[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。' V; m3 g7 Z, G3 U- [0 `
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ( o- l8 [! d; A* u6 P7 b9 h2 r- y( S# t' ]( _/ f, l
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.1 X2 F6 B$ u8 Q* B% G/ e
' l. s* U5 u9 t8 x5 V& tL: 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。9 J" o* z }' b; v+ N0 J, n+ B6 d4 i
( {6 L# O1 |/ x% A! a& iM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. . u& z5 [0 G; P0 ~5 \; f" H/ l) W. {# F$ s$ r! n
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？% k- U8 v+ S6 s# \$ k* A
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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. 2 L. m m% S8 L% G1 N% b3 z! \) S2 Q4 B
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"?+ Y! b2 q' P4 H4 q
- i [; M6 _5 [/ |( PM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! G! G8 I6 N) f2 L1 g. q w: H9 A8 \( N, h0 k, I
L: 对，你说几个星期前去看的那场话剧，有几个话剧演员简直是太糟 了。That play really bombed! 我说得对不对？ 7 ~9 l1 ^9 [# g5 s3 B9 x) o$ G* z& d5 p6 t( z
M: Absolutely! Hey listen, Li Hua, can we please change the subject? I don't want to think about failure right now. What would you like to eat? It's my treat. d0 r: ~) [ m ! j$ x' b9 c2 m* F0 O' }# y/ NL: 你不要再谈这种丧气的事情，没问题！要请我吃饭，行，我吃沙拉和三明治。不过，Michael，你真是得省点钱，要是老是考试不及格，研究院会把你开除的！7 D+ [5 |/ W* c- h+ g- H$ |7 x
& t' r2 v4 h3 E/ a" jM: Please! Don't mention tests!+ V( ^' @3 \; @" a
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 9 h# w/ V# Y2 z5 b" J% m/ p. Z/ E& m, Y8 P; z
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 5 n, z1 z/ ~8 @8 E1 T/ Y5 q* h8 t2 L. l( N
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ) e; w* `* ?, X & T3 `& ~2 `. Z5 o0 f. w3 m3 wM: I told them not to put onions on my burger, but they forgot. Therefore I said that they "messed up my order". I can also just say "they messed up."* P6 o) [3 N" [$ Y L$ B1 c
' M6 R; u: u1 c- x, fM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.; ] C3 a! k4 r5 F9 d
7 b9 Y. y' |9 zL: 噢，to mess up something还可以指把什么东西弄坏了。昨天，和我同房间的学生问我借自行车，等她还我的时候，自行车的链子断了。我是不是可以说："She messed up my bike"？ 9 o4 L' ]* _$ E( s; l3 X* h% y 0 V) ^1 ]1 x% _$ YM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.9 M1 G; F4 M+ b0 E
8 A y# w; v% uL: 对啊，我是让她去买新链子，可是她说都是我不好让她差一点没出严重的车祸。# k; e9 w V! Y# d4 Y0 B/ G5 r. R4 O/ h
* s7 p) y( A6 x+ o* _" {+ `% rM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. S$ w" Z. A9 Z& A( F
& D. _8 e* l Q7 J2 g3 pL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 4 w2 D/ ^* g# s) N) _, _" K * v: d0 c7 s2 R4 kM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 0 W6 O& [+ E! b% M' {$ t- \) a/ K7 ~8 T& ]
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？ 8 W$ D6 I) L% ^0 x% k7 s2 v5 i# F 6 X' w$ N! A6 S4 yM: 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!. }8 }/ s9 s5 L3 l: Q+ \
s+ C, G0 t6 U$ p uL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！2 _# L$ F4 Q8 T' g
- d3 S+ n+ U) R" j; T8 oM: Ok, ok! 2 t8 }! ^4 _2 T% L8 x+ O4 u, b% a/ x4 F! t; R A* D6 K4 E) B
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。1 K! S. q& ^5 |$ |! x0 C
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ( K3 H" ?. I# X2 O- e+ G' X
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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。3 J/ B; H' G2 g* K
, x4 \: K; u9 k) A4 _“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. % {- }# L8 k4 k/ W% p7 K( B --- I f**ked up my history test.% @ B3 {' r p& n6 V) b
4 m# C1 T$ W- }% h6 X$ ~ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。7 _: Q- t# ^! ^6 M5 P' f
+ {7 j& J# ]: }) m8 ]' s, H " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !& M" z6 g& e, _
---- They f**ked up my order !
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