[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。 ( i! G" A6 \. i* s ( s' Q* B6 e8 Q9 zL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。) X! `: O$ @/ x: h
0 C$ Q; k' X" K0 A7 N( T- Z4 KM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 4 a5 a+ _2 Q* [1 N& |. Q0 `( T4 {: n. [2 @* |7 @4 Y
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。) W6 V( s" q! j" U% S9 Z! i$ K; I
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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., I8 D7 v+ m9 H1 u7 C: U
) |# z& h0 \$ k2 PL: 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？ % Q6 u8 t* |7 I% ?; g Q9 H5 A . b: Z1 p6 a, {) I7 _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. * o, m; t+ Y# W& n1 a3 M& B# Q+ r9 H- b/ }! ^
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"?! @& ~. f- e$ a7 X5 N" Z
7 `3 v1 z5 ^8 V OM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! : @$ H* l1 F$ }8 I, a! }* v8 M3 p4 E% p; s6 g) W5 p
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？: C$ M1 f7 x' _7 C2 T* r2 M
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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. 3 y" p# T* d% I( b0 } 1 {: m: V% Q1 t3 H0 s6 IL: 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！ ) x, R# _: J/ n7 T( g p$ _ f! H1 u0 N# gM: Please! Don't mention tests!& _( H5 D* r0 p8 R: C. M
0 }( J0 Q& W# y' K- aL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ! k/ O3 I! `+ a/ A J. A g9 j* x, R& x2 C
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!- t; [& N/ E4 d/ q9 H2 V
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？0 o& S+ V# L$ }4 ]* K; n0 M; J$ t
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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! M( J( z: E( ^0 V0 y
7 }* h: |6 k8 b) R' 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？ 1 V" i9 Q+ {; v8 h' B 6 v9 [( g" } [' DM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., v# |& V7 `# p3 }3 |3 S
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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"？8 A9 u- F! ~4 ~0 S
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.% C. g/ i, K7 h# \/ E8 Z
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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。 6 r( E1 p% X- ?3 x3 o) s5 w6 q; `( u) W) T3 U) e
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!, r' s1 I/ ]- }" c
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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。" G2 i9 ^7 {" P8 I( s% v" S b8 R. {
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.- [, g/ D& X6 {, y" q
% i+ |: i' I% a" ?% j/ u4 n% hL: 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？ / B0 w- q5 W5 o# v! m2 G- M2 s; K- H% r
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! " w3 b q& O7 b 6 A- j. G; a. O J P3 Q, VL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！' t+ X, ]; @" I2 z7 ` {
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M: Ok, ok!. S7 b' ]+ v( ]7 A! p/ D. v
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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。 % E; L. }( V7 XAudio as following: + y; n9 B1 |* |+ o
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 & s& l' g/ k# E* y1 I $ O; J* ~1 w5 A; ~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。, T* B+ s; ~& b
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--- I f**ked up my history test. . |4 \; M. R n. |4 l9 e # Q1 |$ e1 f, h- k 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; {. e! N/ q. D4 W ! e5 n: X+ P; l " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! * O. y! S) B; n7 Z" B% M+ D ---- They f**ked up my order !
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