[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。- J1 K5 ^6 ?& z* M6 W0 A
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。, `9 ?( B5 m) k5 d& @; A' A& ]
% {8 C3 W: m9 l1 ?7 o3 O) A7 RM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. , k) F. ]: V" l / I& B* ^. h* f* Q" Q' I9 L0 E+ jL: 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。1 A9 L, }/ w8 G; w+ V7 b8 k9 y$ j/ f s
- ]- L9 V# @* ?& MM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.5 l W, Q3 T( v4 D8 t' }. s
* [( R! }% E& \/ M2 P [$ gL: 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？ 7 r" ~' @9 L# R" a5 t) w7 c2 H# T. i0 n6 w) z' Z
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.$ Y0 {# }2 c( C
8 w% g( z6 i4 c* x* V- g* g4 KL: 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"?/ {" w3 i+ l9 p% H% {
: w, d7 T3 a3 n, qM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! % d9 \* e. |- R! ~8 C8 p' ], C$ v% M5 @
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？ , A, I+ D6 D( d+ D# F8 F3 t# r+ z7 r
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.3 @+ y# C+ t. [
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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！5 ]9 }9 @7 m! h, g* x5 a; Y
2 a% r1 x; a' e0 h* L7 K, F$ `M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* p: _. v9 [# q) \! ]
0 j- _4 _, d1 f! h( DL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 8 s z: h# O! t& a+ N! x) f 2 K' ^9 K1 F& _: F- ^: EM: 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."" I$ C) ~9 H1 ]0 L2 i$ T8 B; I
. {1 k* d1 z. _5 h Z1 C. FL: 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？ ) g. E2 l' {% G( U/ G ( j8 G3 R, U5 ?2 X, lM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 9 _0 O7 ~9 V3 b ! ~% E! s1 N$ W3 ?; v8 yL: 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"？ " t4 o& R: e& d3 ]! V9 _: d1 x i+ `; S$ e% n
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 1 |+ A( z$ ~& }8 g8 |% w" A 2 @5 U; U" w$ \5 X* ~" K5 eL: 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。. H8 n; @7 M4 B+ t# `+ q6 o" I' X; I
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! . W, S& B8 s7 V) T7 h% `( N ' L6 C" S! V' M" t6 b$ @5 s# [L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ; \: y$ l" q- w* k: l3 K" C. H% i. e* x0 B9 K* N* ?. M6 C( b: v
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.% o4 _0 b3 p! t) m
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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？ 8 J5 s4 T, @/ O* F3 k 3 Z3 W2 l8 s, ^ Z f" aM: 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!' P" k( J( u+ J4 k. B) r+ ~
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 6 e P0 y2 u# e2 A& U3 l% z8 @0 T# k8 U" m' v
M: Ok, ok! - d/ [7 D) W1 {2 Z% I: z * O( q" r( v/ |" X( d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。9 n3 S: j4 Q) J5 e+ r/ a1 l/ z
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 " o# `/ V8 `) v- u . r1 e4 W8 O* @) E/ }) Cbomb 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。 : q% R) w8 R( C. d, T6 c, r }% O- b0 S/ q" {) R9 x
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ; u$ v. X o- j" R --- I f**ked up my history test.+ S1 I j! e1 J5 F
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 O- O: L) q4 D0 h# b$ L # s7 V0 ]$ _6 h" A# S " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 6 I1 I$ ?6 G0 u9 j) K ---- They f**ked up my order !
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