[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。2 b N9 M1 l! y& A! e* Z' @, V
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 2 `" X1 i& l* D3 D( d ( W; H9 l. }$ U8 I, gM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.0 \; D1 G s' c' W" r
5 M# d# I3 n0 H f5 YL: 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。 6 l0 ^9 X- y1 ]9 t7 c' p. M. N6 T- A, F; b) n7 m
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.5 l) P/ Y- \; e- _! g Z
/ X! P& E6 M. w& Y2 p" B' ?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？! @+ M+ x- ]. O# _+ z( ~
% q4 S' C( u) P; a7 ~9 eM: 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.! R$ I+ }6 _) U1 x# N
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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"?+ ?# |9 E2 F8 ]- |
, H# @7 p) Y2 |4 OM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!0 _+ |, g' D( i5 A2 Y
+ q% G W$ d/ _5 y$ 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？ % \* Z! |/ Y2 C9 z4 ], g' Y! x' t& X
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. ! x& _2 ^7 f! E8 H% n' i8 h( l/ N! x% ~/ M; b% g5 A6 J+ l' N6 i
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！0 V' F. t/ |9 {# s8 y: v
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!/ d+ `' J# X: h {
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; r2 | r' N7 b; g 7 v0 e% ~" Y# i* ^M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! / z- q3 R$ \8 P2 B) O + A# E7 }: ^+ D$ |# VL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？3 ]0 _' |: }2 z' Z5 |% Z
6 g! J" j, P, f3 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." 2 I6 A; Q$ F8 ?8 L9 I% V7 b/ z) n" X5 [
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？ 4 {; t; @2 N" p, ]( S , x/ N" x6 S+ M/ X' hM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. u+ l: a' k8 ~$ F( ]2 G/ [
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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"？ 9 V0 C7 H; b+ d& N; J" B9 F $ E+ r @' f z" gM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 b' {: a9 \8 K: w$ s- o4 e! G4 |* O, X: F
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 S7 O) u, S- n( y0 o. Y$ P
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!# l" T! _, E$ j' p# g/ P
2 t; C+ _) o: X4 F7 DL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。7 F! B( \( T3 G: _* Y! B+ O
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.7 ]1 E. ?7 c0 J7 X8 l
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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？! W/ t2 y; m7 |1 f0 @: R
/ D1 }" v& l) L( k4 B ~6 @3 p2 }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!( g' L- g( b r4 ^% [. s J9 W( M
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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！ / V$ C' L& Y1 @1 Z0 }9 S( k + ~- b) E9 @) S4 r( h0 D# BM: Ok, ok! 6 c7 B5 B1 [# ~9 f , `- }* V5 K4 Q$ Y7 H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! w6 l# s, y$ [
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 $ h% Y0 S! {% Z; {3 s1 E
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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。# ?# {: M6 Y8 Z7 k* t( L
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test., s3 N7 L# p2 x% d
--- I f**ked up my history test. ) T: `4 M5 p4 ?" ?3 q/ O7 I+ f- r& m0 k6 y
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 % u6 l( ?# K; q; a0 | k( i + _: H+ g; a4 {+ e( p+ G " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !/ t6 D4 I/ N& l2 b7 H3 ^
---- They f**ked up my order !
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