[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。 i. Z# [4 F( |. @+ H* w5 m: S
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。% z( S5 v; Z- r( [9 W
! ?' s5 X2 y) U) S: e7 tM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' x( T J, }) r4 }5 T. b
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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。 6 b- p& V5 ?4 a2 m) |4 A , W& n: ^4 ~" L zM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ) d# A0 n0 S8 O' E$ d, K ( j$ L) a' }. ~+ ]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？ , A9 p1 v) @( O1 M& z' v+ {, A% J/ u. z! I @
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.5 }5 \* V3 {& p$ j: x
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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"? 6 M7 p$ s; @" R" r0 a' b8 q ]4 o/ y. C* J9 _7 e1 J- oM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 2 N( t! p% H) c+ {! y& ^7 x) }& K3 l( |, k9 e
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？ 0 ?' F+ l( V7 p9 o$ l$ C3 M8 g : j h8 P4 O* t/ IM: 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. + w8 o% Q3 C+ Q9 U* j, O8 E/ m ' C9 w1 }+ q* u' W7 ? A2 xL: 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！ 3 G1 E6 @1 @' C9 W$ A8 M9 ~8 x . C) f, ]6 U$ |5 ?6 {# \M: Please! Don't mention tests!4 n8 S# [: p4 ?2 @5 W, [6 N- h
8 j& Q& C$ J. o4 |! ^6 t+ XM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& b' k: d$ P# k+ @3 d7 X( O7 a0 p
$ X* a" w& b9 @; {/ z( y& {3 XL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？* w; `; m q% r- T
1 K3 y3 Y, W/ V: b' |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."# E9 v( j% U0 G7 @/ Z9 C6 l) T
: U$ Z2 X; i+ R+ K- N- u2 O' _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？ % Z* b1 p; Q1 T1 V% b * R. R& L; D3 kM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.: u& ^; B* _# F1 g
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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"？2 `) N, O1 a& `! s2 K, i+ O" V+ ]
* H9 `3 U1 _/ j4 X& xM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.' o. n4 B2 B4 F& V# i. }/ ]
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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。 ( ~9 l* E7 ], M# G% G6 O' {4 K
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 2 b9 M4 A; G& d; v! Y) x2 p# J; h! e1 X8 \8 g8 [ P. J
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。) g$ a( F1 X! o
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.3 }* b) k# D: h
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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？0 F4 t# u1 y9 D' i8 e% T+ h
0 K1 B* R) t- O$ mM: 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! 2 ]( D! r6 R! G9 E5 @* V, @ R" d4 J' ^" `2 l' ]' x5 }% 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！ 2 |( k: c0 ^2 i, J8 K: j 1 {: H& }; w' U& f2 n5 P0 O' aM: Ok, ok! % C* J9 s$ d+ N7 k% D! @* {( a3 L- d- f* g H) a* e! \
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。 6 B D9 R/ K7 h% I8 n: pAudio as following: 2 X R+ S. f7 _- e9 u$ L
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 {* m% i; a1 u! t. F. K+ Q- M* [( ]' v2 Z. L6 p& C, 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。9 H$ a6 Y5 M$ d2 V1 j+ g
1 y6 a) _" }! y) l% i“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.9 b9 q8 B! z9 O1 [, m
--- I f**ked up my history test.8 T+ L7 l# J/ @& B& ~
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 6 j3 s, w/ t6 ^) g/ v- g" k" B, b2 S/ c" ]1 ?
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - B, R9 y& a$ o3 k8 m2 ~( [1 A ---- They f**ked up my order !
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