[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。 ; z% d5 }8 s: |2 d. S 2 h1 M9 t( w r) ?$ Q% t: v- P" z# kL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。0 h, J( l# h' A
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.. b) d. s2 E. B/ g# K+ |
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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。 $ K. @0 \, F3 n. R) N c3 [4 \& Z) w$ G8 R1 P. x& w
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; c9 S6 R3 a' D! O" U, \: ~* ? 6 @4 x2 D* x: O# R$ nL: 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? # E2 W+ F6 @! y0 i/ ?6 r7 w6 A3 ^6 u. F- M
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. b8 E+ K7 p5 n6 c2 b6 V1 d- ]
% z/ ~9 O% U. j$ N1 wL: 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"?4 j( O7 H. I' ]
# m) L0 H% D/ }' f8 Y4 r5 GM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!' L8 d6 _& L- A4 G2 c9 z8 U
( T- }) e' i0 p7 u8 kM: 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.0 L& m- n+ V! b' h' b
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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!+ U: {0 m0 \; @! b& e) O5 y. `6 L
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 5 p! \- g8 r) ]; u/ ]/ g0 m; i7 g : W# J7 D4 g, P) ~1 }) } y- pL: 跟你开玩笑嘛!+ Y8 w# q0 \1 c
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 5 |' V# B5 m2 U D3 R) O/ q0 i% R; y1 r' v$ G% r% x
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? ; I8 Q- ?1 Q5 ?8 L# I% H; w# z H: P9 N
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." ' s3 a" [1 z K* E6 @8 k9 q: O. r8 B4 N* s. q
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? 5 L. o, d/ l, k4 ] ; L% X P8 a0 d) H f8 n, T$ i' zM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.! q6 j* [2 |4 k" L! c( n( i8 A1 \( a
) {4 _7 u T2 f2 X, ^. WL: 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"?" L5 K6 t" A5 l% h& m0 E
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.. P! L# t: y% i
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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。$ t5 @' I, v6 }
$ _' ~9 {5 w" E ~: l# MM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! " n. i( q, R' W. q5 E' }6 U 7 b9 J+ m$ b! l& g U" K: ]6 TL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ) r: Z" Y6 M2 D. ^6 Q8 D$ B0 }2 U# m3 }& J5 G. R
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her., r9 E' j6 a( i# |( Y7 m0 ^7 ]0 Y
4 T T1 ]6 ]6 M7 ^1 oL: 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? # J" l4 l q% q; W3 u1 R9 }: [4 V" x2 l3 C, k) N
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!( q7 [ G: R" C( U; q: x. N- _
7 |3 D; d) C* TL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 5 y9 H- P/ M. \" y * Y( ] N' A R: b5 y8 lM: Ok, ok!3 g9 \$ V3 O# K" m
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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。 1 _# h2 L3 r% `0 TAudio as following:" T, l) y# t, I ? T, E0 f
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 4 l7 f' m& {. j1 Q
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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。4 P1 z ?; E3 U2 r
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 5 i8 h4 h3 s! X# e: z2 } --- I f**ked up my history test./ ]. D. H0 y5 h, C7 n! y4 j
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。4 l1 q' t8 f' U% m7 B+ q
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % N' K! q1 G0 |3 S5 k9 k0 d ---- They f**ked up my order !