[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。 * |- J) X; ^5 K% q( ?$ E5 ` & h* f3 |2 K8 g) ^" ~L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 - J3 N% @: U# j U! Z- o3 b* T8 J& C$ `5 @ x' L }
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 6 a- B+ H! S% N$ V/ k 5 v7 G" d/ p/ nL: 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。 k' s/ v$ i- E- e( R: [
! O) i: a' h5 S& x% d7 { U" `M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 9 l/ K, C1 n6 I: S8 V 1 m( p6 }; V7 X% ]4 @6 |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？+ ^3 G& i; q P% P( I, d. B
) h- r/ l* T; ~9 ?$ Y* @4 XM: 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. & i1 b% m" a% g& T9 ?: C6 y* k 8 {8 J) j8 {! X C4 C9 k9 h$ 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"? , h' P8 c. ]( R3 [/ ]; H; u 8 T% B% E! k6 @M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 2 L# d9 ~, b0 d$ i- u7 [2 p- S( m 3 n, c9 p; h4 Y/ CL: 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？' ~. g1 [5 M) V+ r1 _) T& S
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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. " l* F1 q6 ^6 @ " M) Z/ d& ?! l5 zL: 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！ - x& I( s" |* E. s, H5 w- F# n+ y A# `& S' k7 c) o
M: Please! Don't mention tests!$ J$ t0 y& L0 I Q4 K E
' ] _9 V- [% m8 ^( y$ g: `4 |8 Z+ \L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ & O( `7 l. l- l3 ]1 K% v Z7 `' V* a* A7 {/ X/ s
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!; ^5 Q2 _) |; v+ R* d7 m
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？$ w, G7 N3 M" V
# |( ]3 O! j; g( H5 GM: 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." 6 ?0 v/ }9 @. A( z( V6 t% @+ ~4 }8 m) G8 |3 q L
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？ ; J! @4 R% I3 h& `& \ 5 W" G; c* w# S4 l4 }' rM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.3 H9 i5 ?1 H r7 }' v
/ ~8 E& o$ s1 ~& H- I% ML: 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"？1 P: e7 P! q& X$ e+ ^6 S
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. # E+ m) i4 I& T' {( x7 B w6 f7 T ! m6 z& I; k+ D* w: cL: 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。 / n! ^% K) L4 n3 h8 J% u4 q0 W0 ^, O; {$ x
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ! n8 T- [8 y, {) U2 J/ r- H( L! I7 t. I2 Z" N- e4 r, o, Q
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。* t h* }9 Z& T, V2 W! ?
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. : L0 h2 Y" a F, K " T$ l/ F8 [- H( q9 {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？ - E% ~8 t+ w/ M% H, {8 k/ t4 _1 o3 q, c: v0 ?, m7 t2 R
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!. O1 \) ~* e8 }
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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！" r4 U& Z1 U2 f3 U. T i
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 h& F" k' ^4 B5 H w1 g* i, C8 {5 Kbomb 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。, q+ C$ q5 _6 w6 S! G
" {/ p) x" s- e6 G“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. # ~% f7 Z+ ]0 b9 a2 q; x; n --- I f**ked up my history test. 8 r/ k9 d1 S: V( p% }& {- }, ]* s; n" H" s6 y* o, c+ y
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 i( X; r7 n" v6 r! O$ {+ p2 o: q2 G- y
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !6 \+ U8 Q4 G6 d6 {- y6 X
---- They f**ked up my order !
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