[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。 % }# |+ C$ `9 ]3 x4 q% V( \2 n . N% m6 H0 _1 J# p2 I5 ^$ VL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。5 _' K% Z7 Z+ L) a4 z' F- ]
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.; q- U8 x1 T# y7 R4 a3 A
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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。, H4 R! I6 d$ ^% ~" [/ y) U3 M
: s3 C9 e- n% S7 Y* [M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.9 d, G9 a4 p& k
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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? 4 l6 {( Q8 p; d% E) }( F, d3 D( |( _5 _# Y' I* @; c5 j
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. 3 R: M @5 z, G3 G; T6 _( H% y I! R# R; e2 T) P% k4 m: p7 A' |
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"?( Z" o2 G- L( q
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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! # }& P8 @- m! r4 M! K! _) O8 ` $ g& O+ W7 F* L3 ^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? ! h: l% A& r/ M0 x5 @9 e - m4 D& `2 P5 J `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.7 w/ I0 A. ^/ p( U% k! f% h
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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! & v6 j9 r8 n; o. D! l$ ~# n8 o) G! v8 y$ x- H
M: Please! Don't mention tests!& Q) N. d/ n" ^- ]" `3 e
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!9 r4 @- w9 M; S8 c/ K
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 6 `4 \9 G- b/ ^2 L4 J 1 \ K8 j/ {! b5 j* I s* nL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 5 I) ?9 R1 O3 G5 c3 Z# C6 q" {! F0 @8 U& { n K
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 y: V; l2 m/ ~
0 }/ h" f% r4 z; v: 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? * A- ~ F5 R5 W- y5 Z ) y0 R! w; m. R4 n" XM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.* a! k# W9 \, v5 v/ S |8 M
# w9 @4 e8 z* M, a3 x& J7 hL: 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"?4 J4 I5 U1 D* 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。+ \- y# W2 o. h- d
+ ^) i9 W# U7 g* u3 KM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!- z! y: X& E$ @6 X7 ?- 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。 7 ^" }5 q( ?8 Z- U0 {$ v5 H - q7 K8 K/ h# G6 }, ~/ CM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. % J" H/ V, r) K! T' i: w- A3 i$ p* m+ d3 z% C
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? 6 R/ d3 o* R3 P : d/ v- ?& P2 w# C6 E1 J9 IM: 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! $ H1 u: k4 p2 Z9 }5 `5 e% {: A, M4 ?4 K; n; z0 T
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!5 G D2 G' W- u$ j
A7 F" F/ \: I2 z5 v. C5 B. }M: Ok, ok! * w/ l5 B$ `. E2 Z K P : z8 Y3 M4 {4 n# n, C: \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 K4 Q9 `* |, r) N. s" _Audio as following:" i$ i9 Z3 X: ? A; Q
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 / {9 L9 e% g/ q6 K
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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。 7 d. u! F9 b: J& W7 \6 F" L) S, U1 j% i# n
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.! s; p; U- X. h
--- I f**ked up my history test.6 ^* }4 g+ b0 R Q4 U8 Q& W8 k" Z2 j2 N, q
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 6 C- X* E. n! J3 i/ |- c! T5 C6 l2 n
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! & j( @5 B4 F/ p3 _& B ---- They f**ked up my order !