[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。 7 m; F3 G9 p: }0 ?5 | ' X: N8 _7 \8 F5 Q4 j6 d5 jL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 # w6 I6 E; b3 H( P, D' Y- F4 O9 u
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. - |2 s! L8 W9 { c, A6 ^, s; W 6 j* g. A: G2 _6 ~% i" j4 iL: 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。; Q# I% k# O4 a ?; A$ \. N
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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. ! _% n6 R8 i( l6 X ! e4 K! `! V% Z1 s! ^& mL: 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?5 w$ F o! d5 k
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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.+ W- _0 D2 V. q, }8 [1 F1 T% f: L/ ]
; ^7 K1 b7 P8 c/ g# {" KL: 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"? 9 O% Z0 ^# Z) Q! O$ r, ]. ]9 G0 X+ p3 F
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!. y4 P9 _& O2 e3 ^, B
, n4 d* j% v7 |& G. Q+ I, C# w. RL: 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? S t5 f. }3 m1 r/ ^6 C2 Q0 s
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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. ! l3 _- \+ W& F5 C F5 E; ?" }0 L- | [, F* {% o9 `
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! f0 H0 L) |' x M [ : c8 `# g3 W" ]# j) c' MM: Please! Don't mention tests! ) f G8 Y' F! c6 V% ~% r1 G9 D( u8 z4 y: _* A3 O
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!- ]8 m1 L! b4 S$ p
' V' {: N/ W7 K( r! @M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! " O8 p1 X) N3 j0 d & o$ U2 O5 P4 [+ \L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? & Z- R6 l2 W- b( e; }8 l# c8 C5 y% @ l I
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." 4 ~+ E* a: ?$ z O8 H1 ^. `( ` k) j) W1 M2 M: f fL: 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?: e [" N8 x8 [5 u2 f
- F) S7 h* H0 {M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. t! R" _/ @" B* f4 i
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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"?: \# F7 C L& _/ J
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.+ p {8 {/ @, j2 A8 h& t8 a
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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。* j4 \ r3 A3 A- \
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!! T5 t- D2 }) _7 l
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L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 P8 q4 }* @" E 2 ]- T6 q9 o* n3 iM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.3 a: z/ D' O; c- h+ t3 w3 a
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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? ; _# I" v7 r& s8 S# o, j $ _1 Z5 g& p6 m. L2 C! d3 rM: 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!) {7 g0 n1 [( u
/ [5 u W3 d8 L( j) n5 A- wL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!6 F9 z }# Z0 X+ |+ ]$ S
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M: Ok, ok! : o) Y4 t$ H% ~/ n* T4 P. U ~4 O$ c6 u4 M; J( U1 X" O+ B F/ @9 |
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。+ g. ~7 o v' w# w1 R7 a0 r# |2 H
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 E5 u0 v3 e) S9 D: u, n0 @1 M
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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。 , ~9 Z2 c) h" `- } 5 {' @! W! e0 R) S; A“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.$ h' n- `7 e9 C5 K6 B
--- I f**ked up my history test.4 X0 Z. Z! s4 N, U' o
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。( Q4 Z, K- G9 X s/ B
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! , _2 A% u- s. U2 u( {6 w$ T ---- They f**ked up my order !