[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。 3 E9 K3 Q; d$ Q1 t 3 N2 y! x0 t, b8 S% |) I6 rL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 $ G4 p( I5 z% E3 o, o, f% u7 ~7 R4 W/ s( s" Y1 @
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.2 S* x' \. N- |
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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。, Z+ S5 n; m" g
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.5 |# i6 ]" R4 r
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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? 3 M) g' F! _5 d4 g& t( p 9 C. i1 ]% ~, X8 q6 D! C! F9 xM: 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./ J; i- C5 j m! b, A+ m" ?: G
: j6 O( R" P. I1 @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"?- O5 E5 C! e1 X7 ~. k( v! I
& T# C* l1 L+ j0 ~M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ) q, A V) \. t$ A5 \# X6 _+ c+ U/ r0 ^6 `; t) G
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? 6 O) q/ j& O5 C8 k' s- R 5 a( V. Q* c. ^( UM: 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./ f: A3 ~$ l1 U4 b- S' Y
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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!' _* h1 ?4 e, F- F& O
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!8 Z4 ~/ s L( g/ h# ?/ `2 R
4 b& C, s( h/ ?$ j, HL: 跟你开玩笑嘛! ! @- m9 h9 O' ~. ~) Q, I9 M, Y: f" Q2 j. q
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! + C1 w( K$ n, D! J/ G3 h( C% C/ I1 C. o5 R* H; @4 A( g
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?+ {: D6 z0 ]& X2 Q$ b$ N* I i- A
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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."0 O+ F( o+ e0 V8 S
1 P2 X4 c, ]! UL: 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?, X3 A6 H' H) c( z6 W
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.# }8 o7 {) H' E. R' l+ N
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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"?2 {9 b$ ~1 M9 K N9 q* I! K
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. B6 l* d8 f$ b% i8 N" f
+ m. U2 s% [5 e5 sL: 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。8 p& q+ z2 i3 n7 p3 ~
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 c+ U% \! X. I- P* t
+ e5 R* v' L0 l+ lL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 w! G* m- ]9 Z3 X! l, t9 u! |. r0 E6 W, u
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.' k& f3 N7 k: T+ Q7 P; G+ E
6 ]* p. V s; D! s5 R- n. iL: 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?. A# s2 j- N8 L3 O+ Y! w
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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! " `; A/ K3 w$ I( _. O& N% ~0 o ( I( ?& F% {5 ^L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 4 [# w# J& p! i n* O ? s $ j* X! ^# {9 i5 TM: Ok, ok! - j( O3 {+ j, E! I5 K6 k' x+ n4 s( L* J. I. T4 e7 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。 0 O0 q5 T* y! Z! g$ Q8 kAudio as following: + ]3 B1 J, Z8 h- ]' T
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 " F( p" D$ {# B, k9 Y2 P" d: ^/ o* v- c% m- Z0 u) s
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。 - U2 I3 }$ K g" Y) u; _! A. a8 J- P' o9 D
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 ]4 d! ]9 X2 A% f& m% a I
--- I f**ked up my history test. 4 L. M% M6 e' j# G1 {, N " T0 {5 Q% \: n- l3 Y2 O: o7 h 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。9 d% H% B( ~9 A- y5 g7 p
+ f# e; X. P! s2 J. A " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* D2 @) l: n/ V6 m; N8 U
---- They f**ked up my order !