[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。 ( I9 X, f1 v' T! X; B& `! B. ~2 Z1 C( J
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。/ s: G% J( B3 m0 Q* ~! Y
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. % O* i. ?& ?- M' W& e5 ]' ^) }/ _2 Q# C; U8 ?. \, f9 I
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。 3 B( L1 d1 L1 z0 n8 T, w" f" S7 I6 ?) X % U' f1 O* h, o9 A7 }5 Q" ^5 s! fM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. + ^/ t8 Y! q3 M3 J 9 i. E, o* v. u4 D6 H! zL: 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 l8 X# \8 i# z f+ X4 D5 \8 B/ W* J# v/ G& X
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.( y) Y5 b/ |( n9 M5 G# O
+ C9 G3 x# s- y0 V& @+ `. t( lL: 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 N3 b% H0 M: B- Y1 D 9 T' P" i4 n5 t3 f0 J' S9 xM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; q, c: ]2 o: `5 m2 a' R, r4 r* m7 N. F8 A- l- M
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？ - E! q8 k+ B5 D* y/ g, w( x$ A/ ?) Y; K! B( m1 {
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. " y$ T) [; h3 m$ e* G' N; D. `5 S 7 G) d, i" M4 B& t3 c TL: 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！5 D; }) f4 y$ y& ]6 D
* z9 f2 h( I) ]: _; r: iM: Please! Don't mention tests! 7 s1 z% u& v! x& k/ ?" y$ `2 I$ s" y4 p
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 6 o ]& Z' _) N" K, a9 z0 M 2 [2 v! h6 x: Y$ u' N& O1 i7 BM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 0 ]0 @0 t! U7 ` & C/ ^: o \* P7 N. Q0 _' BL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! o& Q% R# h1 H/ s8 B6 T) B: Y" ]9 p6 B6 ?
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/ H9 S# q9 m6 B% i1 T* h4 p
U) ~- |; y m- O' 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？ : \. l4 R6 r1 [0 k1 s7 ^1 _) ]) R
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ d6 I t: k6 A) }) {7 Z8 g* r+ ]$ k! d, n! G/ g
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"？ E% q2 W# q4 D, c1 b+ S - J+ [8 \ k9 l* q" x S) VM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 9 j. [; @$ q4 L* W# q# O ) J4 t! f+ j4 [% JL: 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。3 u$ |/ ^- P' Q- N$ F. X
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! # U; G6 r4 E: o& m1 c I+ R* Y9 `6 `. H$ F1 UL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。1 g; d6 o3 {7 o3 U `( |" |) [/ m
# N- Q# Q% O v0 | @M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. $ b1 m5 y( _& c H% e 7 }! J' c8 `' M" vL: 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？+ g' Y R. L$ F( L, ]- Y
) I! Q$ @9 a; M7 f# 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! 1 H5 B, R* |$ a/ h * m c/ l3 V1 c3 q! A7 u7 C( QL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！( I" f f& \6 R ~3 E
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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。 7 r. w8 t2 [& |Audio as following: 8 @9 I$ O. P0 [& g5 A
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 # y, M2 p2 [) K" B' e% ]8 p) [ * M8 x8 @1 y0 m0 y- {; n# |# o; rbomb 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。 ( z" B4 d7 m% O7 m9 Q. c9 E' ?- u; M8 M0 i' n) q
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " `. O+ v7 p C$ E @, T! n --- I f**ked up my history test. 7 Q& P* n* ^# ^$ f) M) o/ t$ b) Y4 ` {' T0 c3 x# z
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。, ~+ Y$ }8 @! ~! {* x5 ~ G/ Y
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ) }' n" g! ]. o+ u5 _8 [7 h ---- They f**ked up my order !
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