[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。( @& W5 C8 a- b2 Y# ]. o( D o% R/ a
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。4 z( O2 L/ Q9 T5 w4 j
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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。 8 ^, Y* U, H( I2 x3 F, J# |, g7 X. ~+ x% C( M
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ' R, d/ F8 B7 e" p # y0 Y5 [& v/ {# f3 `$ j: HL: 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？ $ A0 M1 n! j3 J7 T0 ]6 T: Z5 G4 O1 P! }; a; ?' \# ]0 A& C
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.4 r* |* D( U+ R0 N/ V x
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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"? ' L' s( x1 w+ v& {2 j% e* i \3 }' Z1 d9 w* Z6 n
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 3 H: b7 d9 D! I; b # j* J) p V& u TL: 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？. b. b& i. D; W
9 Y! |. h% c# M( d9 iM: 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.$ q& a- e z4 ~) |- }9 _
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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！ / u" f" X7 F6 x* x" |1 m4 n; i " {3 v: Z. y1 q6 Q) pM: Please! Don't mention tests! p0 `6 D; b0 V5 Q% h9 o# a% I- `
7 q+ Z" Z, i/ x+ @: r% Z+ lL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ + g J/ k. i G& \/ A 3 d1 ?+ {- f LM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! : [( K* p8 f/ j+ b/ b8 f6 ?' I/ Q) x: c: V$ L( P% O
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ * N {9 M. f) f b) y* X2 X3 O$ r1 h) j) X
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."% O1 i/ t* ~" F. L' S* L5 G
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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？ 6 k4 Q7 H8 Y# B" I( c8 y T9 U* K4 j6 h& ]" xM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ' H1 R& Y4 o _! R2 N9 E! z2 F% b, ~" D9 w
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"？ % h w/ l% _% D0 O6 w" b) F, u* T7 D" F f9 w
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.8 [' i( u) L+ N; z+ m
$ @4 m6 Z0 D2 b. f) H* K7 yL: 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。 , N; R, k( |- k& Y5 w" f6 L/ p% J* e/ W' F
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!' _- D" }* \# S
+ H# g W( m2 t: yL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。1 p6 |4 l" a% s6 N- h
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. / {5 w. Y1 H k" }3 E* H! \) C& n- r, ]4 @, i; ^5 _5 W j
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？ ! G9 C& f9 n0 i( Y7 H1 j , a+ G6 y* c: D4 KM: 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!3 \$ B5 `, o$ S& {% b# T9 o
/ R- ^3 u3 s& F/ R t6 ]L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ - ?# [) k! s% M3 m6 r+ c) k: w, g + E( L- X# `3 M# CM: Ok, ok!, l; `- x4 ~6 j" a
- U) a+ D" Y% U* h* a0 K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。 T* u+ Z/ j; M, H- B9 [; X8 E( _/ ^
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ) {4 }0 T2 N- S4 I* X3 Z% `. Z & t" d) {; d& @/ a0 Q' S ebomb 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。 4 x/ l+ n. G1 @! s: w9 u! r0 R6 x/ ?9 L* |- E
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.9 Y5 Z" n8 E' J- d- s9 N. S
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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