[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。& w4 z9 b2 l5 v' m+ Y
8 E2 j! @0 D& z9 U3 ~ r
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 * r& d L3 ]: Y. ^: q `/ a$ u* L, U- ?, v
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 6 M( t/ N" n8 t9 x- e/ ^& b3 T8 C ' {3 Y7 r7 O5 Z% D( I6 N& K4 PL: 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。 3 A2 E. A% U5 Y5 @+ P5 h0 ~* H l. g4 e% F9 x( W7 v- l) e- {
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.1 k! _1 S" A/ @. T% V
5 w4 v) k9 ^3 [8 e/ T; uL: 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？ / ]; v+ f- y; K0 h- A' Z3 ?& p: P6 `6 w5 c, N
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.: ]1 y; G0 ]* I2 Z
& y" M. M4 S8 r& i. [7 Q$ X |: n$ rL: 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 p) L$ z, S [7 ]" o" w _' X6 i( w$ P' M. e" m% {
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!8 j; t6 `. y4 ^2 x
6 {' g$ l) `$ R
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？4 ]) {% h! R, k8 d) v& U
% i7 q4 r$ |5 r1 h$ j
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. " i* s6 J' P( Z+ u* M1 ^" O8 @/ f- `+ s) A t1 a9 s
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% ]- }9 y) X4 Q+ v
$ i# J. y! s0 @$ ^) u3 d5 e
M: Please! Don't mention tests! $ a- u5 w/ w" X2 B; w8 } c3 T( X3 {" s
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！/ Q/ c( `5 t" k; V! V: i
# E, @. _! u5 u$ s4 h7 m; y
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!: k6 Z6 [/ k: x8 u3 o& }
, K/ m' ~! r% I D* @5 V1 D
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 9 i# ?$ G- ?5 O: g - ^% M5 m3 M/ @" P; \5 o# oM: 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."7 H( v* j6 V/ Z& S! l
# L- ]4 x) S+ N; i" PM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ {. t; y, n# Q 7 [4 v, u% |# n: \' z! [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"？ x' Z9 X, R$ p ! r5 P6 g) I# ]# z; |% S& n/ r2 R7 eM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. $ Y6 L& E2 h p5 g1 C/ ^0 X$ Q8 b* q! G. G! J2 ^5 [2 v
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。 ; D" x) F* x- e8 J0 @( m, ] H! _( e0 G9 v. ^' O" l
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" @, P4 G4 V( f) } j
9 k2 A% p: \6 {7 @7 G6 qL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。$ P) L7 ]/ {" h/ D0 D( M. d0 b$ u
) S+ a* d5 N+ I! ]
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& s0 z: ~* O: P+ _& a4 O
( S( C' z3 c# {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？5 r6 Q9 h8 M% S Z* e
9 d* _! p6 a, oM: 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 F( t( ]' C5 {. w7 ?' K' `% b, i( T1 f9 p' G8 p
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ ! ~, ?: C" L( h9 r- r! M3 W. F/ g# P' x
M: Ok, ok!/ Z) \+ K; T2 }! _# M: o/ w+ c
7 w7 Z% F6 g; C! W
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- f" O9 K* a6 ]! O" {) T R2 f6 b
Audio as following:) \ F5 ^ g/ S
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * S A- t4 I0 J$ w) Q" U r4 N
4 Z5 [9 D! J f" Z* b! y
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。 " W! [7 g6 D$ j, \+ J! L6 c: w. Q8 K3 {
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.2 {& @, q5 K9 o( P7 a
--- I f**ked up my history test./ h! m, X& k8 z: y; D
+ C! {( j( s S+ g1 k5 B" p. u) e 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。! d) P) F0 S# a, w! k
. D" F( k6 C4 B; c6 \+ w
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 6 j+ X, ]& H" r4 n; h ---- They f**ked up my order !
狗仔卡
鲜花(
鸡蛋(
发表于 2009-12-18 18:50
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
楼主
