[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. ~- T: g- @, R9 O8 f% X B8 d: r
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ) V4 M; V& D5 i: X( M _' o3 V$ v7 ?3 O, j% [+ \2 S
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 0 M0 p- P. t' c! q3 _! |3 s! \) C3 y2 a- R
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。 & p$ Q- W& H0 p+ W 3 |5 b1 L6 |$ A2 p' i, KM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 6 H. i; c5 D( U ! G+ D2 a y0 U2 _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？ , s6 Z" x% _+ i# G1 `; J! ?5 ^ ' G. o% c0 |8 O& A) A, 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.+ s. k" m* o- P: _
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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"? / y+ j/ J( t$ x8 u2 R' N - s3 ^0 e: W$ G1 U; i D. ]9 EM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ! J) x% {6 ?4 a. S- \3 s0 A# A& ^1 c
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？8 M" G# P s: A% |
1 l l6 n+ b+ H- C' lM: 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.1 n0 f4 I8 K4 i" a2 B1 K7 X4 n
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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！5 a H D1 V7 ^( r& Z
$ R. ?# l& Q# v) k6 H# uM: Please! Don't mention tests!3 V- i! R4 g! x* C9 r
$ Y6 L) Q. a3 N4 lM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!7 h* [, N6 c4 i2 |& u/ F
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？' \) r% b" b: o" k, W9 c
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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."+ R0 m; M) n. n, W. H' z, j
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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？ + ?" Z# M: L' s7 }5 ^" ~ n. V+ ^ ' h; J- U b; }! m- J& u' AM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.; p, A* |. J4 R( n) T# P
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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"？ $ V n/ m' _7 i, t2 o 3 b6 }: [7 P0 |* I2 t/ sM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 2 m3 I0 ]9 L8 H! F5 W# x; G, d& w, a7 F6 }- x) E+ u
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。 ) L. Y/ t! ^. Y: G1 C 2 S3 x5 W2 F" c' m* l+ VM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! % Z. {7 p2 x2 |- |6 `4 v7 ?5 K ; v7 _; Y' P" |: t6 v* YL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。$ r# p3 M% `3 }" ~& z8 S# x+ u& `$ t
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. # M- o3 c- d) {' C8 o' b7 \8 s 2 D! L2 p9 `( x# g: C9 E7 S. P; SL: 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？ " s9 c2 h4 H9 a % a4 q5 _9 o% _, w% i2 QM: 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& u1 Z9 v2 V r/ h
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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！ ; h8 n) A$ F" ~4 l* M! N + {3 @' Z6 M/ w7 R. b& U: K R0 YM: Ok, ok! 7 A- X% o; @ d& ~) ~0 I8 y' T - H9 r& K/ T+ {) M% {/ h6 i' b5 O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。: J0 \5 O$ Q7 P8 K3 v' B& e5 a
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 # Y; K" x5 W6 l# t4 S5 r; F
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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。& T' D/ k4 x: Y6 {$ y
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.0 m0 w9 z g: N
--- I f**ked up my history test.* V: Y) M) j$ x" w5 a
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ' i. o- W2 u0 ^/ S, a$ k" n; E4 W% x( p" z; k
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !0 M* F: @9 `4 P! c
---- They f**ked up my order !
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