[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。- B: m) I: O! [2 o/ J4 g5 W3 q
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。( C* i$ S% Z% F a4 z9 Y
: y" R% l5 p8 gM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass./ l: U; M& O. O- v5 }6 t5 V$ @
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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。 4 a1 ~+ _$ T4 E3 Z/ k% b3 S' G0 q4 k% X- k( i" g; H/ x2 o
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ) c% ]; ?! X; l" k1 `0 b- s7 q$ `6 ^$ |7 l
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+ b5 V) N/ J: F ; J. \$ s _1 {# iM: 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.+ M( j3 U# i( L5 J" u' [! `
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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"? 4 U$ ~! S+ z2 c8 `9 K2 P9 {9 v# O6 b3 Y
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!* V, M4 ]3 U U. c
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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？9 ~) V2 b& p" n4 O# n1 s1 X
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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. " S: s7 Q, g% w# ?: H , \. i1 \4 D2 n, K2 L2 LL: 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！# D+ n1 p- x4 Q- R: J
2 G8 e2 {6 \7 L6 i D# UM: Please! Don't mention tests! # ?( c! z' O5 V6 O6 o0 Z 6 P' y) q" u9 t P( t; k3 l) r B3 L, TL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ / N# C- [+ s+ H' a6 D4 B+ U * ^9 |6 W# m8 A- l; oM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* v7 W. r3 L& D: |& W1 u) K2 J9 f
2 [' f. n: y3 S/ m7 o9 Z2 @L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 7 ?* g+ g! J7 n3 ~# B/ L" {& A! }0 h% ~, t
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."3 t' }2 }" x8 W- j+ Q- P0 j" u
2 M6 K: a, [4 h; q8 M: FL: 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？6 ]5 l8 Z( f4 V# O% ^' }: k
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.' N! K% {2 j; |
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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"？ 0 @2 X% F+ |7 ?7 i+ Y% g- [% G, e2 h5 \$ X! E
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., x$ P8 t G: u" }, p
9 W6 w6 j0 ~2 R2 V1 D4 @$ P: eL: 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。7 H8 M6 m/ Y1 k( ^+ u- i* t7 g4 q
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 1 T) |% F: J( G" ] 4 R' i$ B* {5 v p3 c: ^# U, dL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 J: E0 t" Y, m, s
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.6 I, M' @7 r3 g X# m0 C' u
% m' V* E! j- o: D3 XL: 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？ 5 T. x7 H; K. ?& r1 K _1 _! z0 v# z+ ~% Z
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! 1 I: J! o, c9 Y4 c4 _- ~# p ' @) g' B0 L: C2 o4 lL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & ^7 P9 P( a1 }4 P) O8 n $ d2 ^" s$ B# ]6 tM: Ok, ok!% @* D" l! B! n# \
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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。7 Y n6 f- B8 a$ |/ ?) H0 f
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 J5 D" W) i- a5 c& D- L
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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。 / `) w5 w$ W5 T) l) _. K- q2 O- I# K/ y; w4 Q
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.7 {& q7 Q+ D9 l/ W
--- I f**ked up my history test.! E$ X; e, E0 g- V8 I
1 h0 u' g# V2 I7 e7 o4 P 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 g: H+ L% _8 u7 ?9 t. x, [
4 o5 A7 a3 b& P0 ]- M " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !2 [, N9 s* l" {- [7 R
---- They f**ked up my order !
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