[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。. g: Y2 q, x. X: [; b! I
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ; M' a8 S. G1 @3 C - b! _; _% f1 x2 T% B, m; t0 \+ JM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.2 k9 z# F9 j2 x/ h# R
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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。 9 S3 H% [% ]# R* u& H( r* H) p1 Y$ u: C' \+ I* e
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark." Q- q' e4 h" R( Q5 M8 E& }" A* O
. U' K2 d2 l5 l- {0 t6 _; M, }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？: K0 \/ _3 U0 E$ L! M, {5 d
d8 k) P0 \1 ?6 p& AM: 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.& |8 b8 v" c. @( @2 S$ X3 u. _* C
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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"? 2 H5 E, C% u, h% {& B) s$ r0 V, X- ^% B
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 8 J! H" Y3 f$ q+ Q8 ^% f0 s5 w' b1 o # i0 m1 p8 w) c" K y9 ^( l4 [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？ 5 q) N* G! L: P* f- F2 o# N- S3 L$ ~7 w+ j3 w4 ~: |. [
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. o) r+ q U& Z! ?
# A7 A8 O$ b- X# [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！3 E C" c" F) r" M
$ g( M. F# d( r/ vM: Please! Don't mention tests! $ y* j t* F8 Y- ^: ~- |6 h4 j2 O8 I+ Y
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！; Y) ^0 V5 p' y g! {& \( @0 O! w
: w/ w: |2 [$ \# CM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!, M1 x; k( }: [1 c$ ]
% h% a& W* Y3 S2 o. RL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？- e6 v# D9 n6 x4 s
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M: I told them not to put onions on my burger, but they forgot. Therefore I said that they "messed up my order". I can also just say "they messed up."5 [6 V' Z) N$ S6 f/ S2 T" D1 Z1 \
4 X! {( r6 ]4 j% ^! V! OL: 噢，你叫他们不要放洋葱，他们忘了。所以，to mess up就是做错了事，对吗？5 v3 t. F& w4 `; n, f) n
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.& F; w3 r& d/ B) E/ G/ S
# r4 G% \; \) }. p: Y( A; \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"？2 ]! _5 `; }3 S$ V( t
" [* N8 Y9 T* hM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.0 k2 ~# i B0 k
7 V1 Q4 M' P* T; OM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!* S& W" v; J( r. {8 F% \
2 h2 P0 R5 f* h8 A: ~6 L; dL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ( K1 l1 g; |/ j& b) P4 H* s4 `/ |9 d- \* I) _8 \
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.+ m& Q$ T5 k7 a- k
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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？ 0 p" L1 G6 Y" E3 G6 p4 x w4 }$ Q; c* \2 l( p6 c
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!) k. r1 o3 O5 m! E9 U+ p
( G6 j& C+ f' u) ZL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！7 ]- h. J" w: W
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 , v: T0 ], W" g$ k" R ! K$ u+ A* O1 @! R7 L0 b( C( I( {) Hbomb 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 b0 F: \2 R+ m9 Q1 q: P& c6 I+ r
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.- q. R# `1 P0 ~9 C; T
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 2 w) \' C; B9 G4 L6 e0 x0 f! }; s% A7 ~
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 3 u8 i% I. t* f/ p! M) U# w ---- They f**ked up my order !
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