[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。% \. U1 _, o( A6 T+ O9 o
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 1 H2 q$ P9 g' }6 u# p ! `. M5 i. T4 ~M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. $ J) r3 b* `' X/ z7 Q# h % I; h c/ v7 K" x1 yL: 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。1 W9 Q; U8 V, Z7 ]. |
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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？ 1 X3 \6 {: p v2 g9 s7 J" W; p % ~* r3 w; l! m4 v, u/ B% `- G) 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.( i9 d5 j B- k1 H3 ~3 M1 g
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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"?* f+ @ }3 s; |# r( o. x8 k
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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!2 S, A) D3 u4 T: v
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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？ ) R1 [5 q8 m- P" H 5 d3 o, ~7 R. \" v, |5 u. \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.& `: r, b' u: c6 U+ Y4 f
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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！ f4 M, X% }& e0 p& Q
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!9 v0 c: @4 L: ]- Y
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 e! @ r) }2 [0 e* D# p9 G+ P
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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." + t3 ~' @% n: x) Q5 I $ Z7 v% Z% ^ L( r) aL: 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？ 0 Y4 d$ o p7 p4 h7 i3 i * B( n6 e& V- N' j0 LM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.7 I6 F' i- Q0 |5 f
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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"？ , e1 v5 s2 g/ W5 i7 O) l: z, a' |) x6 g ; ^6 g3 F: Y+ Q/ v+ G# N" UM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." c+ N$ G& d' L# l! }
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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。 0 P- ~0 c6 P( e" @ % a J; m; D) ?/ M5 G$ @M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ' I+ p* f+ {+ U5 q; y( @+ h: S V; D4 i
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - I _" j' @6 {5 M# z 2 ~+ q% P e8 N( F; Y6 vM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.- J" ~6 q7 t" c2 F% u4 G8 ?
! x% z P6 p" P2 O9 s7 o; L$ k# CL: 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？ * r s* D$ H) `+ [/ y3 [. u9 ?/ v
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!# [" G& d% c9 ]5 H5 n; m/ U1 e
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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！ 6 N5 f! Z2 Y0 S+ ]+ n: |0 W& }; H: H) V' R2 M/ e% s
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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。 ) ~! R& W$ N7 ~. \: K: HAudio as following:- B m/ n4 ]9 o$ f+ h
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * I/ W6 m0 [+ t+ h
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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。3 ^3 H; K# X* |2 X4 ~$ b
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 [8 p" M+ k7 T- @ --- I f**ked up my history test.1 a5 Q5 b( Y5 h0 J2 S0 E
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ) U- q, ], F Z9 q+ f, l# R! z( I/ l8 h1 K0 F# w; B
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !) L7 ^ D: t* F9 T: J# x: ]* [
---- They f**ked up my order !
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