[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。8 D+ g7 q8 g6 S, ~. d( V
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 $ a6 Y# w4 N1 L% E# Z% r, W . S* Z9 d: R, }' ?M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ) O6 E4 q9 `3 F9 z/ l+ G, ~+ m- f/ C, u/ j7 Y
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。 " S+ l# L0 |/ M/ M$ v$ v 6 Q( F7 Q1 ~6 S6 \7 c9 b( g% SM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.8 E* r, W- D( i& b4 c
6 p) ]# X6 E+ j- z+ EL: 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？ ; B8 u. r# B9 x) r" S3 U( @+ K% d9 [) U" D6 L
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. ' r# j! ^+ k% `8 x: g6 F7 S i" J% U& L9 v) W4 `. J
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"? ( G. {9 I u/ T; y6 c/ k* [* `: Y4 B7 Y. f' K* S- i8 \0 O: T, H2 K5 b
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! . G$ ?7 a* ?: z. U5 p: R( k. C1 [3 P6 B% o
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？ Y' c) h3 K# G5 K/ v2 _+ z: \; b$ ~! P8 @2 t
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 m$ s* Y. v* 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！+ O% v& D; B' `& ]8 f6 n
8 C' b9 f7 e" I- ?7 VL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; h( h* ]$ H& N) A! o 3 y3 E* E' W1 ~9 h* w7 bM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! D. r) g D t" {# b( u+ \ - `4 ~: J- o @# n$ lL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 7 N8 l- f1 O' a$ G* T! ]' [0 `2 O. J5 c4 U b0 L7 A8 G' T
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." 3 x! R: X Z9 C! B: W! Z1 V 7 {4 r6 M2 t) h- \1 J1 E* |7 }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？ , T! A6 |# z* a3 J$ U e2 N# j1 Z- _* Y8 V0 o/ }
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " t w! C1 ^' l9 d$ c# i' y . }- m* Q2 p* W# O- k: NL: 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"？/ e' n9 G: u1 C% N3 h5 `# K
$ e! ^ }. U! V: sM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 7 ]6 q% }, s5 a; u2 G I6 ~) s, Q; \( j) w& O3 V. D
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。 - d8 b$ j# L* m( E1 O) f. @( g$ u' M, `
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 7 ?6 ?5 `" Q% @! |& q/ D; z / t4 o* [: }& h. a AL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 7 L; C0 @! W' y7 _, l/ O& k0 i ! t- }0 ~2 x8 g5 F8 b( xM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. % r! V( O! b. g8 b " N4 O6 ^/ t, G4 kL: 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？ 7 E; s5 U4 p) Y5 b4 |9 z- }3 N3 s' b! @$ y; [& d, i
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! $ n7 b' }& }- t3 x. w4 b+ |! m/ t$ c7 t) R' F. L
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 4 `! B) j6 r' T- z7 ~ . ~. e; J" v5 _ r3 F2 _9 IM: Ok, ok! 6 E6 u6 C- I6 @* E+ y8 P( r " q6 }+ d& F+ `% p2 g8 ?- 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。1 l* J/ H2 C0 I* @+ w2 u; R/ b' l
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 # t) Y+ A* I2 |$ Q' A3 V. j : X% [- I0 E: s# R# }! K1 wbomb 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。 : y, i, z/ m) a/ L% t) k9 q& Q `4 c( d- ~: u0 _“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.8 d. g* ?5 R; W; g1 f0 ?( I. J
--- I f**ked up my history test.1 L5 I# l: j) y
% p/ C+ r) C7 l 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 " O8 R1 }- x! q2 ?4 L& J' ?4 U2 ?" R0 K" \
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! : i# u$ V8 _9 M, @ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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