[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。; V+ C) x( s9 S) G( y* b4 H
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。3 X4 p* C8 j" X; {9 [0 d' Y
& O9 x- U) |2 b0 u: _, M! CM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.; F4 o4 e* C' T) E0 s* \' [
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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。9 O5 B. Z* k4 ?2 b' Z D
6 e2 |$ q- P# z9 C/ MM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; r, j2 Z( \+ D0 p " z8 C: D. j8 [' c. l, E# nL: 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 V! W! _( k! H, N/ v: F ' W! f5 ]! o' r& |: R8 s( X7 b: lM: 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.$ J8 M& G x( p
% \/ j! i0 p' z1 c/ \( iL: 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"? ( _/ e n+ ?0 W: E8 i6 a' w4 _3 K: E * W% _2 t) F8 ]+ X- @. G( I8 Z; m& JM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! + V2 ^& y% k Z0 ^+ n6 F, l' k" [0 H* h7 Z+ _6 | e5 [
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？ 8 p1 T& i8 k" B- _0 G4 G- `6 @ 9 e+ j K/ c1 G& ^9 c4 `4 |3 VM: 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. ; \# G6 I! N& E3 ]2 {# u: A5 K. L* u4 W; P* [6 A/ V# m; D% g
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！1 F' E& u9 k* h5 {8 d; B
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!1 y6 t8 i& M1 |
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ d/ B) E4 c" e: U* A: x& E3 @
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？% `/ z! g7 s! Z b3 {: Y, k7 h
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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.". L6 T2 U/ o9 n& H) [4 c- E
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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 B) }/ r& c/ A$ _; K2 o
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.$ A' O6 G1 q8 u$ f, e0 b
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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"？ : o! K6 m7 E: X- Q8 J. w( W* F 4 a- Z i/ ]' a( O: n* G# w3 AM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." }7 c( ?/ P. w0 T1 ]8 x& {
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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。 G8 Q* l G# U- B4 [$ Q
0 t4 s* n* f% lM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!/ l+ b: j2 v( ]; g6 a9 o6 c8 n
' ~- s# j; s+ {1 AL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。7 F8 L" E; x! t6 w! }0 Y
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.2 j4 X2 V5 A4 o( ]; a+ T
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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？ & T' S m) q; r4 y$ U+ O; ?6 n9 C: m* t% C' `! `
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! ( { D5 x% {4 G& ~) A# ` 0 J# q5 D5 F: e- g% K9 K8 R( I7 DL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 4 w! q4 m4 e9 O; C! z' a; ^" |' r: }. o" I4 _
M: Ok, ok! 5 d, C0 D7 A' R$ b' y - I Y8 X- v: }4 |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。 ( R" \% k/ F$ [Audio as following: " R# L, h( i+ P, l/ x
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 1 O6 _6 Z& K g2 E . l& t: v5 D# g+ `9 sbomb 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。 3 J+ \3 z& C# Z" d& f0 w' w7 Y' z: P* Q+ ~6 t* b
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. - Y& y4 z9 y, K- G' i9 B* G --- I f**ked up my history test. & h' Q' S# l& J1 f7 ^. {9 `4 Q8 e
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 1 ?" L& A' J' b( [1 i2 {( J5 `7 \0 \% {% ~# d# j7 N
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 2 l1 b) F: o: |+ Y6 T ---- They f**ked up my order !
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