[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。2 g0 ?1 H- ^ z. e5 \
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 @! o/ d7 \7 K- O: K7 z- D% g$ j; S 5 I5 y, `) F) ?. Z6 |3 j* [5 wM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 9 L) J/ X6 u( }2 @- g2 H- D b2 \. \5 J7 f
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。 2 F+ r, x! y& @: P- H1 B* x6 d % W' d7 L7 V$ Q# }5 [3 }! I* e5 M6 qM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.7 K7 ?; K; r5 ?. A0 K! i" C
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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？* r c/ s- K4 f8 Z2 b. o! A
% s: J; w: p7 s( |: A6 ~/ 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.! g) a( O* @( a% C
! O5 B; L. S+ z) W7 }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"?: ]8 m M1 Z) u/ |
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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!7 n' W* |/ ^# v- F3 X2 N& Y
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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？ ' Q a; ~* M. k4 Z ' t6 v; E- k0 n, q. ?$ E( F0 YM: 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.* ?% |) g; J7 c9 V c1 m
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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 z# V; {$ T8 [
5 v' I& P9 N5 }L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 2 z( N4 c( T6 b# v* @! c. _8 m9 u) g1 c5 B- m: G w8 v+ @
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' p$ z! Y" v: ~* }0 Q# b' S / R7 U* N, Z2 Z) R; p' |L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？* J9 C, h$ c: F( |* m' C5 Q& [5 ~
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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." , Y" s- t/ l8 r7 u 1 h# d* M# [0 L1 L v: e1 CL: 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？ 6 ~2 Z) ?% p/ d6 u+ B " {4 T& b4 \) aM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. , a5 I3 h+ R1 |+ v+ B- A+ H) C" L0 b+ M+ {8 r; _4 N. |: |
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"？1 d. j% ?* U# Y' v7 N9 O
9 I" s: F, k+ @) \& g- ] WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.& ]1 r) {- x% N8 A7 z, F
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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 _: N' s5 g$ D: x# f4 n
' I, a8 K' A2 {3 s/ zM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! [' f0 S. o$ A- l2 ^/ O 8 T4 p2 N N2 iL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 6 K9 l3 F4 j1 U9 ?! a! q3 P6 m! D! W( u' R/ L
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.8 h7 D" R# q, `6 F* q" {
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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？ - w" K9 K2 O2 H* g+ Z, Z1 y ) i3 J7 O ~, X% P, G& A( z7 @+ Y- dM: 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!5 q# o# t$ N9 v, O& t% h5 H# B
4 p' D2 z5 f1 n c" lL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 2 s' L- Z1 i1 O5 U& H) u. p& ~- o5 q+ Y
M: Ok, ok!3 X# G" i' o' ]+ p2 N
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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。5 G/ f' Y6 v# ?2 l
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 " f- K5 A' \: G" S$ E; c1 S) t & g" S5 b9 h: n, c5 W% Fbomb 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。. O2 Q2 [3 C$ }% `- o K
1 R2 D$ _; Q" M“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.8 ~& A" h- s9 y' T5 ]
--- I f**ked up my history test. 9 S' _9 u: D! J) l4 J, T, u# }3 [5 X% x
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ' P1 Q0 x) K, B2 H+ H7 o1 ~7 s, { V6 \0 n I. A& P! q% j: _8 {
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* [ M2 }) {9 m: j$ X5 ?) A) e1 y
---- They f**ked up my order !
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