" u& }6 ^1 L: vL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。) g) j4 A, e% f7 H' @! J. ?
5 t+ j. r7 i3 H9 v$ V, h; O/ L& N6 SM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. % z6 @3 Z8 C! |7 U# } 7 V- s: Q9 v. {' o$ PL: 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。 4 p o1 l+ G' c4 ~6 W 0 D9 \! i3 P% Y0 mM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.% z1 r; b: O- ?) a2 ]7 M
: n/ @, B0 r7 BL: 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？ # y/ x% \, L$ c, k5 ` ( m$ \" s& J4 V$ g& nM: 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. 0 J( I: R' d, ^6 G* V0 l % ?! A6 ?2 t1 O3 e5 \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"? # Z. G2 R$ L9 O$ i 5 y: ^( q3 ?. ~M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!0 { W3 k3 s3 E+ \, s5 C# d
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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？; @" I/ k$ S0 G, Y
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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. ?0 O0 g9 [" K: q5 H
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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！2 V0 v5 I) F9 n
, p% y6 b2 {- g. ZM: Please! Don't mention tests! 6 M4 w9 Q, c' M' j4 c ; |, T2 V! l$ F% M- e" V+ QL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！' K4 g/ @3 n; N1 t# b+ B/ d; P
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! / w* J4 R0 {3 w& B- b H ]9 B9 a% ~/ C, P* }L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？* A! G8 O" S) b$ x/ Q/ s/ N
* Y; G: P! X' m7 L$ X. \& |% u! @- sM: 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* z* g" }' w. n
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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"？ ! ^& u1 H: j/ v2 p3 U 3 G5 P W, |# WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.- e6 ^5 F2 t4 o8 Q; V+ _
: v1 n c, Y" @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。/ i( n1 Z- {% d9 L3 k; b7 G
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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？ ! f0 b1 K. B* v 6 w) p6 V# M% s0 U4 l9 J, mM: 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! : B1 }$ n; Y( L% L R; H2 \1 ~% ?+ d5 }# I
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 6 a, C& P2 q8 H% I, b) q( w" q$ o' L- e1 M6 G: @1 x( i
M: Ok, ok! - X+ F T" C+ I+ ] & x# {9 @0 c: U! w$ `9 ]8 h0 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。 ; {$ \ n7 E) p3 t( SAudio as following: * ]; p, i: H, r$ R
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ! d4 _0 e# E+ [ [( L7 x% t# F
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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。 ' t- c) z8 m* d9 \! @5 o5 f i) K. Y+ W2 m
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. + y% F q: w" d --- I f**ked up my history test.; H1 p, u/ [, D+ i3 ?1 J' r
8 s8 v; K' z' _, {; ? 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - D% d9 `6 X( f: o8 P. [2 i, o3 B8 L& t8 @
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - I' B, E8 w( z4 H$ u# U ---- They f**ked up my order !
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You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。1 h5 M. j2 m8 a& T- H0 P
0 u! v& P. |5 B& U$ k m一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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