[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。4 ~) q) x6 J( v- k$ H e1 h0 y
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ; V4 E% u3 z8 X4 i & c, `/ E( U5 ^% `$ ?3 jM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ; g& N5 y/ Z' O- N8 {( r. O: D1 e ! w3 R/ G+ B* ~# m* F8 n) dL: 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。 } n6 [! W: f- k. [% O ?* a8 X# v
2 H1 r% O/ j4 A( N8 _3 S& cM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.2 T* Q# @3 J0 Q3 @; t: d
2 Y3 F. s- H4 ?4 [; ?4 G+ v$ S& WL: 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？ $ Q: Y- p8 Z2 }- \( c* o3 A/ S% |: V, u9 l5 F/ Y4 r& N
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. # U/ m4 t# Q5 Z( |9 c5 z) @/ u8 n4 z4 L# S
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"? + d0 G7 W/ K$ W : u* y' ~" @/ W' f; w6 aM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 7 A7 v* }$ h4 O' T; u! v , x( j. D9 q, @5 L4 wL: 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 M5 k: S8 a: p" _5 s# E t & @6 c! j7 Z7 _8 \' rM: 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 [" l7 \( c' Y) H" M% F3 x- N+ u* ?2 D& ?' c! t5 g5 H7 p7 y5 u
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！ 2 O3 l$ \3 X- Q5 q: b' }# r6 O' O2 |9 z! ~: w
M: Please! Don't mention tests!, v0 V+ F8 G' t3 w4 ]& @% ^
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！! G8 H% A$ D& t4 ]& C/ M; m7 D/ G
# {5 |/ j% u/ o, \4 LM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!- y" k" \6 ~4 O: b6 _
P! Q) {1 o4 i( ML: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 0 ^) K. d; N- W% C( N8 M Z/ D4 Z8 _5 s) G" ]8 R' y# L0 I/ {( |! Z
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." 6 c% |& b1 e5 \0 T/ i 5 V" u2 N) d6 S, z! X, I# Z1 bL: 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？ : o! d0 @3 {% c7 ~( E. y8 d3 u9 Q ; q' a6 V# Z) u. u1 iM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.; K' q% g# m8 x& ^
( J0 m6 {% r% z ^. [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"？' W5 D: u9 y, }& { N* D9 J" h
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.8 p5 l6 }/ ?/ V, U+ @* Y6 u
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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。 # `7 }2 |$ x8 _0 n: }9 J/ { ' v! g/ z9 Q3 p; gM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!( ^- _3 Q+ V% A& Y
9 |& F( I' P. s0 H5 x6 R2 @4 IL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。3 s3 D& O$ j) `' F8 p- ^) X# Q
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.6 s3 g# T& F6 b( a2 n
# P# z- E2 |. E2 T: Z5 I! P3 M3 C* \8 YL: 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？$ X" c( |6 v7 i$ p
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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! # j" B. W: V" h/ y1 y8 t " R, u. z) @/ n8 R9 e+ v1 }$ WL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！8 C" Y) ?/ f& x+ ?
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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。 6 x2 U3 [0 H+ ?$ @" ^* `Audio as following:: K" ?: |" s8 ]! n
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 e" O g0 u: u A. X% F7 ?9 V
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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。 1 A/ [& f- G% k8 Z, ^ g/ m8 i, _2 N/ c& \( g# H" X
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.3 H* K3 ~- E" _$ c! h& \' l# U
--- I f**ked up my history test. 1 R8 _9 H: h- C, [ % x3 U2 v2 c; F& } 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。3 j: e& T$ F, ]
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % x% u3 q. k3 U" q. Z+ m ---- They f**ked up my order !
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