[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。+ M5 Y( p: ~- s* O7 [, H0 V3 `4 ]
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 & [$ m3 j5 |) J! @# h) v" k ~4 S( V/ E. k" c
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass./ `6 g8 ?- C! T) 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。 . E9 ^& X; I4 v" j5 C9 e' i8 ^$ b- l% p4 ]+ @ S
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.2 W9 x- V! |# S% `6 f2 h
^" a5 T1 s; U- k6 V5 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？ ) U0 M% l5 d" }' L( h ! Q8 E6 ~+ Y. @6 l# }6 MM: 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 ]6 [5 \6 K( n
' c- j* ]" P/ _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"?) J' Q8 J" C) b. B
' ?$ F5 [6 A8 k' AM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!- C, m( R" w, g9 |$ [) m( {
' u) L9 K) B, @# E& I. G0 j3 uL: 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？ 6 J, o6 t: `( T/ x) L4 Y& j, b+ {% F
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.8 u$ z- b7 b+ a. @) c
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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！ 3 ?' u$ P' r6 {# s5 v" j" U $ ?6 b9 i: M8 p3 ]4 \( bM: Please! Don't mention tests!# t/ ^7 y x8 F2 j# d% }! W3 p
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 4 I2 F: j/ a) h' c ^$ f$ k/ O8 O' {: lM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 1 _. S6 ]. v+ Z! b5 d! [( m1 h* N5 }$ _. l- @
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？4 ^: V, c7 x. s' n
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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." " W% v+ t: t i2 m" u) p1 R6 b2 c% M8 c9 P: d" \1 d5 d
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？* t7 @. L! W( w, f" C$ V! S: f4 u% i6 _5 z
# L, ?5 {8 o& W* yM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 5 F5 K/ C8 b6 n K6 A8 h O- o" Q. ~+ E+ ^+ j
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"？( U, k3 N* f' {6 U' J/ ]8 b
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.5 d* J! D X: I- s1 ?, ?5 }
9 Q: n b& Z) j* i( @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。8 c% T* n, q/ w5 t
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! - |' u; L* `5 Q- k6 l- z . g5 E" H# \8 M5 F% c; A% AL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 $ x' [! x; r0 w8 | / q, z O# b! r3 l& h+ i2 hM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. , ^' Q p# c! e. @# j ! O. K5 b( f3 e! u7 \& W- ]4 qL: 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？ , D2 f6 T6 [, I& U 4 Q6 G: R+ `8 x3 {( OM: 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!8 C+ a6 b& ^5 Y G) l6 b% f* M( l
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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！ 3 N4 U( E" T2 S- f7 _% `6 q6 c6 d9 _, b5 ]
M: Ok, ok! 8 n) U$ l4 f9 t2 j) r g- x, L: C3 [4 o- a
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。 7 J5 X6 [) i. v6 j/ m( ~Audio as following:" W' G: q7 S8 @- ?# `1 |, o, c
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 , c, F( b. I9 |: E4 Q3 Q# g: I8 `% Y/ b6 R) `3 f4 l6 J) U
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。! _; L: R+ |* W9 L
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 6 t9 L, X1 v- i$ R --- I f**ked up my history test. 5 M0 T+ A/ ^7 ?4 q( `/ N+ q* E7 Y9 R& W2 {! T
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。5 @$ P9 q/ z' B4 X: _6 }8 x$ B( `
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !3 K3 g: D6 z3 m* x6 ~( L& W
---- They f**ked up my order !
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