[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。 % x7 C4 c2 t( V5 f1 } 6 v; {0 p: |# E. ]# {5 oL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。5 z7 _5 Z, l( O7 u2 H
" h0 S* k. ?2 y9 K4 N$ Q, d7 U% fM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. . X/ r, C: r* ~0 C) p. a # }7 t( ^6 m: C3 |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。- W, c5 ?: P% V
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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. " K4 _% C8 x5 [' O/ S0 G: x3 c1 B2 ~; Y4 D$ o
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？9 h$ W2 H/ z# a) D. h) ~
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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.5 f! C4 G* W) A& l9 J
; H2 P9 Y8 F% f) ?7 JL: 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"?8 q; l* `* y; F; ?8 _2 X
( j" X4 N0 t. y5 T6 @! ^% J CM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! & D* Z: o) n. }) C' z v1 d) _7 D2 ^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？ : l4 m; S7 m) C, N9 T ! \2 K1 Y2 o" X( M N1 _: ZM: 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 u: s$ o b9 A0 s6 _
7 W1 f f- k& Y' h* F: PL: 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！7 M' j* T# i' P
& l K3 R2 V5 o2 B1 k) b. vM: Please! Don't mention tests! 8 `6 T0 h6 F. E6 i8 K/ K& p- s# h* j: @& v; R% j: f+ q! D) [6 p8 f
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 8 T+ v* Q. b! L0 L( @8 A. U3 x 9 M- V: a" ^' l- W) O' a! M8 ?! YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* w* S5 L. t z) E
! l; Q" V7 k8 }0 w9 @L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？" y, c: W# O: b- ?* _! Q& r
" x2 u) A: D+ ?, B" j! G) ]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."# z: l1 P# Q4 A7 k# ~3 H% C
( _: h, v$ P MM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., j) ~3 E6 O! k) V/ o4 N& l1 |+ f
$ C. j+ G9 v7 S, vL: 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"？7 A3 D `8 o0 W( C9 C
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.0 ^: [6 w/ j3 @2 C
* K# l( U& c5 A: @+ bL: 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。1 n' i2 U1 o3 @$ J1 V
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" v, g4 [; p5 _6 m$ [! }
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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。9 W% U$ J9 M' h- F( v3 V0 X& y# O
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.# N$ x ^: l" F- B* @
6 U' S* F V% k3 b4 N% E( v+ q9 @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？ 3 W$ b0 \6 [9 S4 u H( X. j+ G + K, R3 O) P1 p1 D5 i% g/ S% ]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!9 ?$ C1 ]2 y( A& [/ i1 l; j
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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！7 V# z% u6 z, x) X- u* D1 d
# l# j+ G) a) DM: Ok, ok!% J1 `: ?* v; s4 {- B7 _! D
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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。 , P; r8 I! I; }Audio as following: + _1 ^( x0 e+ N& f- E& @) P
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 1 q( Z* e% [/ d" P1 p
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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。 3 N& O& Y7 [& _2 {9 C y5 A$ G$ l' r" @2 a! W5 Q Z
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. $ Q! H' K8 \$ N( l3 j) x1 F --- I f**ked up my history test. ) C- F* [( W3 [( H8 H1 n# F0 } U- M) M6 Q" `2 W
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。) @, I0 D. G9 [( ^7 b
. V" U' B8 n- b) x& I " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 2 F: q; y$ \2 L- f7 i9 s ---- They f**ked up my order !
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