[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。 " y- s/ p6 f# a6 I5 ~' T! n+ Q 1 n: K$ g4 K; p% L- C2 h* d. g9 wL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ' ^ `2 n; O- }; P" p' `: |0 Y5 b) L
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.& E0 |4 H% J7 q @$ U! d( i e; X$ J
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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。 . |' H$ ]; |/ E- ~3 `4 O1 J t3 P9 T; g$ f+ _2 s+ dM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. / l, v! g0 p Z8 ~/ Z g u( x3 m; Y2 F3 G9 n2 o
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？ k/ Q" ?. i; c1 b9 `. T+ G$ f4 c5 |) s! F, S) m
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., z3 o- z- o- J) L4 V
2 f& E3 s' _% R! l" w4 N' sL: 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"?3 E% J) m4 L/ e
; z9 z9 ?5 B; ^+ qM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!0 p. U6 q$ L0 C& V; p3 }
" C7 S b$ q, r- y. u; X. LL: 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 Z- `2 V7 I3 B5 o- b' X+ `
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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.' o- J: R( 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！1 _3 X' ]! A( [0 f6 {& N9 Z* T
$ ^7 _+ }) T* C5 I$ w5 JM: Please! Don't mention tests! . B' A1 \' d+ v0 @9 O) H; i4 }& w7 \; P* N
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！2 u: Z4 G: B9 Z; Z f! h& M
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! / `& J5 k% i% W 3 \ j) e% E3 L. I) ^0 t0 V0 c- XL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？( o0 G6 ]# H; K1 O5 x
% P, e) s: _ v8 H- q% pM: 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." 2 `" {; e0 E5 T& |( z& B% N. X p! h; t2 O0 w. f
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？5 y& n8 k' Y4 B1 v N) p% }
! _1 `/ v8 w: D$ E# d7 q6 Z+ GM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.$ e4 R: n) Y& I$ g% L0 T2 Q% \9 `
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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"？2 `0 j4 n% T) }/ A- @
0 r7 [0 n& }' nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ( @# i! a7 d4 @$ D" q' z3 A4 B+ n; _$ } }* b
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。1 a' n7 p0 [6 Z4 d" s$ {6 p( A$ \" m
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!6 y0 U" h) d/ M, L* G% [0 t/ ]1 v
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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。 + o" x! f8 A: N& b/ G: F' X# b* I; u* F/ c. X. _$ f
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.1 y4 Q" ]# H/ G" C6 M
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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？, b6 g( E3 h4 a1 U, ]
2 f* E q, P8 ~% C. d# oM: 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!: C/ J7 V4 ^: T- j
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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！! N7 l) X# N. r: A
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M: Ok, ok! ) o% `) n9 Z1 T1 |2 `) H1 X# g( Y, N* G" H
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。 ! f8 v' m7 v$ g, X2 t9 P5 HAudio as following: n5 u) D5 \4 Y( E9 |* Z+ z) T
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 2 x, m4 u( n6 z2 ? m; ]6 P9 p! X! i% a: Z# [% y/ J
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。. s+ G5 Z4 N7 C, w- e
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 f) N# x' l6 a! A: C H/ D
--- I f**ked up my history test.. N# w0 B L) q; {! r8 l
% C0 Z! w0 }/ J6 A 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。, c( a& j0 d: W, ?
$ ?: q# Q" r- m% V" S& ? " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* o# F# p; r( M- z7 A4 y, n9 y) s
---- They f**ked up my order !
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