[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。 8 k: U; Q# I8 S. J# T/ c5 ` 3 w0 u9 M6 U0 x8 m5 s9 d# \L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 # ?% f$ k* ^6 i; g. x$ Y' o* z. s/ g3 n* \! P0 y) F
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) m1 Z- E j9 j& X
2 k+ j1 e) b1 N3 XL: 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 }1 N. O1 S) E
1 G2 O" d5 m1 TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.9 D1 i5 Z( i2 X, u9 P' v" y
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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？ k: m! g. e4 ]2 K- U# R0 j$ H- w3 r$ b
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. ! u4 u, j5 b3 [- A1 h: H/ T; l: }8 `
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 J+ N9 A! j; ]- a4 m7 d % i' E: M+ T- D- t5 l" ~M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!6 p! H5 q9 E( o" c% t
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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？ ; B. H: \; W9 z8 R ' K# ]* Q/ z% n' X& e2 D! v# TM: 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.# G3 m6 Z& ?8 _4 A9 Y* B# e
# G& t" p4 } t0 F1 ~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！" Z4 _' M0 W9 s( u C: b
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!* X* E8 F+ a1 o* l0 G
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 9 L( Y" ], v4 L6 ~6 C. Y: R- q ! W8 k0 b/ i9 v& {2 vM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!2 U; J$ ^* r6 c# X* w; B' p& P j/ Z! @
( t* Y. n8 R+ \6 I5 k6 SL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 3 J, d0 j: j( D; x- J. [. z9 v' ?2 M+ k0 S4 g" M" K" R0 Q
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."4 g( G$ _) r! K$ H% ~$ c
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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？' o8 v2 H% \. d' W$ p3 |4 T
0 \ b: _9 H5 N! u. t+ Z( b; h( VM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 0 [5 N0 J- h6 c" d + k k3 R# ]- ZL: 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"？9 n: \6 g, ] q3 p# t' J6 f
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 3 j- j3 S+ w' | % P. x4 U& `' m) ~% rL: 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。: v, Z" f4 d0 y- m# x J5 W) H- v
& ~& a/ ~* r: k! lM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 2 N0 _2 ]0 G. S% p4 ^( {$ A+ L, r5 V! `
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。# @& q" \- `: P: {( [; S
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ( ?) R- H8 m L 6 D8 s9 R) v" {$ i; z& V" nL: 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？ + V% ?& V+ R3 H( a& \# t. I3 l " B& E B7 g$ X9 E+ M1 G3 ?: _- wM: 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!2 H g; @3 L! E- @
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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！& f4 Z2 r- M; u7 e3 u
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M: Ok, ok! 1 d" a. s, j8 _ F' S 7 i X9 n: K7 T1 `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。 E: S# G( f" r* i; d
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * P* ]0 L, k7 p! I" z4 C 7 O; x5 g2 v" v* X" Zbomb 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。 + T6 w5 G, Q7 ~5 V$ T5 z8 L$ B0 Y5 m+ t- J! W. u7 Y# j2 B
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ) L) M) s# L! Y( { --- I f**ked up my history test. ; m) u5 t5 V& n* r, ~6 z2 j! b# L+ Z. y9 ^. y1 R2 e
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。1 C \9 Z1 I& G0 Z: h2 }
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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