[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。 & v0 b' G7 ~+ Z3 Y$ @ `8 y5 o/ f: I' _4 ?! r9 W9 j% X
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 1 E/ k! y" n3 g1 k( n& J2 Q 2 G* C! P& w7 Y, L2 b$ R) HM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass./ {: b3 f+ M9 e4 W
- k6 h9 y" E1 B3 ^( }, `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。 " l1 L0 h4 {( V! w . j7 w1 u& ^; M! b; @+ \. SM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. : a$ W/ S1 X! W; ?+ Y% E$ U+ o5 {! r
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？ 7 J: A- y$ Q6 x: R2 P5 l # Y$ t; _/ I: |3 a1 jM: 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. ! C8 I7 s, `: n2 b3 d & s* Q% S: c5 c2 QL: 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"?! p: m8 a& Z6 _3 ]6 T3 k
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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! - ?! ~+ s) ?1 i# {2 X/ c) G2 S+ I5 t5 e& |7 g) C& c
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？* w: t$ S, f4 W2 ^0 X. d* s$ u
, D9 X! _2 Q2 U. hM: 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.: J0 o2 _0 S, y5 d3 T
% a1 |( }- i1 z! Q& M" xL: 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！ ' B/ D5 g% p. v0 H# Z 0 d# ]& |( W9 P$ YM: Please! Don't mention tests! . |8 T. q8 z; o) f( b2 f) `4 ~5 n) H T2 ]' c
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！3 X& I7 D! f/ G# [1 M' h1 h6 x" Y# g
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 X" M* @/ ^* {4 f( ~3 u; A6 c8 c
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？: M8 F+ o0 `3 M$ p9 {8 G K
4 @8 t! P- A7 f, {" 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."$ U9 L& H* `; ~8 O
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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？7 Z9 w/ i7 a3 Y9 F! L5 h, Q+ M9 O6 F
" W/ f1 y& C" K4 g5 q$ \: p* N9 {M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something." J% q3 ]. j+ t5 O( d2 b e
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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"？( m- m3 f$ z$ D; L4 t; [
" C& C( h6 n( k% a7 TM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. , b* L5 s' e) ^7 I# E; e v. R6 c' ^" D+ p( ^6 Y3 {: y( O
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。 ?- d8 E, o+ o. W6 H/ }! j+ V5 x. ?% n A& P) o
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. P4 a. X" J- J
$ c/ @1 E- m3 H: k; A7 b XL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - y" X/ J. m ^/ a9 |% i. ` , i% u) Q! x- r4 [" @M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.' y/ n* h6 i5 Q7 D4 s
: L# B3 v* f, X0 ~" q. cL: 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？ , ]9 @2 L2 ~- i# G, ^2 X , f' l) X& n. S) V. [" k: VM: 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!- V4 a4 C/ j$ ?3 {
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 % ^) d. a- M. x) ~ . g7 A3 v" h) ~0 x* E9 G) Rbomb 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。 * P4 O O' L: P/ A' H, W. ]( U7 f2 y8 J8 W1 t- ` _& i) O, b/ V
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. , |5 _" j) z! f5 @2 I+ n --- I f**ked up my history test. Q2 q: [' R' f+ k) Z5 b
, R* @3 |7 K5 d/ P5 I5 K. L6 j 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 & |5 J4 a1 {. R M 0 ?! V; K3 @1 j5 o7 ~+ x " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !& ^+ O+ A. Q6 [+ W
---- They f**ked up my order !
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