[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。 ! s. p; N, c$ r9 Y/ N + x; V4 m- S* }3 _( hL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。& F% {& ^- o" v) A O
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ; k5 @; m; z. V9 h 5 r/ L8 n. A- v6 }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。2 ] P" s6 K. Z' ?, i% M
9 I# Y$ \) c, h* rM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.5 u9 k! s, i, D) q# j3 ~
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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?7 I8 F1 `, j! N/ 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.# w' k$ i+ Y0 Y7 i! x6 H9 I
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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"? 8 s( F9 E( m9 \, |$ Y- k. }( w) K( I1 g0 o0 g3 a
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!+ R# T8 |; \9 o1 q4 }# R
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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!( U9 b3 h6 W" [, g, Q
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!6 Q+ `" N3 f, l( y- g6 | K1 @
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!9 D5 r' M( ^! D$ u! W+ m
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 U# q5 ]5 M0 K' s9 p- `$ c& J& M- T: m+ b& m) B' F# {2 ]
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?7 R3 z$ E/ z& w+ B
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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."( M$ y9 ~, n9 F* G4 W8 F
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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? ) v" W4 u& R1 H& C" \* @2 R, L1 Z1 @! ~" {9 D
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.+ U2 {7 W$ K' f) U5 R6 r7 B9 g0 F
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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"?5 W7 o7 o& I1 O# T1 c2 c; S9 T
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.* s4 ^+ c; X5 E b* o2 o; z: s5 B
6 [2 I6 L" G0 l" C% d! ?) I" W: h! qL: 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 R5 C }( H7 @, z
) U) u/ v6 ?3 _' M! N( \) h5 \( GM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!$ h: N- M2 Q% r' l8 b
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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。 # A: R( _ @3 W. ^2 w, T! S( }7 O$ P5 l
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her./ P* ?# Y, D" A
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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? ) d& g3 i, \; ?, [ ( C [5 t, Q8 VM: 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!/ _! N5 e. { m" C: D
3 P% X0 w" E w2 V9 p5 W, d6 l8 mL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 7 B1 S2 ~6 J. a' u% q9 a) D1 J$ i, o0 W8 G) X
M: Ok, ok! I# i. D) [8 d2 F% A" p
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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 n0 z+ \/ W; i2 u% ]9 GAudio as following: 8 M c: i- |' }7 X, u, b
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ( L" w/ S5 c% @+ i1 S# v1 P8 V) d* ~8 r. _5 i3 T
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。8 O0 }0 m' z j) W$ N4 Q
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 w/ A8 r9 s3 t$ o1 H
--- I f**ked up my history test.$ L! N; |6 x$ Q4 e8 f7 e
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。* H- X' b! R, k# ]3 r
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !# i& M+ M- |. K4 i; |
---- They f**ked up my order !