[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。 0 \7 y: C" M! X+ Q' e' m; h3 h6 j3 `/ Z% d, Y" p# o) s x
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 % |" v, \4 `8 L6 T. c& h6 S0 t7 w* ~4 M5 I5 W# L
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) O4 S( k; j, Q# V, j& |% z
: v2 l$ g# j- cL: 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 U' B: M8 I. i' B, X % z6 |+ D- |( _) r, ~* ~+ @! |M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.% R! X3 F/ S0 G. v/ z
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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？2 M* q# \) {1 S s1 Z
9 W9 ` z+ x$ b: gM: 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. ! o) U7 r# b L) K( E+ q , \6 o5 N* @0 _, {' B9 HL: 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"? 0 \3 n% `" K9 {$ b% L5 P% d' P& J; G% y3 ~5 f; F; j
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!6 S% n& T& [4 c
9 E7 Q' C4 R- K/ m1 y1 @$ {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？ " p2 y! f/ B/ {0 Z: H4 F) w W& C9 x3 b" q% pM: 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. 4 l; q$ i$ {1 V- R# J4 r9 ? H- ?6 f& k5 p
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！ ' V1 S$ i& E; I; t6 ] Z2 E6 m K: P! ]2 ?M: Please! Don't mention tests!( a; ^ X! L1 R' ^3 [
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！% U: r* _- c `# ?
& q# g4 |) x" g# ]5 \M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 5 B6 g# B1 I, r8 ?, L& u" G8 k3 j% l
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 A* h T+ E/ s 1 H( F' S2 r k: y2 EM: 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." % b# Y9 b3 b$ y$ @9 l0 J j6 |" t2 t: L9 gL: 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？ : `% I$ b- Y0 E o4 u+ l. h! i# m+ DM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.5 ~ s j0 }2 b F0 u5 P
; C2 u0 c9 p) ^5 S/ h' e, 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"？- h9 N* p$ A3 c$ \/ O2 l3 C
3 D! ]6 [$ i( Y) |M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 0 T, ^( M3 e1 K. q d9 P7 \/ w; v; @
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。 + W9 t; G. q4 A2 L! @0 u$ j7 D: h/ T, j& N* ~
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 X9 @4 c) z' p# \ ]4 [* l2 p! J9 v5 V2 q! D
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 o; h9 Y% i" q% u
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ; A* z+ E2 b. P( }; h e9 c# ?% K2 w) Q; A
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？ , S% Y7 [ A) f$ @ L: }$ H- _# W6 v! ?: c5 e# |! W8 e
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!5 o% G! \: d- G2 O4 t9 v- e
% K+ T7 A5 X1 z8 R$ p" ?3 U1 `6 d% m. iL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & q( K: Y) j0 j7 w% c: w0 t & q$ \4 y V- _+ O8 S7 O# _M: Ok, ok!$ C+ z+ v4 @. t. v `! d
. x$ _% C6 X9 L. u- O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。, C2 e1 n4 q y! R, o- {3 E, y) |
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ! }% ]/ c7 w; I% I9 v- u 2 ` @# Y- k& Z% a3 i" d/ ~: gbomb 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% \7 s9 W! y" W" z) q- e1 U+ s + X$ f- p$ C! \4 ~3 P1 G3 X1 \2 Y7 c“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 Y) W+ J% Y; H W) z1 E --- I f**ked up my history test. # `+ g7 Q9 g ^1 H+ s0 P& }: _ f. t5 ? `/ }. k+ e- b ~1 {
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* q, h/ w. e( C* c
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