \: Q: S; P; `
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" f8 A5 F- }+ W7 {& {4 l
; q$ n) m2 F2 F4 lL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。( f& z) @9 D- b6 c h
' R* v9 {; w; qM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ' p* _; ]0 v* [, O' k8 w # s, H6 ?( ], o0 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$ h5 C) e/ S# P# j: z) C* j A; X: y; z' Z
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!9 p, P" P) s& V6 @# i% o6 O1 r
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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！ 2 x6 F. G. i8 x$ I* H( i, G; K4 z8 q4 J7 R) @% W6 S
M: Ok, ok! + N8 @' O. e6 Y/ m& O l) @ . z9 ~, P8 t4 g. ?7 E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。# T. @7 P+ Z; V3 `5 O
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 4 [. \2 ~. @5 p1 ~' C; N) M$ `+ i. V: J6 o
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 E& ?8 f: A2 I
" }& D, e! e b0 Q“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 `. x6 e- _& M --- I f**ked up my history test.! h' O, z% N8 x, O& e
0 }* R1 X$ f0 a 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 T1 @" L0 Q0 V: j; b
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 3 X' a; |& q7 M0 z) {: I4 I ---- They f**ked up my order !
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