[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。 2 X( B* S; N8 ]4 {# Q ! Y9 R/ U7 g7 I# @: nL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 F4 c# ?1 ?4 m; O0 g3 W0 }# g' ~6 C$ {; q3 i: ? E) ^6 E
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. , [# C- m+ {+ b( `! F3 i R 7 A6 R4 ~3 Z& r- ~2 u' TL: 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。5 T3 J4 ^ C7 r! 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. 1 S U) a7 D3 b6 R1 V9 w N3 m; Z/ D# m* n8 w, F! v
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？: e( ]* _7 N& Z! y
( U' E5 U% z4 s, Y" X( B6 D# \$ |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.- ^$ s f4 T6 i. w7 v
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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"?, D% y/ T% b6 x. r
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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!' ^5 ?, u) t5 S* X' t# S/ t
/ `' d, p- x9 W5 r% _, }- k1 E% OL: 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？2 A5 P( B+ k7 f/ I# S
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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. . h7 O2 u7 M& c# A ; H! x9 h% U P" w& cL: 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！/ v' G: }4 o1 s0 k9 y
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!% i3 ~! n4 Y. c' O( }/ P! w* ?
! x/ ~: W y1 Q- X$ X; D6 OL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ . D/ q, h+ L! |2 i - n% A3 X. J# q$ l1 ^) b6 rM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! + Z2 n5 u' {7 j( f% H% F+ M. |& q' h- Q
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？# _# c) U/ S' p6 u. H
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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."- G% b- d7 u, f) {. n( J
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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？/ c# h9 X* S( o5 a5 ~& t- L
% @/ O( U6 K! N+ Y) {M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . A) ?! r6 M+ K: A! ~* s: _ 0 H/ m5 E* q, g" j( bL: 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 M$ h( S2 R* g4 @, {! b" e9 ~& ]
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." ^, D3 W$ F5 U# p5 l1 J
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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。" A0 H3 l2 ?* B
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ u: l6 K2 c% F4 K) }% m7 K( q5 V
+ ~! I3 G: X" K1 C* iM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 9 A& g0 |7 i7 y / U! G$ I# l& r Y' r6 lL: 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？2 v; Q) {; g" Q
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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!% ?" R( i: s r- }
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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！; K# B0 z9 v( I& q% J& V
9 }2 B3 I* Z4 L: nM: Ok, ok! ; U t% V p2 z0 J. y( K0 g 7 ]# \; h' |* ^$ {! 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。, n/ ]: Z& w+ Y4 a8 o
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 4 V; v. g4 W4 Y6 ]3 S % Y4 e$ C1 l; k3 p( b# E2 sbomb 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。) g. K8 K1 y* |0 l r
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.$ ~9 S1 [6 K; W" b! e1 V
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 , i/ W- f+ S& K2 K* h" J/ K. S* K, b) T6 c7 b8 i8 T
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! Z: x; I9 X( l% Z
---- They f**ked up my order !
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:43 编辑 m) W T+ u! e. O
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You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。! m+ R- O! J3 G/ J+ c f
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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。
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