[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。 / U8 h8 T, `7 e+ J5 [: e' D. u5 Z8 G$ O3 P
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 f, D" N2 Y4 H0 |, [
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ) d' c& u. L! [8 c4 M7 r9 Z( ], M# p3 h. U/ m" X& ]0 L9 Y* B
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。 1 y, r2 _4 @- v! K % y- e: G) k/ ]. a) a4 EM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. + p9 P7 S$ v% w/ H W# d: R& }8 O6 O L2 Z
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？6 O7 K8 R. N z, I1 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., l( y; m* ], ]! h+ r7 B7 r; N
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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"?9 T+ Y; z8 w# l6 T( L) J
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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!: m. e1 U0 J. E# V( b
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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？ , x" V0 o) [( j/ l$ ~ h! N) S) x% P" @7 |- o9 r' @
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." M& O6 M8 n8 h6 x0 v) U
+ S" i, A1 g; C+ VM: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 E5 I! y& N& c' W / O5 G" K: y8 h7 S" N# R, x. V- kL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ , D2 x! m5 {$ ^3 m % k, E8 q$ w" Q* A5 j: HM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' H; v \3 Z/ P+ U
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？0 w d, N. ?2 B4 k! t5 c- r- q& W/ l
. m; r$ S( [/ o2 G, n5 u: ^* rM: 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." 6 l- n* r0 M' F; g ' `7 G- Y7 E7 K2 [! }, P! VL: 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？" v# \. o5 N. P3 F
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. & ^5 i, X: S# x0 Q- d# z. P $ ?0 s. r" d/ A- p/ P8 N9 _- _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"？3 ~/ O& U$ a h7 s7 n U# U# b2 o
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ; Z: \5 }! @: H/ E' v: d @ + y4 l- X3 B1 ~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。+ ^- s0 z& _; T6 a. P" l
( P% \" k, {4 n" P' }* h; }M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!5 e" _' D( u' e
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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。 k, [0 G. f# J6 C$ Y& Y) n4 l# z) g( M0 Z7 @
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.' }' `8 G. z* E7 h" T1 ? |
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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？6 e; ^) |! z3 D6 E
1 b; e% Q. z" f6 S- n- Z$ gM: 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! 0 W% b( T/ u' S# @* V3 `( {5 h/ `+ ]9 {2 s
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 8 f' c" }( b* r: u9 G0 c9 P$ p, B$ J
M: Ok, ok! - A' Z; {9 g1 U$ ]& k1 m $ q0 f9 A, L" K5 z6 Y6 i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。/ m( N( I# u) h
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ; U1 j% f6 _- T& L' O ! s8 V# p. P+ I) r5 {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。 + W6 @! M9 o6 D, V4 ?0 s- F0 R( ]0 g! K4 [3 l/ f
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. # T, l0 _* a. j' C( P" R T --- I f**ked up my history test. 4 E6 @8 n; l& U A& a% a 9 T5 p1 U3 i; a# J7 _; g 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。2 E* \, G+ p4 L3 C5 ~
1 x3 H( R8 M. r) s1 h& } " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 3 c$ H1 y# \' ?4 w7 q. O ---- They f**ked up my order !
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