[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。 2 G% z4 X5 y; d" p! u+ J8 e' ?! F$ x; x , T0 g0 I! C3 v: B: o7 IL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 9 r$ n6 E/ |: W ! v9 n$ L. e! [! h8 T* RM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.$ g; A# E% ?, f0 P# m. D
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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。! i0 L) M: w9 F5 Z& H9 U
) z$ R7 \/ U7 zM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 2 Y. c1 l1 _0 y, G: J3 r2 _ 3 l/ ?; g, f: \ a9 Z f. V a- RL: 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? 8 p G8 z, y3 ~6 J) k b 6 I2 y6 j1 {& oM: 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.2 | u' p: X6 c7 ?
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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"?% F& e; i" E) u) h! v" b* [& g
4 x! X% b' { z' eM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; Y$ g, ` g! m$ O6 e
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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? 8 j* x* n" B) `) _! r / S& c% j6 g6 y" x+ }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. , T/ |' P5 l$ i! H& | . Y2 v3 ? K! KL: 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!) {/ B, O, _0 q# [8 x* Z" [
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 L/ \ U3 H% I4 f4 X @, X4 X& c- [/ M6 Z
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! ) a& a' H2 M7 {4 x5 X( H. K6 H% u' v& N4 u, U9 ~! e P
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& B1 F6 O l5 H! J2 G+ S, E
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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."5 r0 T) x$ a; t
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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?/ f" l& Q' ^5 U2 c- T' e3 i! U
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. + E2 ?$ w, Z# T $ K; D3 ]* U* c1 q, p% A kL: 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"? ! K( p: ~# a7 C 2 J' U9 g" D$ ~1 W4 d: k+ nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ( w5 A/ m$ E# P7 z. M2 l3 A- m) {5 ]" a: c7 K" C; d! l
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。 ! T, W6 a2 ?2 ^4 N: J ' I8 x+ K* t y/ N6 G; AM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! b5 k* I& [8 E2 | 9 m+ }+ X' J8 T$ ]+ ^1 l6 cL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。4 r1 X: \: A f- g+ q( ]' l
% ^; b. _' V* A8 |& V- A4 b$ jM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ) [5 ]0 N f8 |6 E+ g2 c# B1 g: r $ z& g( S8 ]% m" I" i% q" E2 HL: 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? / u5 P8 N. d4 ?0 T( e( I ' o5 J I( e. K) F+ B" cM: 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! ! v, u2 m9 e9 i4 d1 R9 q2 y H " c+ `, ~2 @; U4 wL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! + Y+ C i9 b- t, D; U" l7 A . y* \8 w7 B/ \. K; v7 \5 yM: Ok, ok! 1 S$ n# G4 `0 ~" t3 n/ N; C M2 K. I# Z+ d( a. Y+ L" ]
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。 : Q7 O% O3 @0 G1 ZAudio as following: + H. D+ Y3 ~6 e5 I
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 : X) i: i. x" y
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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 s* x6 {( t7 h C3 |; K6 Z
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ' E( N" M- e8 G8 _9 }8 a1 t- U --- I f**ked up my history test.* o+ ?$ \# I3 X/ c' ~8 I x
7 G) W% g( T5 I9 E5 `: X 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 ) C& Q$ A+ {9 ^+ \- |" W ( r/ y& h8 z/ X M " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! & l* C4 P; Z( s# V5 O' B ---- They f**ked up my order !