[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。 $ L. d0 S% b# \% ?6 S" q, G * o3 N g( m/ O( dL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。3 k7 I- W% h: Z- q
1 T( q/ Q" v) P( MM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. - f! h2 q0 K* w* t, ~( t% C; j/ L5 L. [0 v `) p$ x
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。 9 O' F% r. n+ i) K9 |* X0 R' x: Z* w ?' J: |4 P
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.' y' d; ?) i: }2 p( H! T
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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? 5 a1 z6 T, {, z & p: O2 F' E0 \& p& M: ~1 UM: 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. - k2 U4 {5 k' b% V- ?6 ]% R3 A7 Q2 \; V4 C$ ^, [* {0 R
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"? 5 G& t. y! x7 @/ y# n' @4 e8 _" s7 G ~8 q4 B, Y# r3 |M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 0 B9 @# m2 X/ }, O& X2 \6 `# T! j+ z' `& _- K. L H' F F
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? 3 s" X& {1 o2 _( C- b& O, |$ c4 b. U
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.5 _1 R" l- a, c$ J
' E2 ?; [: V6 Z3 `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 E' y7 d; q% u' h0 e
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!/ m5 r, I; ~# B- T% a
: p! V0 h' R; n) IL: 跟你开玩笑嘛! R( t* V# c8 d8 f$ y [) W! t i1 ?1 l1 f8 K; @ v
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!6 |( K6 e$ A' f
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?' n. w4 ~- w+ }+ o* ?1 t
) ]4 q& v+ t: S# s5 d' IM: 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." : R, k4 C( c$ e" P4 U/ z! v 8 C) \& D1 H- X& q9 _3 q) [/ \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?: Q `0 g3 v: ^
" i2 w" V/ r. s0 a4 O3 Y) W, L. HM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ T$ l* X: W8 Z/ i7 v) D( r: v; O- r0 s9 Y# U7 |" p' o! V& C
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"? . {( d( \1 w$ t/ Z9 b( m6 F) R; K) a! A
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." K6 z1 t6 f0 K
: n/ g; ]# `; nL: 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。( Y3 O8 J; p7 P, W$ t ~
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!& w/ I5 q5 t; F6 X7 |
4 l1 w9 c9 q1 x) o' x% {: G+ iL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。; v5 T$ R! M( k6 S
5 [6 R0 U' H9 y; K# V0 }. E8 {M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 2 [* h1 |/ e; B+ f, L( c+ ]* C7 q% O1 x" F( t7 d, Y. V" ~- J
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?# t9 C6 @. Y( ]
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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!, D5 S" e b& S
k8 D0 X% A( P' `8 O3 LL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!- l/ |" x. p! j. T" J8 E6 w8 K0 ~& \
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M: Ok, ok! 0 v. a& A8 u- p' o $ p7 ^' c- `8 B% B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。. g8 H q# y1 i' c) R- Q
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 & A; v5 O' A9 J# B9 b" E; p+ h0 F+ p/ S1 J9 q5 D* ^
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。5 c9 p0 W) c+ H7 @
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. - G8 ]: [; L0 o9 H" l9 L --- I f**ked up my history test. * _2 Z$ P3 G, I - a; I7 Q( v& ]: ` 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。6 \5 W- \, [) v2 h, ^" i* v
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !: f% d1 ^3 u a, f3 z& T; J
---- They f**ked up my order !