[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。 ' q* b( T w! t9 M& V4 s0 r. U( G v2 S* {. u
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 , y; ~% F) ?! Q' g# Z' }( q6 u" t- j+ E. u) j0 l! E/ y$ ^9 @% C
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.+ |4 U# { H$ ]
( F& U' q. o% t7 ]: F2 R! Y2 pL: 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。" L/ h0 l6 O4 @6 Q, n
7 `+ l7 z$ J( [, XM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 5 f2 j# b; }+ j, W P 9 O1 r8 Z3 U4 x8 u# z4 [+ IL: 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？: q- c; ~: E. c, P2 j4 L
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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.) J% t) [8 h9 q1 G3 b7 A/ \
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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"?* x$ i- f, i* R0 S5 C, e+ y' E) l
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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- @0 ^9 t% B1 F8 M2 B5 n
; L) }) k2 I2 B# B) b: @- b: KL: 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？ ! n! J" h7 N# E% l( b- n' h5 B3 H6 ]! v( B( H6 K
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. , H' V8 a$ T7 N; P0 h - e _4 a5 n3 c- {L: 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！ " X4 u, u' s. I* N7 z3 i. @. D1 e* s1 f0 R1 B1 X2 R5 a
M: Please! Don't mention tests!6 t: x: |: ?2 p0 w8 @
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 8 G$ K8 Z5 V5 G) j& ?% I% q) o ) m: K, _0 F/ C; ? IM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 U7 O m5 b+ `1 U
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ' h3 f* D1 P" V7 r" a) M6 K" e2 H% R$ g" D0 k- G8 t) n
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."8 {, `9 T- C" D; _; n1 X% x6 s
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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？ & e x7 Q- W5 ~' b / D* N/ m% C# Y2 q! GM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 6 Y; B4 z$ \- [3 A4 T. b" M$ r' ]$ S8 r: l
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"？, Q9 N0 U3 n3 T0 q
9 d& m* _1 e$ q+ TM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." x. J1 M; _) Z, o$ ^+ Y. V) \
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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。 7 |9 \3 E6 u) r2 b) g9 r. J; _ ; e. F; G; a" |* o+ }: H7 zM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!2 v4 c# v/ }8 f2 T+ G: s
( ], s' w% d$ N3 |, g* P; Y& `4 H6 nL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 6 ~8 k9 l( L2 D* ?- r5 w3 k6 ~0 J3 z, M+ W& F+ [
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& t9 [! a& D; q
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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？ + {$ d( ~# K8 o0 f 6 `# |! \2 z3 z/ E/ q; w& ~% AM: 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!. ^ l) N& |" _8 G! G
4 H E# E# K+ o2 x- u4 b- ^. j9 RL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ . p- x* X1 F! B- T7 \' ~( K( W3 q9 Q
M: Ok, ok!1 u, |, v0 G( m( U
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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。 ; l) N# i$ N5 Q- W! {- }2 I4 LAudio as following: 8 e7 G( M3 W+ N) w% a
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' \6 K. k, N* `5 c! K% |6 M . n6 a0 t9 E8 B% M# f" rbomb 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。0 |: F( m( M7 t; c2 {3 p
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.2 I) S) f, ^) R0 k% d
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 8 m: t" }! j6 \- F3 |' N, j8 g! e) R3 N; F# t: r* v4 @& ^" m4 {
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !1 U3 V) X; C+ {' h
---- They f**ked up my order !
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