[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。 + {8 e+ w. F, }3 p1 V, u, S3 D- D5 P; A: ]! W- g( b0 v
L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 # }3 H; X! g1 S# J 3 R/ Q8 M: m0 I7 BM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. c% i) Z. P$ Z6 z
2 w# d0 p: }$ ^' L+ K5 JL: 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。) n& ]0 ]; F! u3 k8 B4 P7 g
* M0 h* y& O5 EM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 1 B6 T! ]* u; J2 x6 m! J# r& J* o- E; j& V% p( U
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?" s4 ^: U6 m, R4 l s) T# o
) x0 ~/ B: I: j0 iM: 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.7 H- c4 L2 v- @9 }
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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"?, J4 e+ I- F4 @* l
8 _# Z2 F7 v5 d# B& z1 u% U9 t3 l3 TM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; R0 a" C, k. `1 h8 W 7 c% E( u+ _7 N3 P3 IL: 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) d( e4 A" g+ y8 @! }& |+ M2 j1 D- \* n0 E. | I5 o
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. 3 s5 f9 P$ f6 w3 `* R# M' G. l) F+ Y
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 d4 s+ k Z4 c, k/ f
# O5 Z0 W( ?+ W$ y6 y6 A$ R7 VM: Please! Don't mention tests! 1 O# C7 o, }0 u3 `8 q# g4 j; k4 Y + ~( _- v$ d5 o; ~L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! ! }( s; L* P4 {+ ~/ p1 l9 Y7 e# P! ^% [% N2 Q( L& y4 h- g
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!3 [1 }# d; t9 m& S
i; f3 e1 f! E( HL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?/ L5 u, k3 C! R
4 ^1 @2 Y$ b9 W6 o1 UM: 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."+ } h1 r2 d x( \
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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?9 T6 h6 h* _# R# Y: J6 y
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.# @; ~& j0 C' v
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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"? ( N0 V" f. n# ~/ ^' n# h 5 c; t) k) s2 eM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 9 W$ Z; Y. @2 S$ n- p9 ^; j: H4 }9 m$ ^; ^$ Q6 ?& o7 E* {
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。 ( T) ~+ X+ z! H& B9 q2 H+ A0 h& C* {; q" J7 W
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ! {+ E7 `: v' i5 ^% ^: _; s$ U* u, l! g& ]" u- X# n8 j( b' q
L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ) O- n U# [$ z1 x N& |* Y5 q$ j Z- [) X# S' \! u7 c2 t" }
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - e- }5 [( u$ n+ h0 { 3 K, ?& D* O: W" S1 H4 S0 I3 g uL: 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?; i" F. p% F3 A S
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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!' D( e; |$ h& `2 x& Q" _
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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!7 c: l5 r' g3 A5 q; c s( E
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M: Ok, ok!0 s! }$ ?. a; z
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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。 $ \# P: ?) X# ] p. W; _Audio as following: ( h( g7 Z& {/ ]. r
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + M C2 d5 z s( b0 b2 S) h
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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。1 [0 J9 n) u H5 N F
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.5 m$ V6 g& L7 e# w# S9 z4 o# u ?
--- I f**ked up my history test. . s+ ], l2 w, ?/ ^: y* N3 |9 D7 A2 S7 h& K
不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 ' u% ~3 ]+ w& P 0 D# G7 C: y2 @0 Q( g: {% k " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 4 V/ s Y, H4 A7 l7 _: [/ w ---- They f**ked up my order !