[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。 + ~0 h/ ]0 O8 y9 j 9 j2 B; T3 ]& ~$ Z B+ f+ }L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。" Q9 V0 V& I2 y, C2 U' Z) a& r
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 R7 D7 k/ K+ q1 V
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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。- B: O4 _& C+ |- X
9 J% ?9 p# D! W' AM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 3 P& t8 } t0 R: E% P: y( H' R* W $ U% Z5 J6 G5 t7 L9 SL: 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- W! u! S( n, p. |/ E! Z8 M ~
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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. 5 Z/ {3 c- \+ T6 P; D5 g( p" `- n- k. }
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"?# H4 r! \0 a, p" Z2 R
$ ]. K& D1 { @5 T; Y7 {# D( _M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , h% j/ i7 c3 |/ m7 z 1 Z7 e3 r7 N5 V$ e& J* L; l9 ^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？ ! w) l( n( }' r" i: J& G* H; d8 @& W; l$ ^- M/ f) _" W
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.& E5 Y8 h/ \" O/ y% L f8 ~6 @
% q Y( f5 G& c2 g0 b6 F uM: Please! Don't mention tests!7 D- N) n8 t3 N
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！! X' i) o- n) [; W. B! }# U
8 \6 c' B N( j1 C* ]5 C* I+ GM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! G, L' p: V. N! Y3 [ / U% N; r' w# _2 B+ q3 w6 ]L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？' |$ I. ~- Y4 l, D. K* d( k
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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 U6 _1 R. r- k! D
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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？ . U, T, p8 M" T+ z, S8 O0 b; d5 f0 N2 O, K
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.0 r$ ~" O3 }' @4 Q
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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"？- K& d, Z& m& Y0 A8 R: L% e
1 Q# R, N- F" WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.. i! ?+ ?( i2 }6 v8 P
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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。( _9 H, ~3 \% c9 v" F
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ) h' X# ~8 z1 l8 P( R6 V5 Q3 B0 b8 A/ c" k+ E2 y1 E
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 S/ z% m! J4 K0 t" z. O
3 N% j. C3 N& S$ WM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. . c/ w! j& M0 X ( s+ {- w* A# J, p! Q. fL: 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？, o! T0 Z7 r4 A& K x- A
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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!' b" g, H+ s3 B8 ~4 z0 f
\# w- W! F; A" \- Z# Z* ~( f0 @L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ ) A+ r- L7 a# N% n) U6 c & c3 R, b4 s' T. F1 L9 [% D. rM: Ok, ok! 5 |+ a, ^* g5 g5 O. V- r2 z' N 5 J& [) l/ `% l/ s# a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。5 A4 C9 F1 k% c% V6 q
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 : I3 c" E% I/ T 9 j! ]3 u- m4 u7 {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。 1 {- N( N, C: t# u2 w ; q4 B; A$ M. u“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 i4 q1 B* G9 i# O, y+ w( [ --- I f**ked up my history test.1 K% H( Z1 @. X4 y4 e$ o
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ! E8 B8 u& M1 r% K# q k. ?6 g; {. E2 P" e" V( t7 B# k p1 }
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 0 f. j8 A: F0 A* e' E" g ---- They f**ked up my order !
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