2 ]' k4 @4 T" N# eL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 9 j: y3 ]$ @5 u8 x. f3 S, b0 b( R- e9 v* j6 e
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) O+ y' X0 Z0 x3 E" c
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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。' x7 |/ d& {& M) w5 K
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.2 x/ u5 a" y$ e
8 }* v& S5 z0 w- \3 Y7 q3 _# VL: 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？3 r' n3 V$ J7 c: j/ I9 @
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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.5 B3 y. a. T& ?' z
+ G H, J; x+ k# TL: 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"?: J9 Z- y9 }! x. R O- ~0 o& j
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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!& o+ N d9 Y+ _7 a/ Y- e1 _: A
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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？0 v8 O2 C% q& u( C; _! N
: N+ w& N$ ?' CM: 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./ d1 d [9 D* L5 V2 c
2 U z* r6 E: t9 j/ \$ OL: 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！8 O+ u+ u- ^/ D* j* H. ?2 J
0 Z& ~0 n+ {. C' R' s) SM: Please! Don't mention tests! : o) G/ a6 L* H. z5 Y& E+ c# @9 q+ u' t2 M
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ & \# T) A; H) r / X- S* l6 K$ x# C- [% aM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!3 f- w1 [! e9 Y3 L4 s. `9 t
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 @) c+ m2 O. G) i , V5 C& e. _/ ?( f- E- OM: 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."7 S$ X# B2 {; @! |, p, @0 \
" q1 x( p9 f. u* A' |M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " n A: a3 x1 Y# O) q5 N" ^5 r0 ?, v l: p- I5 @
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"？ " ^0 }. g2 F' y. E" b. s: v: p X5 D1 y5 b
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 `# P+ c+ J2 \/ w& l0 u
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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。- e( ^5 t5 G t8 ?% o7 I3 B6 b
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! : V% w9 C a" ~/ {0 D7 p 4 P, m, I2 P: `+ EL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。9 y0 \- `! g) d5 R
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ! {) g6 E( a8 Y8 i( P4 F- Z 2 i6 L$ j" k- D& UL: 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？$ T+ r X% S' H
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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!6 l% M7 _$ u v5 {; {; ]$ J" ]& 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！8 F; J3 P9 S8 P: i
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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。0 G" V% O% j, x; X
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 4 C( r/ k: I4 d, i) n: p2 W! c- n( o6 u8 F X0 J! |
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。( V( M1 o$ e% M: W( y; _* ^
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ; q, L Z9 m# M! f! v --- I f**ked up my history test.0 D+ }0 a& O* w0 u* q/ d/ j9 p
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。# O$ a$ }" G% O9 s, I
+ ~! ~8 M t6 e0 w0 _! j " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 6 U0 S0 y4 W; q9 I: B7 o6 z ---- They f**ked up my order !
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