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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。 % f* K5 Z) ?" t! r3 I 8 a: H- K. r3 Q% sM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 2 C& c9 D# M8 Q; u* X, x) Z) I5 X, u# y6 F
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？% c5 D+ ~" P+ c2 y
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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.! Y% B ^0 Q; N4 i8 v. S" w
' r/ W8 E0 \# |8 U* @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"? L! c! `( @9 R, B* y5 f- P# [+ }6 {# ~% d) a0 K" A5 z
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; ~' _% G8 I$ L; M5 d
( {4 p' R( C+ x' _! 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？ $ B) o x6 G% n$ x# `* u1 \ 0 u% U% |$ O3 V, `5 X; F( eM: 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. 0 |( k% `9 ^% @+ |1 d9 [; K7 H& r9 \" y) ~: B8 l1 |' _
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！1 w/ J) H. U, u, t- Q& O7 D4 p5 {4 q
8 P1 }6 B# Y3 a% |2 e- cM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!/ E( O2 c. I$ z& p' x
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？% u7 d/ `. @; G! J K
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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."6 [- I J8 B' c$ ]5 M' w. ?3 p
$ g R5 c3 R: { z0 j# HL: 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？" S1 K) `5 W I$ c
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. , e, W, e4 ^% T9 U1 z! a' M$ J- ?1 V% a5 o N
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"？1 {1 t8 p, F- Y2 B
2 {+ J/ W o5 b+ i8 A5 m5 XM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.: [' H1 o/ Y# R* @( ]
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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。% I. n+ Q2 R1 j8 D) g* i
, U: W0 j; A7 J; V+ }# [$ nM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! + a. s0 J5 S3 a, m( _ $ T! Y C X2 @- P0 K! C- eL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。( z- F( }' B1 O6 f
/ g- a# m8 P1 K; AM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. / p {2 E3 [3 X' r' D, U4 w8 z( G2 ^% ^* B5 G: Z
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？3 n+ {* u6 @# ]6 t1 B8 o
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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! ) {4 H% ?! D2 d; [& ^! q! b + E) G( y1 x; C X* cL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 0 \. h4 F0 V! N' T8 `. _' `8 }0 o2 g7 d/ X: w
M: Ok, ok!0 U4 P1 b, g9 W9 p6 [
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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。 " F' \0 Q+ r* O0 WAudio as following: 9 _2 j( h7 j0 K# _
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 : S: N1 ^- q" l) `2 M" ~: u( T7 f( c: t# C: t- R* l% q4 n& |" t9 d3 R
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。 8 w; P) g( }1 [# X, ^+ r9 ?* L1 e% K+ A0 D
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 f( D! e0 S. i+ R i --- I f**ked up my history test. + ^) O$ r! g1 } ; `. F9 q/ l. | 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。9 L# f( ?6 R5 J; u5 F3 m
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !- ?: i4 k& ^2 g8 N
---- They f**ked up my order !
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