[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。6 ]. y! Q. q$ J* ~ T- `/ L5 c o
/ ~) N. A: ]. D% V& l) w8 Y1 q9 B3 aL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。) r' z3 L" x) L9 c& H" S
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass., k7 V' S2 {: `, ]( f5 X
+ _# g) e8 [: O$ p/ 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。 r9 {$ @" L) v) f
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. $ K7 f" f R3 P! P# D m% }4 p" ~; G" ?
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？ ' X, `$ I7 Y, t* C4 `6 H+ g) p* x) p# W! m* V
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.* `, [# `; j8 y* f 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"? $ e, Y* o7 {- ^) A! `: {$ p) q$ ^, a6 ?. x
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 t3 G S8 H* i. q, |6 f
* t8 Q! Y+ h/ T, 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？8 _ G4 Y8 E+ q
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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" _- I% w3 m4 \- G. V+ W' F( h& x
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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！ 9 v2 A: ~! n: S0 G5 V" y m) V5 { j/ U7 e8 ?) e+ M2 d' t
M: Please! Don't mention tests!3 v8 ~ G3 y5 P0 ]* @2 F0 x
( ]4 u3 ~& L1 {! ]! B* l- uL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 1 ~' o1 |& k, P % `6 C) i# g3 Z2 @" YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!) W! O4 b0 F& W$ v
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？& }* I' b* N' d A9 F
( y% t3 @+ G3 d& [. @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." 7 h6 t" ~# @ J& S8 [6 n/ j: g2 T# X: h( b$ s
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？ " N$ B p. ^# t- K! _& x/ G" [( c8 v* q, x7 O, I* i
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.7 h8 S6 J8 }6 k- z- F
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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"？5 q9 j; y1 s" s- A! o- G6 `
4 Q* W1 q' z: U( I/ b/ W! d3 R& xM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. * [6 H" ?# X) `$ V! z) ]* h \0 a; }* X: l o, p% I- x/ P( @+ S
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。' L1 h) a) F% @+ W
* `: s% Q% H1 [! \. ~M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!& C0 R. P, Y B' w, K& g
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 2 k% `) |0 ]4 R8 u 9 x1 x s$ X, |# @" d# nM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.% I0 p4 }* {' Z. |% h) ^" Z
! L. r, h6 x+ u7 g+ R' v S; U0 _2 iL: 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？ $ S1 y, h; N5 l" |& N1 c' Q: Y7 K' t$ o' x" f
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!8 s; i$ j/ ]* n: M
0 I" e6 }* o- _" J( n* y- S; FL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！; [9 s% [- ~9 x& X6 t4 `
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M: Ok, ok!3 W5 |3 O" {( K' z
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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 @9 A1 x7 d0 [( c! F1 m
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 8 A) N" V% @7 d% Y& _2 W3 V0 b
2 |3 r* N7 N5 f, c" F& X0 h/ Lbomb 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。# e# C) @, o0 X
2 T0 ~! n0 k0 t& ]! D: @$ X“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.! D* _9 u) W1 S9 m, K0 w
--- I f**ked up my history test.. `! x, ` J( b$ h( b0 l& u3 X7 g
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。) C+ y' U8 |1 u
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! . \! w2 V- N9 f! q! P& r ---- They f**ked up my order !
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