[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。$ q! ^0 ?1 z9 T. g
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。6 n/ Z- ]) g) E
% R8 e6 n) }; E( m) t$ mM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. $ I t! J p3 i + T: b* N2 d7 P9 h, OL: 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。0 q4 V$ y2 n: E9 ?* @ Q
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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.7 ?6 o) Z4 u2 y4 W+ o; L q4 C
1 C: c/ d6 Q) ~) z% c" U* _4 yL: 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？2 M9 h% d8 i6 p# h/ h; \6 x% a
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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. + C' N" t9 A3 M% u* m2 Z6 v4 @* p 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"?7 B! a0 n# |& V; u! I5 j n2 ?
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!4 n2 k$ I4 s) E. W, z
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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？ & m# I/ }2 {) y$ d$ K) G) O2 q ' P! j1 S3 ^2 R4 T5 F2 h0 RM: 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.' ^( _& Y; m/ }1 R& V5 Q, h) U
2 l. n7 w( Z- {2 ML: 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！ / q$ D- V0 d9 g* N1 i$ D2 X/ r7 x& ]/ G! U& w+ ^
M: Please! Don't mention tests! ; g8 i; k8 c* @5 e, K# v6 `1 U, D8 y
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！+ ?& W2 [+ K8 G! m6 [9 l
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!. R. q2 p( W' G* R9 L
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 S2 a. j6 H* o' e- `) i" K! d 8 J8 S. Q9 R+ QM: 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." * `' Z! N% T, J$ u2 t$ A: l & m, v" t: L3 R, [9 X( Y) kL: 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？ 7 F& c! ]$ t- S, [ : P; F% g$ X" Q$ G8 \2 rM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ) j3 x8 S% i) A( K6 \. K7 I: c/ _% z; U
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"？ & _+ Q4 G" S* D6 e, H5 I* a3 f; M 7 }6 e1 d5 t- s! p6 l. j& JM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., v8 O) e6 g6 c8 N* r& s
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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。8 Y1 u7 ^* y' ] _) ^
& ^2 f0 }3 Z, y) J6 bM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!3 Y4 f( E9 N) n8 x! x- B6 d
' H" d, L9 a+ C- ^7 m9 T2 iL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 / P; L) ^4 j: u3 q; \( m- B( ?; r7 E: i- Y. a4 Z' L9 r
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.( N% b" |9 V/ c" O6 o" O
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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？! d0 Y8 g7 k6 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!: \' C# X" N( R; x8 Z
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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！+ l. f9 s" m; k7 D% |
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M: Ok, ok! 1 P" h' e& \8 `% k: n8 N# C& M" O 3 P0 e$ H7 l% n1 N# u& K# X+ K5 b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。 w$ z" A/ x3 I* X& t* U
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 . A8 ~, d# W0 X& s; ^8 ~: S* {2 o! j p# @% _* F' k+ S1 }$ Z
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。 ; c/ r+ V; H4 K4 R2 P! y6 i, \/ g- N8 o% b- B3 f
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 K* j/ t8 ?# F4 u% d% T0 ]. X8 t
--- I f**ked up my history test.% Q6 V9 W) y+ X2 l, j
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; R* ?5 X) s0 S9 [& l ( ]2 K9 h' K9 j! c3 I " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 4 n, q/ A( d* Z" }4 v- j. B5 d ---- They f**ked up my order !
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