[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。0 C* z, E" P1 L9 x- l2 o
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。! ?, C. Q+ }, r9 R! C- r& J
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 @$ {; M0 E: G0 B3 E* g' S
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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- o( z; i" \& @( P |, r+ V+ P4 a* A! ^! I
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ( w# N9 \- j* ^/ N `; T3 k- A7 n% C% j" R( _2 x: G: B8 e- v
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？ @7 i1 j3 w7 E; W5 `. B' J/ o
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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.) w8 x; s9 |/ i' \7 G% D
5 _5 K: D4 U+ {( c2 ZL: 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"?' \1 |: n0 ~' l v
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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？, }' U- k1 K, o" y9 C3 `1 [: x. g
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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. & {2 ?" ` j8 p7 Q* V0 W0 j8 R ?' t v2 E; B. y. {0 e Y* hL: 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！, j5 \+ V( a5 ]$ f0 g
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 8 I) h. ^( X* t _" z" M . U; V3 O2 S( _( {4 _' m4 d: uL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ + h3 H0 b. E- {7 F4 z5 Q J # k7 s. |7 Y1 _% V! n' p. Z# ]M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 ~& ^9 j2 B m5 B# y+ N
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ : C0 q$ k/ r5 h; z/ ^- I8 q 0 u% U9 S" ], x! ]; g( oM: 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."& Y/ g% D; r) G" \7 }8 R/ q
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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？ ' P# l& a( @! i( S$ h; F 5 q: q0 ^% Q2 K4 r9 _; }8 @M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.; C4 Q* n; R3 j( @ v+ `
0 i7 Q% S' V) s1 }$ v" fL: 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"？( |0 q2 @& T; i! W8 V% l! d% k7 L' s
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.) }) ~, o' _0 W7 h; M6 t: v. l
5 \/ C, v( U# `) u, aL: 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。 5 f/ E+ F i) Q {% {* ~( i1 n& ]& g: n( L, z* R8 a; U
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 Q; L- S. c7 L/ H( M c - w3 Q, f. Y- C) K' y NL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。$ ]) ~* k0 u+ ]
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. $ I/ }+ t6 b# `1 ^% y% h8 ~ ! I. D! ]+ ?5 e+ l1 g* EL: 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？ # a% x) d8 f5 g- b; J9 a" @4 N* B: o
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! # l7 S0 D/ h) `" a- ` 2 z1 H+ h* ~0 V' bL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & d! _* u! L7 @) R0 o1 R/ f3 I# ^ u( u- s+ I" M- ]" c4 q
M: Ok, ok! ~% ]/ _: Z% T4 @0 L$ d; j, t( `
1 M6 p% x2 m( O6 N, a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。! ]& v" s4 O9 E% [# e
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 2 W4 s. {; ]" @. j0 z' l; |& s; @$ X# |9 h
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。# D2 f" X" a, ~2 L
6 ]1 K) j6 W$ W8 t$ R, t( a“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.+ c9 P( E) z* Y! a: r' b
--- I f**ked up my history test. $ Z* n) T' D8 u/ }3 Z9 @% g* [. H0 d& i! n; | k3 l
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ! p) w& I* P% P, a 9 F% x4 E5 F0 g! {, t- d; t& I0 D " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !+ |. j/ h- h% s: p8 c: H$ ~* Z2 z
---- They f**ked up my order !
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