[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。 & u, w6 Z, i- g# a& { 1 O% j) _% v+ c P4 ?; ?/ S' t- @L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 9 ^7 V' l9 \1 Z% {% _( i J% G 6 ~$ V' ^# [5 \2 Z6 ~9 c$ s d( VM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' r7 q6 j3 ?, O2 ~5 o: C4 T* L
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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。5 E M, l3 @* }6 w
! Z/ Q8 q* I/ t% v5 I& eM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.% |* {6 \7 Y7 n5 S3 J3 B
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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？ ) L7 o; X5 S$ g* o* y3 d/ t" f) ]6 u! o- ]
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.: Y: S8 z% l% Y' [, x) g- G
. `$ V! f* K; NL: 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"? 9 t0 ^, v: Y" i/ [1 Y1 q/ L+ F2 R w8 a L: x0 _+ U+ a4 Q
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ' j8 e: K h7 o1 X4 Z$ d" ]' B0 n& n0 J {) Z
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？ " z* T% W, e4 Q8 ]6 o" L# l0 n- k2 Y# x / n( \! c' g' R1 f0 w. W) 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. ' T8 }0 C2 Y# q- t0 v/ [6 Q$ h* O2 a$ }& l! Y
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！& B: L8 d# L2 h! V
7 `: O3 {: P( R9 V; A4 ~. a) c" H! M$ bM: Please! Don't mention tests!/ {5 H; a: G. k0 @7 O) f
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！* I: G. p# C' B* [5 t3 N
* f$ Q+ V7 V0 a; p# s9 rM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' w/ K8 o) F5 Q) m 0 G8 I! @' n! j0 F: X/ tL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？- D% v! J4 D/ x3 q
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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."7 m7 M3 L& E. Z- N
9 e- s( f- L5 @5 bL: 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？ ) v0 K6 X# [* i# R: S @ , m+ _7 |' Y, Z; h. `- UM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. & P+ F0 A7 r! I4 k+ z/ z 7 t8 g' h5 h0 w {/ f. fL: 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"？& e- j0 o+ X' s- [( {8 B* H1 A0 i
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 2 O4 c3 E4 n# p 9 x5 p! P) E6 N# nL: 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。 4 n0 F6 ^, P: w& D" g1 C r* m. z9 S# ?" |
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 a0 g7 }" ^8 ?# J- W% m$ \
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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。( O4 Z( X% E/ A# a. U( V/ @. ~$ T
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ b) h2 {" M: E8 o; d
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L: 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？$ T# G" B/ }2 p
7 i9 W, i# }( V. o0 f3 YM: 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!* X. r* F8 T- L9 p
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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！$ J' d( C) Q0 k" l9 D9 d& Q9 a
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M: Ok, ok!' z: H% |! k( I4 B1 p7 s
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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。7 \ M6 w O* M$ S
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ; i6 D8 [2 X! \9 n- f $ R7 [6 `/ L$ vbomb 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。 8 G- N# S1 e/ O. Z+ }% L! N( L& {* s: i/ ?) \! h. Q# N2 M7 J
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 5 U3 V. d+ M5 N" [) o --- I f**ked up my history test.. v! J9 c) H) {% P- [# i
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。+ B D4 @ t5 j, m
$ G8 Z9 S" \- q5 o1 O- S7 T3 ` " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !' G0 r1 B/ R2 U7 A
---- They f**ked up my order !
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