[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。5 Q; G9 J! z( J' C" P: _
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 4 n2 {1 p/ r, _8 f2 |; C6 L$ g: t1 E/ m q! b* t9 q; p
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ' K. G% p. g2 e% V4 ^* ^6 F/ Z' D* H* u/ M* _- T* l9 M5 E
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。 ) |# o, s: j* u( j0 f3 N- R6 n5 O, F! y; S8 W5 N) y# [ ?" O+ T
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 5 `: `) J$ x$ {+ p+ b" }, c$ x- T6 P* G: S: c$ F7 U9 j e- X) N' x
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？ 4 O9 V1 k8 n- k7 t" P4 l0 ^( f 6 Z6 m& `7 `1 mM: 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. - s, s. S4 V( c& L# E; N1 [$ t, C
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"? * s V: E6 n" F$ |: a 0 Y* H1 G3 h+ \M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; i, \; w! R: N% g% j; A! I% H( G3 W1 h0 r* @2 U- C2 s2 m( }
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？ 1 v( E$ f& v7 Y, Q' A/ c# T3 p5 t/ L& D
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.% u; ?" @8 g& O' a$ s4 t
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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！' ]" I' J( ~# t& o' a
' D, J/ B6 j% N& o% l. ~* Z: b+ UM: Please! Don't mention tests! ! A% o$ Q, f4 d% z* C2 ]5 p! W& ?; w* u4 Q, Z/ A
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 8 B% y2 d0 M! y1 v! `' z 3 G/ d7 O8 p# O e* |+ gM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ; `0 Z' g) y, r: x 9 Z* t1 `' ?% WL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ % f- U) @: a9 E3 T) E 3 H# x' S8 K# ?3 j3 ZM: 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." % f. H" [7 g0 a: J6 n$ j. p: D7 y$ |+ A# l8 y+ E; F2 k% d
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？ - A! A- X) e: K C* ?* }( r- X' I4 u( Q! s3 b
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.* Z- ^* p6 i6 y" r6 z
: n& E5 M o9 r" CL: 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 M0 v$ P/ s' \; D% p/ J- j ) Q9 V: ]7 T( YM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.% f+ Q2 Q( s+ n. T
7 q) W# Y& o. N- MM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 C, {5 M! K# a, w7 ~- X* {# S- y+ G % c3 y* n; d. e$ lL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 3 [' V: d8 @2 _$ p5 p/ G* f O, ^' @
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.) u# I p, Y9 f3 B
/ z6 ~. C' q" I2 x* J( }8 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？ : y: @5 |' c% {$ |% P$ r 7 d: x+ J8 b/ X0 IM: 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; P2 C6 |' _2 S' }' j
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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！" ]- o z) L z
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M: Ok, ok!- n6 r& V2 v9 W
4 o+ |/ s$ v9 T$ F& _0 C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。 7 n, C# s; X: O9 @* \6 |Audio as following: & x/ }3 u6 z" j7 a, b
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 U; a m* i% D5 |! G3 R . t3 A8 ~9 x/ l+ i) lbomb 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。 g: b- _ ?; r% U
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ; |/ ~2 v( w4 q" Q* u3 E --- I f**ked up my history test. 7 x2 E: u% x& D9 o8 C . b# T2 h! H! X" m5 o 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。* q. k( O( g& l1 H+ t0 M$ H
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! $ B1 l9 C% ^5 x) \) W7 i9 D. W ---- They f**ked up my order !
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