[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。 ! s- {' e9 B& I P7 r0 `/ s6 g1 d4 s- \+ s0 ?- f3 a C: S
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 B4 _0 w; b# a( t
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.* P& g; p: U& t% i9 ^ R; H* G. L+ f
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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。 * u A3 Z- }# y) H# |9 V* d. H/ J1 J: B; s* T/ F
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 5 [% m! B1 N6 x7 }* F/ p 8 q2 s7 h5 J7 v0 B5 e- 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？; v( M( b* @+ W0 x* @, y
- q2 Y1 _. `' w. XM: 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.1 Q2 x2 o5 o7 x6 h0 U
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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"? [ h* Z9 T( z7 G$ ~& z% _. ]( Y5 Y7 h# P1 ^( Q$ l2 F
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!- u7 G6 M% z! `# ^2 L4 D# A$ C
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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？ + ?0 `. A+ p* G6 j6 w* b+ n4 m+ G1 \' T; E; S; }3 {
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.4 U! R |# `- B: M% i7 u
( x9 c$ G5 B* 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！ ) j8 L) f- R4 }/ F' m6 T$ A$ p 7 {' d0 w6 w k9 q& B7 DM: Please! Don't mention tests!$ Y$ U# d8 k8 E( G/ w& m2 _) [& b
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！' w( F# ?. M3 E) A. d' P
' N. x* ?1 b8 `M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 3 C+ |; s9 _; G% f - U y- ~* t+ g+ @L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! a; E$ }7 ~ v1 m 4 ` w3 [, R! i: dM: 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." % s% ^5 G; P% n8 T6 ` 5 b. H6 H, J3 r5 @* d( JL: 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/ ]1 `; t f( O3 `" k
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ; @0 u. w4 i( K4 z! {7 l* ^% \+ v 3 V5 s# n1 ?7 [8 ML: 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"？/ m2 q2 J x6 S+ N
5 a0 D$ V# h# vM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. $ @- q Q: ]. ?; P. L/ s9 g* R$ e1 C6 J4 v
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。 : A4 i: k9 Z D) D( c " G% I) k! i5 ?- u1 C( Q( q' x0 XM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!5 A4 f- O9 O+ W M, U# t
# T I u0 H- o" r ZL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 P& C) Q% u3 e' }: B
: p6 ^4 z0 i5 }% e0 \' QM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. t) d! w! U! A' S3 b. p& ~0 n I2 }4 M. v5 I
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？. L2 v3 a% `) L/ |: z1 Q! p
2 N- E5 ], w y. \8 O# Y9 fM: 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! + d4 F6 K5 b3 K: ~5 R$ e 3 h& j( q' _# h. k2 v" f2 t) F! o: FL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！& Q7 \% \ v0 e' N
9 D4 T5 L f+ Z2 UM: Ok, ok! ) H9 k. l. t7 Y4 m' P % S1 S5 B* v4 J) D3 u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。& t m* T- K$ s, t" F. ~) n* m! m" ]
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 / I1 R6 g. ~2 h, I9 _: d% F
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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。 " j( x) b8 Y* Y1 L) x9 G5 `/ A$ ~: `: c1 W, l
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 7 B0 ^) |9 C* x; Q --- I f**ked up my history test.3 [$ j. u: y9 d, F
- J& F1 d& E# Q, n+ U 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 $ {* P4 t" r; q" S% Z+ C1 H0 R7 u" ?8 @* T, y
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - t' [$ U4 e: L1 P% T/ B$ L ---- They f**ked up my order !
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