[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。 * n* h/ s/ Y. [- ^& f3 l0 s& B8 w2 A / ^0 m! Y, T/ f6 z' `L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。$ a7 G4 c! r8 E* I2 h: O* A& k' U
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 [# J r. I4 b* y / M0 M, c( p. ]6 r, lL: 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。: F' c4 S9 r7 |1 O" Z& n" M0 C! \! _
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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.6 E, Y$ |( @5 f4 |* g6 k) j
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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？ / F/ S* X3 T- D. z% l* M) O5 F+ b. X* s# V3 E0 y( q) T5 y; R
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.% v d6 t( F( s% w; m
4 }/ }; H, p$ hL: 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"? " a7 W* y8 o; U1 F9 Z0 c3 a4 z5 i9 |( G1 a8 F- p' B
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ( N1 Y, M- C4 R2 Y7 s. W1 ?) Q5 R4 k8 x
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？ 3 j5 _# b1 F8 |2 Z0 U& I% m* C, S* G$ I
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. 0 h$ G! Y7 C; h # ?1 H/ P$ t3 gL: 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！ ; Y5 b7 E! v" C+ w/ K) l; H1 y4 F) \6 w
M: Please! Don't mention tests!1 v# E2 V) M& |" O; a) z
- l6 r$ s7 p T8 d* p% kL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！. l1 A( j/ Q* ^0 L' U; i
7 d, {( A, T" M' T8 j! P5 fM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ( k3 k" V9 M d6 ]/ Q- c1 o# `3 S0 b: `* o5 z/ q8 i" w, |1 }
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ + I1 ?2 x# g" c z0 d$ a5 h# p# X2 d4 M! a, N a
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." 0 R4 e* L6 V; o) W L- A8 q6 O: K* t3 A: R# e
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？ ! ]& k* X% F+ r! @) D / i+ t0 m9 a! BM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. % }& _. Q0 G8 m1 F2 s: F4 I0 P$ g , v6 N. Y8 T' W% U# oL: 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"？9 A0 {) O$ a& }* c* E/ \6 l
* ?' F7 \5 h: AM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.: Y$ J$ C9 d7 u S
" B E9 @' ?8 \M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!$ Y! a! J: U8 R- Q0 k; ~
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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。 * |* E2 r, u: o+ J1 J5 J6 K! w# E8 I% a) Q! o' u e0 b
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.1 {" t. h& J4 i
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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？, M8 ^+ w$ l5 c% W* d2 Y* F
" }& I) y- E0 g$ F) q$ UM: 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!# Y* p4 J) G; A% u% S s. ^
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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！, o# f- X" f3 o7 p/ a$ `
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M: Ok, ok! % ~/ {; B+ w& y4 r2 Z3 ~# j) k0 R% ^( s& }4 i' O2 A5 O
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。 8 F) q/ U, \2 b5 |) CAudio as following:5 ?2 k+ Y4 Z6 Z0 ~/ w
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 u+ e- d+ k1 w% J( {4 G$ D+ s8 w% W- _6 E
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。! u, Q' ~6 h& ], A
, _! Z8 M' w$ h/ J- T2 x“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 5 |2 }9 t. |( T- z8 _: y3 w --- I f**ked up my history test.; `' X0 p, X& e$ o; a
5 E3 D$ I. h0 S3 J 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。/ B; q' y: H b$ t# `7 n! u; e
" K' z+ t) x6 _* v" I6 d. b' D " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !1 x: e- u2 ?. E: O% S
---- They f**ked up my order !
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