[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。) Y9 G( Q* G. Z* o$ S+ i4 ?
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L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 2 r! Y1 [2 s) g/ {6 a/ t* C7 V, c. ^1 r 2 z- H _* y- `0 Z4 j0 J/ K- \% Q4 HM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.: g9 V2 I; k2 o6 d6 @
7 W7 ^6 S9 T; E& bL: 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 {8 L- b+ ~4 E. k( u1 l1 X1 n Y& I- t. p" Y" P8 U
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.' J. Q( q# F l! U1 L, t
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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? 2 z( v1 N: J. P0 _) [" I! q5 b: j8 b
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./ G- I- A" {& p# @: j+ a7 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"? " x. T% Q A1 A) \ & Q1 T& n/ b" `M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!/ i- q0 p! f. K* J3 Z- Z Z1 A- q1 `0 f
+ y! T- e# P X5 f+ {4 ]7 bL: 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?( R# b m/ i3 h/ ~( |' |% s. O. P e
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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.! Y- n2 { Z' ^2 [9 T: m& Z
J* @, D9 U7 M6 t3 d+ w, ?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!/ T9 o) C! N; U6 Z: d
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!3 ]. k* m9 n2 Y `0 J5 O% M0 [$ S. L
3 a5 @. e# ?9 E0 h0 ?$ s% cL: 跟你开玩笑嘛! $ ?: K# r. ?& Z. ]8 a7 {: ]5 i8 h f
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!; u- S2 G6 i9 }9 \9 S' z
6 g, w! u3 w" `; tL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?* D6 O: F# C1 X
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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." " t" I, B4 g: |* ^1 v 7 Y4 X% m4 _; F3 x1 j. jL: 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 J9 i( Y- F7 e/ L3 M5 y% @7 d4 b% W: @/ W; r
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.# G) `$ [* L/ X/ w# c
+ v" z& o. L: dL: 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"?# ]+ g" |( m, P+ A) U& O
3 z( k& R$ v* G3 ~5 A0 Y9 ^+ tM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 0 u5 }% s% p% y) U 4 k; f) p4 H* N6 ]( N7 HL: 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。 " V) O& c/ Y& w* Y8 x5 w) b# \2 z5 }
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ( ~2 g* b+ S& L+ J ; E- I( d" F& TL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 L! e. E. Z9 D% ~! x D& r8 O+ p 9 d0 ^+ T/ Z. l! l, sM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.% s- e5 e5 y$ A0 H' A
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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?( z, p9 f# l |
; G0 P3 L: h3 s# S$ WM: 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! . N! q; `8 G$ I9 m' H1 y0 m% E& [/ U( D
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!8 a& \! |0 b* R- F5 _0 H
F) n6 @# s) oM: Ok, ok! " F1 f5 L/ X3 B" w7 L+ l- _% n, H( X4 ]0 }& S0 n& c$ b
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。1 o) X E) N0 E& ]
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ; Y; |3 q9 Z D+ s, E( O* d( m- d9 [* @0 K
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。- k( r- _1 l2 V
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. & G; M; o) T# Z8 b --- I f**ked up my history test. * O5 J2 y9 ~6 f1 v3 O5 E8 C' ?+ B+ F& Y( T
不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。1 ^& \2 l6 S& L# X$ R S, S2 @
+ r4 W+ F" ~* I/ z9 F6 U " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! & m; Q5 L) Y1 q! [7 Y( r) h ---- They f**ked up my order !