[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。 + ~, T" n. b! N+ X% ^ ' y( K0 e7 E% m5 q! CL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 0 j3 x+ a. E3 K& c% _. u$ t/ @4 @9 `0 w. W0 N9 J. l6 Y, t
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.% W# ?) y/ X$ i
6 p- C: t; J6 k9 f; f' ?3 RL: 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。7 |5 b% P9 [& @7 X1 ?
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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 |* L8 h# Y9 F& F/ h7 [* l" L0 j- W0 E
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？/ k* Z2 W0 i6 }, n
& g3 v" D, V( y" j) ^) VM: 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. $ m, U/ d$ V! b" A A9 O- Q1 l$ } 5 N7 {/ `+ i) 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"?+ i- G9 d) }& }
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 8 H8 b4 Y5 ]) i 4 @# s8 Q5 ~0 ~6 M% |) l c4 k4 rL: 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？* a7 ~( p& M% S2 L: e/ Y+ c
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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. 1 t" [0 ^7 o5 ] , W! `# O! t+ n) o5 Z5 }3 s# ?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！0 Q: }& P7 r0 B
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! / H3 a2 e1 H: A0 S7 [5 T3 W; N9 ]7 G
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！/ ]7 l6 E+ L% ~1 P
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 4 s: [- X6 _7 [0 U1 y/ d+ n ! o% @( m8 z: {& t1 |L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 7 Z& g$ D: t' L; z" @2 e ; |0 _- d! y: `/ W$ |" y6 iM: 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." - \6 \8 B1 f7 J( ~% @- C ' Y; G5 E7 w4 ]3 U2 n% b, P& iL: 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？8 L! g( X6 H' r E3 _; W; v6 F- r
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 2 c) f) L1 |7 X; x2 A' z6 J$ e* K% @/ F' V2 H
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"？9 S: h; {/ V" P! ` X, H: y
+ d0 f. I3 x4 }. V) VM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.& }3 j9 Y; x$ H+ R+ N
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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。# c% I, S [5 h
d% G5 }* G T' n- D) C5 VM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!( _+ G& _! E: [6 h( [/ C0 i! q* S& R
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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。 $ d8 X: A8 B/ {8 K6 k* Z- ^1 O2 x# j4 L: Y
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. & l# T+ B1 l6 x& Q. x3 s2 r2 n7 o# Q. ~1 Z$ w* d7 D
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？ ! U" u+ b3 P4 \& i& A . ?4 r' Y' P9 \% ^1 pM: 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!& f& J3 U8 c9 R5 q6 f8 T2 {% [
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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！ / T2 z+ ~* i- A; ^, ] / R8 F" X) A1 u- B LM: Ok, ok!" I' U" l3 G$ v$ n3 \
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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。: Q* F8 D+ i H! M& |- b
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ( X6 u8 A: M6 Y6 F5 i6 K. [2 n! m( T" m, b) ?) w- @
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。 2 ?1 T: O! e% t/ M4 `, c8 S9 \) E$ m+ M# I. D0 N% r
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " |2 |3 Y, I+ r' p3 Y, m1 Y" G5 K- ` --- I f**ked up my history test.4 U; H" Q! ^, M* M
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。+ e" m- ^0 s& ^: b. u2 [
- q* v9 e- ]0 r " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* i# g# u5 h: b ~
---- They f**ked up my order !
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