[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。7 b- f1 @ S6 ^
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 3 n+ S* A! y6 ]/ ^; s/ G E5 H ^8 Q8 O4 J4 k$ \8 Y
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 s0 n7 ?6 _: n( z6 I6 K$ _1 b! f0 u* H
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。, F7 H. c0 c/ {# X
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 3 Y: X2 |0 ?/ \! i: Y# G - ?( i; X0 V% }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？2 G, U: {0 s5 t- F& r. x+ q
: I( u' P; P4 E4 ]6 DM: 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. " _: P) j7 Z g: D' G# M% M: C( T5 n. v
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"? ; _8 K# H4 B. [5 z3 @ 9 j, D' ^( Q% Z k4 V8 E2 [M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 5 T1 {* ?5 h" q; W; u# e 4 @4 k8 F- N. K6 tL: 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？ + J' ]% m9 X+ r3 L + Z$ l$ D7 f6 K3 D/ c0 u" `# jM: 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.) E' s* J. [* g1 I( [) ^8 A! U
5 t& M' R) o9 q; X c8 P( `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！) r! f; ^1 F/ n2 a& n" i
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! ; c; O: w. v+ E* k* p/ A% e. l; [( N6 j6 _0 v
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' m, l* {7 t7 l d3 E$ L9 b s+ n' B% Y1 n
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!+ Q, ?4 ~5 j6 g* c* |
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 ~8 P5 h# X' ?/ f/ P+ M* W 8 b; N: U" J. X3 tM: 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 \" }3 J- v3 M5 P
6 O @5 E5 u* S0 `# D7 ~; k1 X! 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？2 G) z" {5 b; A- v
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 8 v/ V; z4 b' w7 V4 k: p, b & K8 ~) t0 `2 X& {) @) Y2 P7 t. ^2 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"？ ' F" r9 i% c- e 7 ^: F d6 [# k' G; }M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.! x% x/ v: k- _2 a
( h2 Y6 t/ ?4 u1 k* x8 pL: 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。 " h. E1 b( E9 `1 [5 A0 n' q. Y- V7 i/ o% q J. U
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!6 i0 M3 u* p; e6 o& B
! L, t- Y% h5 b' D% x# LL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 2 j! C2 B: q- h- I% u* z( N8 k% I$ L8 n
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.) @9 T8 I5 {# _8 Q4 y; 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？ 2 u" Z- X. ~5 j) Q) H* G% N, z9 r4 M) B
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!# b* B' @8 s5 k* L; q$ K( Q
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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！ 0 p2 Z) ^2 r: B* p* [8 _. I0 P7 o# B5 c4 Z1 Y& o
M: Ok, ok! 5 s" ^) W2 V Z. L/ _( x7 f& ?% h; {. x ^* _% 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。 4 I: }$ J) _1 l. G. s# i9 FAudio as following:/ ^$ E& W9 u' \. ~7 ~) \ Y: S: i, A
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 & B! ]. v& w& K0 K* [ 6 U4 r- g" h/ r& E8 N# d! `5 q0 Gbomb 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。 ( Z P( y: h3 [! U; ]6 e5 T% _2 N
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.' k8 H0 I2 P {8 a1 V- Z
--- I f**ked up my history test." |4 v7 N. @4 V! S$ b2 R
! W( u# T! b! h. t3 H 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 , D1 x; K' I* Y0 e/ y 8 F0 d8 f' _' y " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !4 k3 m/ Z$ `% u- ~" d5 S- O7 J+ a- [
---- They f**ked up my order !
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