[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。 * B$ m3 w' K6 h% y: V% v( o 1 ]. |6 j! B, M$ rL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 # {8 K4 I; G& e C& H( x- J 5 C; J; o* R: E* _M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ) A, c0 k+ T6 o6 u( k7 t- Z' p3 d; s) v- J. } q* Z
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。( Q! x& x, Q) G: @* u
4 n, \4 s$ q B) C( }2 hM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 2 f, y/ H; i( k; |; K + F: d; W- v8 d f" B. WL: 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？& Q M, f! Z. N; a1 m; m9 T
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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. % B5 i: ~3 M. ^+ K- k7 n3 O3 ] e, g3 T
L: 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"?6 d& @' ^& ^: [! b- h5 f: k& l, Y: E1 j6 f
4 }! R' j) z* ~8 m( G5 eM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ' h+ p [$ z* j+ d9 C' v+ w 4 V1 o9 ^/ y& Q# G* p* KL: 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？& S5 Z5 M7 n' f9 e
: r9 Y/ d: o% DM: 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.2 t4 r) W) F) U8 U, U
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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！! [& v* T9 V7 M- T* t: v7 d' i
; o$ z/ J3 ^9 f6 R" e( @ M5 q) hM: Please! Don't mention tests! # a: ~( N2 j- @' l8 t0 ^! Y. n) }/ _" j8 H
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！; {5 I0 j5 y# M+ W3 S
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 o; H* x& K5 d( J+ Q
, @0 r% d8 i. H& ^( c( e6 ]1 u! iL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？2 K; z* F" d# }6 L
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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."4 J; P9 z; |3 \5 _
; w4 I8 ~* P1 G" u2 z- OL: 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？ 4 {3 ?& m3 |, m0 } & E# N/ `! p8 K' x* V# cM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. / W2 R9 k1 V h6 `& ?3 z' \. ]; X0 T7 x( J; P! ]! n
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"？ ' E! t$ Y, y) R / \& b. T' R, d4 l* n( L+ nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.+ u8 h+ u9 l3 t8 a+ W0 @
6 [) j; _- [! @- @& F/ O; r( ]& qL: 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。 # G' |5 Q9 c6 V2 @; G+ O7 P5 q4 k 8 e2 b5 F! u/ y8 J0 X5 S5 E8 D4 M9 VM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!* v0 f6 y R! J0 _
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.( R5 S2 J* o& l9 R u
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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？ ' M, i) B2 r6 } . D W5 [+ r& D# y7 k! S3 R5 ?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!' e8 a! ]1 ]# o( s6 I
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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！ 5 W% ]2 a: \" \+ k$ J 3 c8 Q3 u* g* [& w3 S0 y$ P- NM: Ok, ok!0 U( O4 _" B+ K; {
8 v- b! C& ]/ v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。, N' H4 e/ Y1 u" M+ W
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 k U$ {" I3 s: ~9 N0 ]# d; Y' y" L
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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。 f; o s7 F' M' X
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.' J" ^; }" J) t# @
--- I f**ked up my history test. 4 t* b; c2 U: F) k. v ! r( n( U7 ^% N/ X" q+ z- k, Y 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 4 [" W( J* [! s* R: m/ k0 D: s% l1 }% V6 l5 O) W
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! # W- f& t) u D" F7 N3 O ---- They f**ked up my order !
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