[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。) H* p% B+ C- [, j+ {
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。: x; i# x7 i4 P' U$ w" h
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 b! v4 Y3 e) O: Y: G
- ~; o# p8 m! m3 j% HL: 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。 - m, A: K0 k- e' R+ c6 [! b+ r8 V& U' S
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. , @9 r% ` e7 h5 i- c8 M% R" V
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？ 9 c q6 r- ]; v) E* w! @ ) d1 s3 J0 N! F1 a! c9 [! |- MM: 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. ) W( [2 _9 v3 w& d0 N9 r1 g; n3 e5 h' |8 P" l9 b
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"? 2 c/ P2 h$ e5 J8 d6 {$ D z" z " I2 L2 Z0 B- K1 u6 _M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " u h8 ?% {+ V# g1 q/ k* k3 ?+ q+ D& Q3 W4 o3 |; g* g
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？ * e7 b) m" B2 X" |+ P * b$ |! o$ p+ I% c7 _: _/ KM: 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.7 T! L2 P. r* ?- O9 `
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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！3 i- P2 t1 M3 w& R7 _$ `
! D/ X* C( Y- _; M' N' R6 x5 hM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!( ^$ ^+ u: d. U' O- ~! P
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？6 i& w8 P0 I7 `: w# a3 f
- X$ Y9 v4 P9 s$ d+ N4 BM: 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." # T7 `/ o! C! g6 j1 f# W5 ]/ `9 ?1 @" M9 S& Y0 y0 n# r* c" u9 {
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？ ( Q) F$ J9 v% T# g4 y6 q) ]! y8 L) g5 u$ t/ N, X
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.$ k- k2 w; P2 s) I- y8 |
/ ]7 }5 W; }" uL: 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"？% d# P/ B: |" c) K$ n( Z$ `
* B+ E4 g$ ^" I( x0 ^M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.; e3 a( T4 K2 m7 U' r% l! U
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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。: E1 R$ p5 \$ L" q2 h8 s+ b& R: |
, F: M M T2 Z" c3 QM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! $ ]* J& ]# Z2 |% h. {% v% y9 Z2 i" o X6 h, e e* i) A5 ?: `, L
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 d& x" Z3 T x7 v0 g
6 L) P' t, `: S6 lM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.+ X( b; F+ |1 _ x3 o
/ y F& Y7 c* \4 T4 ~5 eL: 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- o, T% I8 F( M/ p
# W, B9 E( j9 QM: 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!' Q# X/ ?7 n( ?. V/ _& ~
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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！( [) Z7 L5 Y6 t1 R
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M: Ok, ok!7 F/ g/ W- _/ x5 X/ l/ b# D
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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。 : k* D9 n( S; ~" p. ^% JAudio as following: & K$ F! z- N2 _( g+ P; }! m6 h
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 , K- O2 M% [% a7 S8 Z% J
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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。 + ^( G, g2 z- K/ t _8 U0 ^0 w' t4 S( Q
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.) A% z* B7 e* u! A( ?/ ~
--- I f**ked up my history test.5 U# W7 ?6 [$ [) C5 q5 D, A
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; Y, X/ h7 c. f5 X" y( j6 {0 f7 a* D 9 V: L7 u* M& a$ x3 h " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! + L9 ?# ~2 k0 ~, c ---- They f**ked up my order !
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