[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。 $ e- r( b; V% s' u' G/ E8 M8 U3 a9 S# s/ ~
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 4 Z& G* U6 E8 U+ b8 D* {/ o) ? V& [: G
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.5 ~4 J* ~! N1 v: x- ]
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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。+ z/ H1 }& e5 P# e; ?. i
; q" D( m9 N7 o. ^+ j( V6 H# eM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 6 ~( K. M$ k! p% e! ]1 L. e * z& ?9 w- x1 `5 z5 K) oL: 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？0 F6 u) i% s4 V9 j9 ^5 y! U
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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.) v# P: X5 b) {1 ?; z; @! q
9 ~) {2 q, w/ V0 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"?' t! y, O8 {9 m
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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!- X4 a/ B( z9 Z6 t, u- y/ @& }
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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？% f8 I2 p8 i/ w! x
3 M- i! @* N# P2 a, rM: 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. S( H; r) ^. H& R. }: ^3 m
. d% B. o3 _: z- fL: 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！ K6 Z* B+ P. _% K/ W2 \% I' d. N$ d ! [! B0 o1 z4 |" F4 U* a3 |! LM: Please! Don't mention tests! . W; _+ p9 X: R* K* J7 c& g( i3 \2 A- P# U3 Y4 }. N- J
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' G6 k" L$ R9 ]. @% J- B1 z/ x0 a$ a+ K3 V& ]! o/ A
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! * A! r5 V. d O; \8 ~: ]& Z , y, X' q3 Q: U$ o# gL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ + v8 i4 Z- q. c7 X9 }( x f: G' r. r' ?4 r! ^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." $ D& w# w5 \; V# D- Q+ ~" V9 t0 I . b! P0 T8 ]; G& V/ [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？ , s) G. F* y6 h1 v H8 Y' e! ?2 d: i2 d0 e* n$ QM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., q+ {* W* k, C3 l3 |; f, w0 p
s3 _( Y: t! a; A3 E2 p) O9 hL: 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"？ 9 w* ?2 D& }8 C& E6 u1 f1 k) y( x- F: z7 k& a7 T
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.; A3 L1 P$ Z5 q3 K* S2 H* Q
, Y4 |1 U/ b7 UL: 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。$ v. c) S2 p) F r1 k
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * N8 x& I5 c8 {8 d) P# v1 d. n . T" C0 E9 a( P+ {/ B+ o% J0 yL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 6 _! g1 [* Y6 q& s9 B/ \8 N % }* |+ t, c5 `! tM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.- c/ c) a' [" W8 F- D; O5 g
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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？ / y# Y5 q! C; w$ [ % A/ G) Z2 s7 x( O' T+ F1 p# wM: 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! 3 O0 X7 W C; k" p. Z 3 `6 T ^. o/ l& G' }6 v4 ^$ qL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 m; W, {4 K4 H# c , @6 ]+ @: E1 X# U$ SM: Ok, ok!3 A4 f/ ~8 ?; e0 e! q
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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。 7 u+ |6 K. u$ T2 X& aAudio as following: : @6 ~- p( n- L; Z) N$ d" [$ v3 ~
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ) d5 z8 R$ t' B* c4 K; ]) ^+ v) U' x
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 Z: ~* c$ n, e
5 y5 u9 V% y) L6 @! d2 A& F“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ) u" @- q9 W! S6 F; k& Y7 G# S. G --- I f**ked up my history test. - U% u1 A* x$ p% G, Y+ a( j: b& }; `' N$ E# ^# Z) E
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 : P! @3 x& K! b8 Q) M; O9 m8 X0 U$ ^7 q
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !6 F+ I3 |. h3 a! L
---- They f**ked up my order !
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