[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。 , m; J6 p5 ?, {7 ~1 S, Y _- g + A4 ?- A: }( GL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 ) E: [& q, ]/ W( f Y( a# h3 T# X m) Z& j+ H* n& o/ t5 _& W) `8 |0 q
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ! o9 A# ]' g, B 9 x( Z. x4 f& O, d) c/ |; }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。 # Q6 S% u: E4 _( S9 t$ f5 d0 A y/ O1 x& }! `
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 4 m) N$ O; F, q' @/ H 8 ~. M2 w: n h JL: 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 y9 z8 _8 H y( y$ z" x8 @/ Y* u- C" q
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.5 P8 r# l) f) |# I! ]' B
! v. ]5 P" b' h6 V# r3 v8 bL: 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"? ! i+ i, T$ A9 x+ W; m! X) c3 m+ Y
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! - z7 J4 S3 C# ?) b' g- ]# I, a/ e" ~6 ^' a- ]2 O8 j
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? K4 C. D. l" H# X: d5 s% M4 y5 P6 Q4 Q7 n3 A% ~
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., G8 v0 C1 U8 a8 G' o% i* y6 q+ |
4 a. r/ {/ I3 jL: 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! & C* R2 j8 y) f0 v# o; W7 ]- x7 i# U5 ?
M: Please! Don't mention tests!8 s) h Y. ^1 a+ d
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!) f) L7 S+ z. ]8 V* L7 h* a$ X
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!) }$ _* }+ @5 i" {
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?3 W$ [( ^% J/ G7 h) T( v$ d
Z+ Q' F0 w, r" gM: 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."! S: V8 G& [/ R; a' s- l% o
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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?! b, e+ e, a- X6 |, D' @
% \6 U% @% S) {( a5 I% jM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.3 X1 O' e7 f: N% k9 e; H" s% f: y# f' H
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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"? 8 }4 m' X" S1 r w1 Z# d! E ! V/ Z4 K0 d# T! \* k0 f. QM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.. {8 X$ B3 f1 y; o% k
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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。 ' `2 |7 d- m; {6 \' w ! n% u% k) \6 L. F8 D' `6 P1 cM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!2 B: J5 P& w: i/ W
" k( v g- t* N* e7 \% W7 C$ ~L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 X; \4 i9 J3 N7 [2 Y
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her." ~7 \2 J0 `. m" |8 U- t+ s
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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?6 v9 K) _& { }& c3 q
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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! E7 l/ ]" }8 y S$ h5 R, x9 Q/ ^' h7 W( c$ {4 d
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!* ?& T0 ]: V5 D' i) q2 o
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M: Ok, ok! 3 R1 z8 l: o3 h! X1 L' r5 ^+ V/ W- c1 W* Y7 t
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。 B* S1 I0 L0 Q( X+ bAudio as following: 8 o5 r3 `, Y0 i8 u$ Y$ \
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 - g6 C- O8 v+ E' _! o+ {% J* O7 F9 @/ Q
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。 4 `0 P5 i/ P' T; u$ ?! n8 x1 O8 t6 |" q) a$ {0 v' q$ v
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. + n# n/ {1 P9 h --- I f**ked up my history test.$ N4 U) _! E6 b5 \8 a
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 , ~7 Z9 |: ^- W ' L- d( N. X4 [$ Y3 l, c8 |6 K/ T " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !! G# i0 K% h& c% B+ a
---- They f**ked up my order !