[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。 @- i8 L% L6 `3 K& p
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 , ~0 r' ?+ t1 N2 h: j $ a( X1 F( d$ M, v9 }) m! jM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 3 t+ u. ^- A- R. _: G7 I( E$ d {2 I T/ I4 G
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。' J; }8 {8 X% R4 c
8 p, V( G5 |% t$ |! WM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.) m7 ]" F. g3 Y: S9 k4 J
5 R4 z* J. i J `: rL: 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？4 R1 \( g$ }4 j3 S( v) h# _
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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. ; c5 T1 I8 X8 X9 t; h / @; ]7 i, r% O8 j5 z" j3 o+ fL: 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"?! }- k( {+ j+ m! Y& R# F6 y$ A, {
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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 g2 q/ I9 ~& K; W0 ^' f( E
6 `5 {! x3 V; {! \' z3 E! p* N/ q) GL: 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？8 l: t! f* i; s! f
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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. Q) p' [! S, I- ~6 u$ z6 M3 C
: C3 T; z9 x2 V. c- C2 g/ X9 @M: Please! Don't mention tests!% I) z; @6 u: N$ W: L$ C3 N
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 5 X) I+ a( B; ]! `6 u $ N3 j9 X) F* b6 q3 \$ NM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! % g5 @# C+ ]3 g3 ?! L# N5 \2 Z: d( ^: t
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ : W+ a3 a$ E8 v a& x$ j+ K/ G- T) n% A$ L; U" n( f
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." $ i L$ R- b& ^# a6 [ 3 @9 E$ C' k8 m$ m7 f8 t/ {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! j% _% S. B- ]- e 6 E: M' p# Z! ^" w& ?, g2 hM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.6 T7 {' i9 A) r: W \
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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"？. {, o( j: @9 H& Y- D8 p
. t" N1 U& `, X% N& O5 v) H, V# M1 t4 z rM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. i' ~" O% J4 @, |+ q- ^ |6 d4 [. b! y9 |6 O" @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。0 W' N0 ^ d6 N9 a# N
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! X `; l# Q; E8 ^* M
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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。3 F8 l' J0 D) N$ @" D0 r* D- H+ i4 r
+ d' L6 C) T+ C) y3 lM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. D( Z7 o" P5 i' u
8 X2 n+ m* E3 m( ~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？ * ^- I2 g4 I; X$ a p8 T- z) a O4 R! e2 H; i/ 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!& R' Y0 G+ P' U
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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！ n* M4 @5 D1 C- P+ X
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M: Ok, ok!* `) n ?4 l# O, 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。4 F. k7 j: q7 b
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 r' V: e' c4 x) T2 ?+ N
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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。4 v( K4 r+ N2 ~) n+ }: a
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! {) G4 s/ G3 I/ u( @8 U1 a) x --- I f**ked up my history test. 4 C* p7 n8 ]0 Y$ o* H4 O ; E9 N# A8 `# G9 M! }$ [+ B/ O 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ( C8 u/ Z/ n w8 e4 U) p+ }+ C6 z8 N* e- @2 `/ s, [/ j
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ' T$ Y. d: \6 K! l% Q- @5 z5 J ---- They f**ked up my order !
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