[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。 . j" I6 {6 Q ~+ m' ] 5 t5 l/ j6 a1 W9 PL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。$ |+ O- e4 d v1 a) i& k# ^
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. & t# K7 ^- w1 A) t- L7 s1 d. C6 i 8 m" a9 q; |8 hL: 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。 ' n+ e- u+ O/ E* D1 Y( ?" W4 a( v$ p! \: o" N4 ]0 D, f
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. : T5 n; t4 ^: J9 r+ }* c ( ~* a5 t+ M7 _$ k- }# cL: 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？6 _0 F) j' D; r% y" I
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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. : \: X5 B* G6 R$ ~2 \9 q' `& c c2 b: k1 J5 Y6 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"?; W' A5 j- |) V6 C8 }' V
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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!( @: {2 e1 b; i7 w* ?
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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？9 U; ~. t6 z6 b6 o9 t( Q
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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.7 y9 N$ _1 M/ K% {: ~
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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！ 7 o! ~0 G6 r( C" u ( k, y& r: H; ^M: Please! Don't mention tests!; P; c" X- o/ F
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L: 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？ ; I: ?6 D, v9 [! q8 N0 ]5 S2 `2 h, \5 Q6 |5 J' x
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ) r5 \' x' e' w* W+ U- c & R" I# o; C+ X2 w& V5 YL: 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 k' w( q9 o3 W/ M5 R
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. + G4 ?. ?0 n$ g( A 1 G# f! d `& z- h! U! zL: 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。3 d% P1 O5 |# e7 `0 O
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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。 ( n/ K% Q" R8 H7 r2 V4 N& a2 l& H+ q, E' E6 @2 _; _
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 0 {# x- z/ c& V) l& l5 G 2 }* ]% j! {) aL: 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？ 2 T& X' y# ?3 H! V- B* `0 p & f( R" W- `: d) C6 h7 eM: 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! ~% s$ W4 e+ |/ X
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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！ ! Q V6 J/ I) f3 M4 P4 n" L% ?/ g8 Z7 D H, k8 W; F- {
M: Ok, ok! & g6 l# n& ~7 t, }7 n8 E9 n8 F) w / i- ~" e! f; Y( 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。3 J1 N/ q. @! u, @5 ]
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 - J$ O: I, ^' @+ u3 t! B8 J $ N1 R; X# V7 C A2 Y7 \/ tbomb 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。9 \8 d# R6 n8 V% M# y. a8 E
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. - g+ R" m, M, t$ f --- I f**ked up my history test. # W. D( O8 V/ V ' h! `) K4 {2 q4 F 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( q, m) Q+ n/ ]9 Y- J* l T
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !7 y! R1 ~6 {; [' ^
---- They f**ked up my order !
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