[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。3 A- b5 J' C5 F& Y
6 b6 [2 F5 ~" @( X+ j1 K6 `7 NL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。. C% Y6 O/ U; `0 D5 z6 j, P
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. , T" A7 [ M) |# [. T- k$ U# e* ]. [4 E7 m2 @+ W
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。 * K3 G5 n& X& ?+ [* w % x q2 `9 f# TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ! m1 p( _9 b# u" Y8 S# ]% G& Z7 ~2 m
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?8 M7 Z& ~, f( Y0 x5 \0 n
9 W/ z' M1 M2 X8 r$ M* G3 U) [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.0 N; c# a" L/ g4 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"? * T# Z$ U/ Y; m8 L1 J# v! f% ` & t0 ^! Z5 O2 \9 XM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 6 h7 ]. T8 j( V) i/ o0 t6 O! B 0 W- t9 m8 R" ]7 n/ J# {0 v$ NL: 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? 0 A/ x; t( j& f: S+ r. R; b/ H$ ]( E* ]; M& S
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. . P8 u2 b: M: ~8 K* l5 a% Y - w( _2 r U5 }2 A/ Y( \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!6 y ~1 f( z! M4 K7 O5 ?2 w
, O( e1 ^1 U6 F2 }5 e5 X& M$ p- kM: Please! Don't mention tests! + z2 l, O7 P8 ~3 ?" F + G1 L4 z$ E+ W0 d4 `" w3 U- A- gL: 跟你开玩笑嘛!' q5 S3 X- t; d; p' K W$ x
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 2 ], J5 i6 A' R* Q& Z) u 7 v- ^% r$ l: X T* C/ Q" GL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 2 R( h& T7 q7 b' g, F# F, c5 i0 x- y) R$ H
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."0 M3 F6 `3 G f
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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? * f! g$ B7 @4 x2 o; z " @% y. k) \" l+ d. ]7 p/ LM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . G2 n& |; w, }2 {6 r# J- V1 G% V0 H7 e( z5 o. m" u
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"?* U" y6 I& i2 j+ ~
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 w9 m G( @* A5 `
$ @2 }' d; C. ]. lL: 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。 ) O: d/ j2 g! W: r* \ 2 A. P; B- H& W5 c' d4 Z" i7 rM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! & }6 e8 m/ _. Q- A3 L# h& m" t7 j ) x0 C' J- F& _6 R( vL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。0 S& }; s5 ^4 O( }
) _5 D3 t+ ^# S9 YM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ! ~# E7 S0 o+ X# q5 d* s% ~ + U& w, e; O8 \" x% w2 i' @6 M+ e, j7 K4 TL: 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? - _ ~( h$ t8 E5 ~, G9 h( ]5 S' W5 r9 @- B
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! 9 R# }3 l* w5 [- V: } ! v, k8 k9 E/ z1 T: yL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!$ t; U8 ^& w7 a5 n9 R
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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。 0 y" \4 B ~: t6 eAudio as following:* w9 z X7 s. S3 Z W7 P
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' H* T* I7 O7 `8 p4 N: m " L9 }- f1 H. Z( v/ Nbomb 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。 " k }8 y2 o7 u+ e/ W3 P9 [3 y4 e3 x
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.% Q! ^( \" p" l/ w
--- I f**ked up my history test.1 J3 m5 B+ m" f0 k1 }
' P7 r8 ]& _- W. ~1 b i5 m! s: k 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。2 r7 m0 r- v6 m3 c% R* P% ?7 j6 q% l
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - k. Z2 D$ ~9 Y) v4 ] ---- They f**ked up my order !