[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。) z8 z5 K4 v5 @5 j, ]
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ) N; Z! o U- ~3 Z0 |4 _% U7 A 7 q! s( D0 b$ V% gM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.0 P7 b" h$ k6 e+ p' a* I+ R
1 ^" }( D$ N1 I( k! UL: 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。 . r! H* d+ w" ~- h) D4 i$ [! b$ \- Y/ C
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 T5 I( q+ E) G5 t0 `6 D4 p7 t# z5 o# Q
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？ $ G/ A; y5 z! W! @. f$ N( y$ t6 [& A( u) S
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.- T* c6 o: V* N- ~2 d8 o- q8 [3 J
+ A$ [2 i" x! C: Y9 D! N6 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"?. l( C) G5 f: @/ b, w
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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! 1 @: O, p+ Z7 o1 ^5 ^! L+ Y4 O* C9 F" u u& N
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？, i7 w w; ?; e4 b9 z! Y3 W
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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.9 G6 w$ s# M" M p! `
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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！ 4 K9 E' U- D- H* | 1 P: H! h3 |- a$ ]& ~8 O. pM: Please! Don't mention tests!+ l& _$ T1 V& X) b1 P, l
6 D) |( J, o7 dL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 0 F% o+ Q- Q4 K; a' ^3 K: C& _+ g0 v- o0 |+ Z
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!3 [# s+ S) [3 x9 q) D) U1 o7 D/ u
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？0 q$ w% v7 B* I8 ?
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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." . p) Y- b) H1 Z# g, d% z + i, l8 p7 X" P3 _/ ^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？ , f9 W3 Q. Q$ a3 v6 w0 L& O' n& _8 w. P2 U0 Z6 h W1 }
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 9 j$ t( }7 c) |, I( B& G: M! Q6 ^; Y6 a/ b. U6 W" O* E+ v0 f+ O
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"？. S% g$ s3 O$ P- V# ^5 m( H7 F
" k" W) V, U+ Z! c& U1 kM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." @7 k% V }+ L
' u' F9 |' c+ M# LM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!0 e0 F) L) ?# o7 p
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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。2 D5 f0 |7 y p" p `, [% S
. R' x5 X8 P- l. `. J( S6 AM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ A: k$ M |, x& x; s
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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？ $ E9 U: B# E5 R) y2 h1 O; w+ x $ ^ q- g6 T }! ~6 `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!. T, @' z0 e" ^
" X# E6 d7 \7 x; cL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！* O% W0 u5 N! o' c5 H" n% S
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M: Ok, ok! % a$ O7 O2 M& G3 W6 r2 u0 m. p8 p2 N! x2 f1 ~3 Z5 V$ b/ i" H
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。 4 ]/ n( p/ d/ U2 [7 b( [* PAudio as following: " Z- W2 C% }, p( U8 u
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * t+ |9 p# V; c( d 9 { M; \2 @6 pbomb 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。4 U/ p5 t- s; @
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 ~+ @8 o3 k% o# q9 y7 j+ ]# p --- I f**ked up my history test.* v6 m m$ k: r0 l8 i `
7 d; L; W) r. H* m 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 6 c/ q3 P2 L' u3 s) S4 ]0 V+ q ' \- p. d5 \/ g " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !3 {2 l2 N+ i& q6 g4 |
---- They f**ked up my order !
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