[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 V: d3 O# ^5 M; y7 O+ @- K+ |7 S% a6 r9 J1 \: M4 ?
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。+ e# x! P5 t: m( M7 O+ ?
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 0 ?! M% s) y" ?. g4 M/ w' H* V4 H$ j) j$ o9 {9 k$ J
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。 / J P( G P1 j7 I! V ' _+ {) i# Q. \M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. % K5 P7 S0 ]* `( B 1 }/ d' Q6 Z3 N% ?+ jL: 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？ . |" f: a- V% L0 f0 M& c- g' m* e+ N2 [4 l6 |- t# Z: a
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.+ f/ e9 ~- E* a% m! V" i* _: f
8 s6 A$ _# y( m7 O5 IL: 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"?% w( g+ t) d" b. I2 `6 _
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ! A# C4 P9 R9 s2 j& X- ~, F2 f3 ?- s% Q# a% 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？ 2 Z; {# ~3 P. o, n# l6 S. {1 z' }$ P$ c& n" O1 m% d1 y2 U3 |7 P4 e
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& u6 _; X1 h* q o! s
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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！ & [% ~, G. f7 c) ~: q; [2 Q) |/ z* V3 f- v* J" M( a' X
M: Please! Don't mention tests! : p0 c5 A& x. U1 N6 F1 F) J1 F" {# j3 ?/ h
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！# Y5 `$ a5 Y4 B- `0 K; q+ y
. E- s6 ] t% pM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' w6 f, I9 }8 _, Q. ~# Z+ u6 T1 V# V0 G( A3 R& j! G. o
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？( \+ @% |' ?7 {# H1 ~! B
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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." 8 t. v' x, u& N) t7 s$ j ( s4 j7 U3 J& a4 j- yL: 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？- A1 \+ C" l: }; b1 B) ?' u
% Q3 i& h8 \5 {/ q5 ^% d C( F5 wM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 2 y) |7 P3 e" O% f# t5 v0 u9 S6 b# q4 h" I. W6 H. v2 ]
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"？+ H! R: Q& i4 ^8 @; f; M' P% n
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.5 B2 Q/ ^" B$ T
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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。) W! L+ N& W; V1 R6 E, {7 V
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!& X1 ?+ N: O3 i
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 . T$ P7 w% }2 x1 K/ E+ x9 L, D8 \0 y% W9 U7 C B1 Z; }1 a9 Q. ^
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.1 v d# ?+ ^& h
/ f/ @$ f7 l8 UL: 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？ ) y3 p8 q; D5 l) \ - w' b2 q0 U# R7 U1 RM: 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!+ i! c0 E) o% Z0 ]( h* K
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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！$ @- m3 x! } |% Z* u3 J1 F
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. Z1 `3 j5 R- E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。# W9 A7 B K2 E# ^ H# h
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 9 h4 W! S8 b+ ]4 p+ E
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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。 ) v7 `1 W6 I6 A + _: T4 s2 v4 L3 u t9 U2 E5 |“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 h( j7 S1 e, k& O6 t --- I f**ked up my history test.: T3 `5 l' p$ H# q' y
5 F5 ?: g8 V" G" ~ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。" t. q2 t) A# k3 n# o, R4 ?6 L
/ W2 n2 L# x& n. _& P " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !0 b) K) p! r, S" Z
---- They f**ked up my order !
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