6 L; Y: A' Z$ r% x; e1 F% D$ o) OM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 4 @6 ?+ v! Z+ {4 y7 Y 5 t }; K4 e( w% E6 r- VL: 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。 `+ V6 Y. `- M4 \+ S7 f/ _
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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.9 M8 \: X; W) S: S7 t
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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?1 E0 E5 X8 y. B+ u" L5 C
7 d) g, |$ k4 ~9 y7 BM: 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. 0 x% U$ ?; [+ M7 ~- N+ l M1 N) V) l, y
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"? 5 a+ \" t- K+ s P% n0 {3 n! `$ @ 4 w$ a" X% _1 ?3 S3 }+ mM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! # P& j) N$ k; Y0 M( \' m+ v& T% N* M6 r ^! c% Y' L
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?! M( o' ^8 Y) l! F( H" ^
5 q* F2 R; D( Q2 u, o0 e5 wM: 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. / b }0 z$ L0 [/ M* f; O* z% ^% q6 p9 u
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! " m; T, F3 e3 x% H0 m ( D9 l' `) T# h8 `7 BM: Please! Don't mention tests! ) Q0 b* P: i8 C9 n7 u" v* u# ?" q
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!& A. J% C6 f) m
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ; }1 h& ^4 m0 j ) g6 n# k' j9 R X0 `' T. t' pL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? # o$ g* o' h3 B( q) a! `5 h! {- W9 q6 W) V) C: M5 b2 m0 J/ l
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."8 ]8 @, Z5 u# c8 V0 _/ W/ ~( S
& N& R z+ B$ B; AL: 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? 9 y: d- P6 ]: G1 i& }( M& L , }7 T4 H$ H- {# y- [+ A* ~" g# q& eM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. H6 U8 W3 k# p* }3 i- ^3 Z0 [# z
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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"?) H) t% x# S: d, q- e7 [' E( N1 B
" N$ D4 o3 `. r$ \* |+ K* ]M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.* t+ @: [6 ~1 V, Z* ~- [, y
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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。 + P; c! M0 P: ~; b8 J9 t# ~+ k2 k $ ~9 p9 R, q8 dM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ; e) N5 _, x# R, C+ q, l9 i6 x7 w) P" e3 f* Q8 U3 Z
L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 5 b- z! Y1 P3 A" d% x& M o " s2 }, J; S; P) c1 Z; i6 C6 cM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. / y+ W/ _' N8 \. J7 Y" D: Y: S2 o2 W
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?' A) v; V5 K) h- g! W" Z: T
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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! + g) |. k, i5 X- e8 R0 f( g4 V6 A: @. d % V" \, }! d wL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! # i1 `& R8 [. G5 |1 s2 F$ d7 v: I& Y8 ]( i( _7 _
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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。6 s" d8 l0 G+ O, @
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * M) p. W, ]$ Q- i 6 y8 n) f$ R7 [, B) Z+ nbomb 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。$ V7 d2 @, a, _, \3 _" }) ?8 z
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. - f k+ b8 a+ ] y4 X --- I f**ked up my history test. * S9 x Y8 J# e. G! f # r- @: t; P- x# z! g- a+ p 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 8 D, m# a2 \* e/ I; y3 r8 }5 G4 }1 z6 ~) _1 g+ W- r/ o
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !0 M& R( V* S0 p
---- They f**ked up my order !