[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。 $ X% c/ t6 M/ e 0 e' q$ h2 i9 s, V; _, S2 eL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 $ U% H. r0 G! \0 `; l5 j$ Z1 M- ^7 x- U
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 2 [9 A. c& ]- G+ u + f. H9 U+ F0 G; z N: l$ e$ mL: 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。 : J" p* d* B4 N$ R5 v" W2 P; m0 M. F x) R5 t* F7 _
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark./ m0 P5 E6 \0 M! i5 h
/ n, |- f& s8 G5 b: yL: 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？9 m& [+ G/ q" f
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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. 9 l9 j; Z6 R$ {1 C& O* g5 I5 `) ]# y4 ?( x8 m0 M, v2 l% z
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"?+ X9 R) W# E! s- J o @2 t9 U
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!% G0 F% ~4 J3 Z) D4 F' r7 I
( } m1 [8 V+ l% R3 X" l ML: 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 b* u! [$ A# g6 u ) z. R, D- C3 j6 ?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. ' i0 {- c1 K3 a & o% Z; r3 {; M9 j! L1 _8 |( P) AL: 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！ % [* ?4 H- i3 A1 W$ Q/ h! F0 A % Y: |5 j3 F5 yM: Please! Don't mention tests!( s5 \: h9 C7 e7 m( R
$ f3 }2 `. b kL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ / s4 M6 m: i8 |7 ?# n# I/ @ / T% {% h: z& c! _M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! $ x+ B' w- N" D8 x7 m) Q" ?+ J1 H3 W# W
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ # N5 t/ p0 W- O" e * | y7 D( X" A; z8 P% UM: 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.": }& u P; T' {$ I3 X! k
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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？ " ~- z. y& f5 H; E' ^* V# ^; Z1 F9 g, L0 x0 m) J
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. % V, n! o: s6 {/ q+ A8 ?" p 2 C: B6 ?% I! H1 Q' gL: 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"？ ) M1 X0 F$ T: _ ! n6 N5 }6 J$ E% K8 r$ C6 j3 j" w- t! ]M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ! H \4 i. {9 L! B % e7 s% K% L( 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。/ `2 [5 J' ^4 j: a& [" N
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! + f7 i9 c% ~. K/ B/ z 0 V6 R% W2 \+ f2 h5 _' u" O4 `L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 {1 |( m2 d) \" u7 m& Y5 {3 @2 Z5 ^ a6 U2 h: V, Q* {
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. + }: p" i* k) Q$ w6 C8 } V- \% {/ b" A `; s
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？# e# `) s2 @& S6 C% W
2 v, l- {% x8 X6 U+ xM: 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! : e" `! I& @2 X 0 D3 N1 Q5 p# k$ ~6 }- RL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！5 u2 O l! t* N8 ?4 U8 `2 n; s; R& t6 t
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 % F1 |1 t6 J0 B) b# p& W. W7 i / _7 D) z6 {0 U3 _+ Q& Kbomb 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 g5 [5 T9 z# G2 g. k& Z- R( v/ {5 j6 _6 i
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. $ f* B3 {8 E% P! N; x1 E5 u --- I f**ked up my history test. % e/ ]/ g* Q* X 4 J. W1 W# I% ~5 d" ?& ^ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( ~/ x- L6 B4 F3 ^! M
1 T: S$ X" C# Q& |/ ~/ j3 C " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ; E! Q9 n, R& g8 s ---- They f**ked up my order !
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:43 编辑 ' r1 l0 h/ c9 C j6 A, @6 G
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You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。( m# d1 }+ b7 s3 }( T
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一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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