[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。 ; a, @0 ^' |9 y& y; u! A4 {7 B Z9 {6 {
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。$ I3 q: K6 w3 q* A/ F
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 2 ]4 T- A/ {/ O# V% c ! j6 L/ O5 g7 q" Y# o* J9 AL: 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。 9 @, ?* A0 \: j0 `9 z7 ?% b) i6 x2 i. h' o% v1 R2 M+ `% W
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ' t/ }0 j% Z1 `( A# y ) \( _: i: P" Q* _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？ , p/ u% g$ M' t" M. k 1 z; R- J# w8 o, }7 i* oM: 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. g2 F" O- D$ @6 T' u5 x. k6 ^ ! y3 A( @* B/ J1 k0 U! p& B7 Q: QL: 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"?) r8 i% D; A. I# T. [
: L: c4 ], o fM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 4 R* x4 g+ D: _) h( Q0 z `+ c0 Z9 `* @2 f' w* U( h
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？ % v+ i/ H) W: I- K4 b- k: E( A* r. a! ?6 z/ v
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. + l/ @3 t, Z' E5 g# A4 v4 m1 f+ O& F8 S& }# `. @
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 O7 q- T: z. ?7 _3 E$ z2 {- h9 P6 h7 ?# Q$ P, H- P3 a
M: Please! Don't mention tests!2 B; ~+ \3 k4 t0 [9 y: V
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!2 ~* F3 {0 l3 g" Z" m7 q: \
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？" |0 X; N) R2 l4 m( g
" G1 r( `* R: q8 ~& m8 h4 v. \! }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." 7 D4 D* q5 J/ X3 Z3 |1 E) n, ]; d' L7 B
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？ : Z0 p& b! U U/ i / g6 u: x. R+ a) k( EM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., p6 F7 m6 Y. x/ B0 q
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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"？ B8 m6 h, D5 y! b/ T* p5 @$ C0 r/ C3 r0 k; |$ \5 N
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.- k m) X$ v, x7 Z
# z: \& t% c( ML: 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。 . c; N3 e6 d* W( |/ f5 r; O4 W; B" i' V: c( w
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 3 O0 c4 X( @- K9 a0 C : I) v2 H; k% ^6 Y8 DL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 5 ^% x& h. ?6 i% ?2 U4 u ) Q. L6 q( ~& `; eM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. / T, A6 Q6 G1 o& w' h b, b5 y* Y5 X$ mL: 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？, w7 U4 v* _2 e8 C# ]
/ {& k- g* n. h& V6 ^/ R. rM: 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!, M% d: G* N# E& w+ V" h2 I
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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！7 l$ b7 ~% i8 S% o) I9 c4 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。 3 T2 |% {$ i; i( P% l9 U. @Audio as following: 4 J% ~6 e/ B1 w+ i
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 3 t. L& A$ K* E. C! | - i2 t J0 O5 A: [* O1 i" C0 Bbomb 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 C- b) e# e, ]# z
8 S. E/ u( P4 p“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. : _- F) O8 R+ t* f. J8 l- U --- I f**ked up my history test. ; J! b, Q/ }1 f5 X' m ' @1 d: A! v: O 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 6 I( i% _) p9 S4 V/ [# _+ P5 m" v# k1 _1 K, M c" l4 D E0 H! y4 Z
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !- W I+ r+ \% q
---- They f**ked up my order !
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