[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。 - K6 g7 ]# t6 j" \! B- _+ M. s8 x7 q5 s# T0 i5 C+ j4 \. Q
L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 6 ?1 _, f( ~) s- X. ~; F ) U8 M* Q/ H' {9 G& u: c2 jM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 }. }/ E5 ~. X# z, a3 h
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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。 ) |0 T, H( E8 O( k5 V5 r3 X 9 w" |. n2 P$ Q- \/ wM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.7 K; G* ]0 e) J( `" T/ F
7 G; i% M. R; a/ V( tL: 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?+ V2 S s) l0 \* h
) `6 \# a2 O! BM: 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. % @7 A `* `. M, L6 e+ u# G6 X/ U! Y( N$ j9 L
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"?7 l, y# R1 s: ?. y) Y- h( \# o% ^6 F
% O+ U6 f7 U9 X0 b0 \0 L" [8 cM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , L( R9 \" J. `3 z L' E( @1 I2 l, s& X4 K0 q+ e. C, ?5 z, h
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? , h4 I: ~% Y0 l4 R- X0 z- j. k5 }
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.* a/ ?" n" O+ P5 j$ e4 G+ M
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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! , y. R( P) \8 x% p7 M $ A9 A2 o1 }4 S9 h2 XM: Please! Don't mention tests!: ~$ c1 ]" ^8 D9 K
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! 1 o% { ]+ j: H6 K3 r. V4 m" e/ G* X- X* d( t" `% U) R0 C" F/ N+ |
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! + p5 S/ m, e2 C) Y7 e1 k& G M9 O: g* |: q' {) g0 L
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 3 p, C, d! f2 w/ i1 H, Y0 l, }8 f7 r6 I, G# D, y# i9 F0 W& B l
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."8 h' D8 {; i6 B6 N$ R! ^. G$ O5 N
7 y0 r |% u9 N* ?, gL: 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? $ _% z5 m( _: @5 i% X* o. A 8 X3 w1 b, B& [M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. + G8 b9 e/ s% L: s+ e% w u% Q% j: ]3 u: x/ f, ^/ {% C' H
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"? / @3 A7 i1 c1 \. p" r% o. W ; d3 w( I' y0 {6 g' FM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.( q0 ]( k4 s+ a, b6 N4 [
( S) ?: _0 F7 b4 d9 C) S4 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。- Q- U( z' X' Z R0 j
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!: Z% u7 c( j! I# b
7 ^8 V) c1 K+ P+ y PL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ' d3 Q; X- i$ H4 b8 q1 Y* |- C* ~; P
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 4 b2 _7 s2 f7 z: ~# m. ^8 D( Q. ^# I3 `# M1 Z. q& B. J7 r
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 r! P# d* z6 b
! R3 U: A, k1 G6 hM: 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" G. b8 }) Z9 N $ B$ V; \$ {- HL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! : c) p0 b. p N& `* ^& V# V C+ K- m y% J' z
M: Ok, ok!, j3 r3 v# ?- ~, I; j+ u( J) I: @
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ; `$ E9 t, T( ]5 s l ]4 i ; S% `; }" H/ [; Zbomb 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。" ]/ q( U: J% N$ A7 j
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 9 a9 o$ e3 @& g, U! U( ] --- I f**ked up my history test. 5 g% `3 A( X: K8 t- g ) N+ W# e5 U& ^ 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 " j: Q( W3 Q# P' p+ Q * s' X! T5 g6 i4 j; d " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( F7 T1 t8 O( m5 p) v
---- They f**ked up my order !