[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。7 J6 N; K; w* o N1 R" m9 t
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 1 s( ? ^' s7 [" X1 Y: c3 g |' Y/ `* t- W$ u
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.5 k @+ }5 y" O* c8 c6 B
0 E" H1 w: x' H+ w* Q9 FL: 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 @5 [+ S% B; X
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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.4 Z) N* C$ A8 H$ ]! F+ l
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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？! O& A9 a R+ j3 F' j6 ~# @
1 H. S3 R/ Y5 i* @$ t5 h$ 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. 6 ~/ r5 |2 Y- Y% ?$ J C9 v- b$ p# |( B4 Y( ^7 S7 IL: 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"? 6 U2 `. i, p" \+ I* q$ t R& @ \; B* @
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ! D J( Z8 v2 O. C# h7 U% ^ $ k) H; N; C- }3 f8 ^! l4 Z% lL: 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？" S- u) M0 W$ u, ?( @& H! [
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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. ; G8 ~( j) u# _6 |! q! c# x7 ?- ?4 @" y9 ^ w
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！ 5 h3 m) W* J+ z0 ?* u# v9 d& i2 h0 p) S/ _
M: Please! Don't mention tests!1 |( Y9 ^8 w/ \: ~7 l
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！. b! S8 p. W% |, o8 K' @2 N
& r" e& _2 f0 P u/ _. @" s5 K7 LM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! , l6 t5 r i+ q7 T% C* m$ I! i0 z* w/ e" I6 p# D% }, ]
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ & b6 w- ?+ w; w; z- } " ^ }4 i. V9 A" Y( `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."( Y4 @4 B1 w$ N& j: U' p/ ~
, k: Y, M- b2 o; c; iL: 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？ 8 a# V4 h7 K; R" D; T. {9 x2 p" Y1 l: `5 g( x: z
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ! q8 L4 _- s7 L2 N4 X! O ( a# C5 k6 r2 p& @1 |/ ?2 F& wL: 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"？ 0 o% \* h* b+ a$ Z& Q8 E: N2 |7 O4 M) g6 y# X, |$ |
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. : ?6 z- l! a) d/ G8 E# ^2 m4 J; M+ Y! {- L/ B0 ~$ I- t: g* J
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。 7 h: r- L* {6 i3 s6 A' L; t( E s9 A# B; |
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!9 M9 t7 N- N! S% C& g/ D
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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。; { _( z, O7 k% m9 W* U4 c% Q
7 @- H. ?5 ?9 B2 V) nM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.8 z) J, C+ ^0 m; `
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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？ 5 l, M, R: Y; S4 W+ G/ M8 ?6 C5 o L+ h( B
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! # q _/ M# G2 P9 X& J0 K, T5 y" \7 _: W7 Q. 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！6 s9 p5 k% x( M* u$ U0 o7 H3 Q
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M: Ok, ok! ( a/ \. m. {# t( a( z& r / N/ H: ~# x/ ?7 U# P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。; J c- V& i1 m+ X& N1 o
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + v W0 k6 c. g- F * o$ M ~# E6 U! r9 a2 ^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。 . ]0 I4 x, `1 j% ~" o$ k7 j% k0 l. w8 |2 c! x5 K: [7 r- {& u3 Z
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.; l d+ R' Q, ?# {; N
--- I f**ked up my history test.9 @( t) z* G. o
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。1 Z: @6 P5 N% V4 s; e% P. E/ k
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !: N- J$ j' l- L8 C2 |! E- T
---- They f**ked up my order !
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:43 编辑 ' v& J3 D; m7 C' T$ T. h& P
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You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。" C# O _5 {" q& O7 y
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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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