[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。 ' {9 g# T$ K7 k9 l$ e) k B: E6 ^. {+ h0 z* ]. @
L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。6 Q+ r: l/ G. X
+ @; t8 y0 L) P' YM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.$ K5 L+ N8 H* ?# K7 E% d
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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 ~) x, }7 |8 F' C) a5 e . h/ z5 g* Y" h/ J% j* wM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. . d: u- g& f. B! X: \: Y t # |+ M1 V' z$ e" \' v) B. F; l D9 dL: 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?5 m4 f6 `& |4 y
7 R% b& i! O4 g1 SM: 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. 9 m; n3 N5 a2 {5 G7 s ) ~5 l+ C1 @$ RL: 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"? ; v- q0 b+ t/ E- B: G% I ( U, j# y7 O: b+ T6 H! V: ~- EM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! & B Q7 J- ~ E) N" J; N ' g, U; f! [7 D$ U( A- g) XL: 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, y$ Y: U+ A( `* C q8 Z; [
0 S9 i5 x* x! Q4 uM: 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. 8 t& b5 ^/ I3 x' A: J9 X, l2 k6 A) G: Z$ W2 p% o9 o" k
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! ! ]2 v0 j5 Y, m& F . @' V/ }4 P( X" aM: Please! Don't mention tests! 8 {/ `6 }. Q) C" e; B2 q - B9 ~* S3 R0 n" }1 w3 n; T/ ~1 [' V! @L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!- U, K0 G, j, |- U0 n
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! # I) p; G7 v8 l % f) V q0 f7 W( I# hL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? $ l0 A( s: _* Z1 V5 n- n+ R: x! n8 J$ o5 d9 L
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." x2 z' F9 m- k8 s }& 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? 9 T0 [* V% V& Q/ ?* {, N4 L c 2 E: q, _$ K( n, B" P' `M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. / u% R+ K' b8 P- O( L8 ~ & m+ T+ r5 m" Q1 gL: 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"?- m6 J% B3 D4 w8 o
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 [' t. w+ E& w7 |8 e: {7 Z! _- p) J1 k3 C
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。% N5 k, @' Y: q M
0 ^; i4 ?# A SM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!& Y/ t/ l$ [1 U& {3 P6 n9 n" Z
. I' R% F! c/ P3 S. u. YL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。% Q0 W( S# Y7 w0 k/ T `0 |
& i; [' u6 S! d& W2 U+ S9 xM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - c: H S/ O% o. Z/ H5 Y8 d0 f; t. F! x; A6 B3 _
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?* L& P s% p( V1 j1 Z; S
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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!& h8 _$ B y& o3 P8 G4 X
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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! 4 ?. `* R9 I* G1 {0 ^7 }( h 2 h7 m% p5 ^) T0 a1 Z* U: |M: Ok, ok! 9 u: U9 T6 h4 {, J7 E9 S : V$ i, j* l( d' F' q; S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。 5 Y$ T$ I E4 v' w) a! v( R6 FAudio as following: ^9 T0 m+ ]8 j C) [1 Q
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 6 ?# O$ n8 {+ H3 v7 r
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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。 9 W/ `: u6 N0 P' o% T+ P : {2 S8 v. V, U( n4 O T1 o/ M“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.2 d. r" E, h, N
--- I f**ked up my history test. 0 F0 O k/ [, o7 U+ w4 Q# \6 R! j0 o
不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 8 m% g) [9 M1 X: a/ } - `! N( ^2 x: c* K# y/ L, m " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !8 q O0 S9 h! j1 x& w
---- They f**ked up my order !