[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。9 ^- T, k& `) v
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L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。" f% s0 W3 ~1 p* F' H& J( c
; J7 Z, S# Y$ P6 h7 r- yM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.+ s2 ~0 {) s2 e5 o. F! H0 m
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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。8 M0 a' k3 d5 v( A5 U
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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. $ o1 m$ Z- {0 ? % k0 {" y5 x! |2 GL: 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 i- }8 }- J, ^; E* Q , {% k8 a+ R' G4 c$ nM: 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. , n* o1 a' s$ }2 A, L' e0 A) v* F4 @6 L# X
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"?' A; C# i4 ]4 K/ O$ N! g' 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!2 I# }0 @; n r( p# _- r/ @ m
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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? # q: }+ F+ s; ~& r; L7 U5 C' [! s8 |! p
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. 3 f; \3 F. ]# a/ O& \ ) F# C3 ]3 ^3 A8 [. R, j3 uL: 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!9 g2 z7 P0 Z+ g
T3 W6 Y4 }9 s6 F1 d* X5 c8 tM: Please! Don't mention tests! 9 U& L3 Z+ ?& g# \- `+ E" j% u0 l- } # ~1 i. j9 n; l* ~6 E) K- X. J' a& ML: 跟你开玩笑嘛! E7 V3 j" b- f ? 3 L! l) S0 d) h% RM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ; O' f$ i s: `: T . ]' H6 O" t4 A0 f% F5 `L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?5 a9 f0 g$ G9 h# i6 q, Q7 I
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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." : S" K5 k- ~) w- ~- @; `+ L/ \5 G) V7 z& W% @% x
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? - x8 F. `7 s! f( I . K( C/ T0 T/ n% X8 VM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 0 n1 h3 f* I) @$ ]) {5 M, i* ~ / U% A8 N$ L0 s* O3 r; H0 cL: 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"? ) N4 ]* m- u- p 0 b1 A- l6 T' e9 ^5 t/ D: AM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. $ F2 N! N7 E4 I) H0 J# s* ~/ E h' M
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。4 f: F& y" ~" g+ h
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! - V- S( _/ M% f8 Y! W5 b* P3 W& X. a0 f r7 J1 i6 u, Y5 e7 z6 H
L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 x2 X4 N2 l% a! j 0 C# ]$ _2 c) S! W1 ] I; U( mM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 1 p" ^# @# f: D& W, z: L9 \2 q( B
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? , J ^1 ?- n& `$ ^) d3 K( j# ?9 O- d' R( \* d
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! 4 L% G6 G8 a" T& ?9 c; Z' L% G1 k/ w v
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!0 _3 J( L I5 ]3 G! A* D% k
) @+ A. e1 r$ vM: Ok, ok! ) U' p) M" z6 t; a" c0 k; C1 a. W( P/ 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。 6 `. Z5 p& z9 U: J: E* H ZAudio as following: 4 N' F$ E* ^, ?' z! B) ~* P
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 X6 E, J5 \ [) p2 ^" j. e# D1 B) e7 L: B; [
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。 % W" j4 M. H" |/ ?1 y $ Z8 P* g* N! z8 n' u$ E“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.9 m! w+ l% L7 g' N; n
--- I f**ked up my history test. ) B. ?6 F6 ~& ^$ K0 ~) `) E ; z4 Q! p/ u: [ 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。% o1 d6 E3 R# E1 \+ N& ~: l* l7 k
+ [* s. u3 q' q4 A, v/ c4 F " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! R% h) z2 K' _( s" l" n3 a% d
---- They f**ked up my order !