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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。 ) Y+ _: m) n, v - J" a- I2 I# B1 {1 ]. _$ lM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.! g, Z: Z* X1 t1 Q- k
$ l) Y" ]' q8 fL: 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? 7 J+ C( m3 {/ h' Y9 W J F 2 \ {: L& [. G- O9 nM: 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 V1 r$ T" ^% E8 W! o
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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 Y; b2 Z, k- s* u# Q, V0 z: c6 Y
5 h/ C; h$ M( B z# n. F- k& rM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , d4 p( b4 G1 |% `. { 8 B8 y1 \ s% M& bL: 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?9 y" M. [! F; _$ } I
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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.- j8 t0 p) H' V9 s; ^; \3 q u
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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! + k( S" \& X4 M. |1 D/ y" L3 s3 [4 _% t6 j4 G. k$ Z
M: Please! Don't mention tests!# {' B! t" r3 f! k/ W7 p) K2 Z9 D3 ?
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!" b' |8 D; W/ S6 y% A6 B) e5 c' Y
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!8 f4 `& }7 p- W, w* I5 _
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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."; `+ }% }& f q7 \( y" J
, G+ f$ N# Q! C A9 E( b' pL: 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?+ X: z* c& c7 n. g, j2 `: `0 B
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.; m5 B/ T- v# N" v9 p
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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"? 7 m) c5 v# x4 x( E/ u + Y, Y$ t: k% k1 s$ BM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. / h+ U8 U: {1 O; X3 E( \+ ~+ m J* `( T7 K+ d" j" P! H
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。 7 {! Y. }: x; c. U% e/ t( H6 B: \+ k; C- f$ I
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!* W( l/ U$ x# n+ Y
! b, U' W$ |6 ^1 @L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 . m9 U) y! U9 `' V* \7 k2 N; d; C: X1 b' U6 H, c# u2 x6 ]
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. # M( k4 Z( b- W- i9 b. L ' V- x6 z. f; M1 Z* QL: 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 K! u. a; [8 G; W) l6 c * t5 u C5 Q% ^# CM: 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! * V/ r. C3 c5 v2 T1 m" ]$ O. _) ]6 F- r- k& }* D
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 6 b( u( p/ L' U$ f & H8 y' F1 @6 o. ZM: Ok, ok!6 C+ N& H$ E3 x) i
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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。; {" m; P5 N- J6 J
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' l1 `7 Q( V+ K. l- F$ o5 Z. E1 Q) k+ E$ p
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。 $ [5 m* M% j U1 N, _6 m 4 C0 f1 a, W) b3 A) f/ D“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ; |. V& ^0 ~5 P5 E --- I f**ked up my history test. 4 D: i. k$ W& g9 e , Y8 a5 @9 h# b- s C 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 * q {% M# x# h+ a) d) @& i% Q7 `8 D1 W. y
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:43 编辑 3 S4 D7 k8 r( W r: k& o/ V 8 s. E( a/ q3 yYou screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。) u5 x* b$ @" S) t8 \2 K' y# L
& Y. r3 N, B" I/ k一开始听这话,俺一头雾水。screw ?哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人,当然用许多 screw,工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ?不是“起来”“上来”吗?我把螺丝拧上来了?没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说,You messed it up,我大概不会这么郁闷。