[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。; b Q/ T1 r n: s$ }) b8 m- K
, a, Z z) K9 y+ D6 ~L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。6 f! M; k0 Q# c, d
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) ]1 ?+ D, u# ?- }. Z }
8 n/ O1 H) W$ ^# }8 {1 nM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. E, ^3 F9 [. `+ ^+ g# E' H6 _
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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?# v0 A+ S# h0 G; f9 G
6 v& \9 s5 N9 [0 k1 w/ g! rM: 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. ( i. a# x3 ]) @+ D& N% H ( n9 E% |9 k Q7 }8 M7 n9 ` s* `1 M5 DL: 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"? : _" i! Z* b8 O* o8 Q' Y # {4 L$ s3 L( c0 J6 l, t( PM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , X- u7 P4 x' Z! f5 |( @+ D% p- C+ d2 V7 k4 o5 p8 R2 {/ K
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? " ]4 q; ]/ S T% |! \& @" ~1 @6 w) C0 I4 a: C S
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. . X3 j7 F' [2 K+ P |6 h9 v4 O$ S& Z6 AL: 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! & Y1 s" g' W; M4 Q$ f+ m& I u, u1 g2 } K4 B7 |# B
M: Please! Don't mention tests!% f8 m' O6 a! E: I3 Z
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! 1 j, [* J0 P- ~9 \1 j* Q/ o1 E4 e* C1 L, n
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!/ `) y% E- ]$ B( S
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 6 s$ J! ?. I; l* S) n* m) ?: T( ]1 \8 F
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." 2 J% a h" U4 r h X# u# s' Q- J, o& p! p9 I
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? 3 M \% W/ @" E0 h1 } 0 z5 x, ?# n, ?M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " H1 D: ]3 ^# I/ q0 w6 ]3 q " _, q6 U2 A8 C# ]* Z+ f6 \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"?; |- i% P: k2 y' {; D- }
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 2 d6 R) j' g& p" n) }: z+ W8 v/ j; h" {: m9 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。* X/ o5 E# K. s% s1 i5 K
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! # a B* {8 S% q7 m ) @( S& P, W- \# t$ ]L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。/ R% K* Z( |9 @& h8 s+ X9 t
8 u( L' `5 \- T: l& x0 bM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.# o* y) r8 n& N( O
$ ?. T( J( n3 E @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? h: I, H8 T8 w1 @# c2 y# Y1 U+ C+ x+ U; l6 p# e' K9 B9 X
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 H3 g& r% [: W $ z* G7 J+ `/ ~/ P& A' ^L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!1 S0 u- a3 l1 s
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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。 # S+ | G- Z T' k' i. \4 z% @- N# y \Audio as following:5 y4 H+ [1 d! @2 X
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 , \/ a& f" h% F, o- l" f6 t6 H4 O# M5 N6 @ x
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。4 `6 Z+ f8 D9 F1 T0 v& B a
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.6 {, V* z" [/ i6 j6 u
--- I f**ked up my history test.% S: s. ]4 s+ i! z( R$ w7 n
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。5 |! j- q' z/ Z1 L! a5 X
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ) U: C5 U' b. u0 ^8 u ---- They f**ked up my order !
7 L' G8 ]+ S. R一开始听这话,俺一头雾水。screw ?哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人,当然用许多 screw,工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ?不是“起来”“上来”吗?我把螺丝拧上来了?没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说,You messed it up,我大概不会这么郁闷。