[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。3 A+ \% C( b2 \) b% H
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。1 K# V7 v1 E3 f
3 }$ Q& [" U3 J. ~/ e9 D7 c# |M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' p7 P6 D8 w# L0 S
* z9 I3 c6 }4 h# Q& \! G" g. @% 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。 |2 Z# Q( ^) D" L5 Y- _# l$ a
# t: ~- e3 q+ E6 n7 [9 u- z# E; F5 bM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.: `! W: K. M8 X
$ A7 O/ U5 a4 ?- r9 L* RL: 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？ " {+ ~, E! E Q6 h8 S3 e q8 k; u4 C# Y! {/ V4 T
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 i5 I4 a% W! G- T. X T2 a$ R( D0 `7 W7 o6 v4 ?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"? / c; t, M5 E! `& j2 ], u6 x7 E' e4 H' G, T/ h$ n# Y1 c! m
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 n- |0 }% D$ C" a
' \5 J& T+ M& L; R4 M' UL: 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？ 6 }* @* l5 ^: @* W, e3 l; ~ % \. e: k1 F7 L8 e5 F4 k3 ^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. . g& k; x3 V2 j5 q' `# u" Z. e* I W3 V; S' Q
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！4 |2 k4 G/ G+ L& f( T
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!% N2 m3 s; f) P
+ T. y5 c: D! N+ o. A8 m. |* sL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！% ?5 j6 L9 z) B- \" }
) }& B; z/ \) z2 |6 l/ aM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! " s& T4 u4 Z/ j- \5 X; O8 X# i' ~) _* J5 n8 U
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ + F& U5 D4 L2 B" u8 ?0 f 0 R/ m+ t) Q7 Z4 a2 {" ~ `7 e/ fM: 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." $ h$ w; j# A: u* X$ {" Z5 v+ {! U- q5 m
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？0 [& n% g# I Y1 a& y+ I+ v- X
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 3 l, b n$ \6 ~6 u* @, ]3 P6 W " ~0 o- W: r( `1 _' W8 w% G- [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"？ $ P: y8 Y4 c, {0 Y9 h ]: u7 o1 E! p9 ^: V% S3 S
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. : }$ d5 D* u5 C0 {, I, m1 N. L6 F- _( ?3 t+ j* O1 J8 ~0 L
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。! z! H m0 \2 k" l0 m+ R
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 4 e1 J+ Z5 |4 a6 C! M ( @+ I* D$ b1 p7 S- p# }L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 z, h! F; N: g - N# j0 d. \; T1 j; s; x$ Y, [, g! {M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.+ i6 }% a7 E m2 K2 e
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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？ + V1 a3 P' T! z. E0 H9 Q2 c/ t0 D8 Z. B: K2 E9 U L
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! ( \) f5 q' H$ w: P * I+ m" x3 r3 SL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 5 L/ U& m& a! \" }/ O" i" k5 W* d; T7 g! t( ^
M: Ok, ok!. S) Q9 R9 v% ?2 e
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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。- b1 f, o$ L& K$ y N3 o
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ) c) y5 p- z X* G* ~$ Z, h. U2 ~. ]! `. Y: j, _
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。 8 _$ n/ r" r H% w/ b3 D/ ?" e( E: ~- ^ a( C8 u: ~2 \) H
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.8 d. P$ J9 ^8 l! }3 H
--- I f**ked up my history test.0 {, s1 b; e' K8 T. @- }+ I! A+ o
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。' m% K2 w8 J& T6 S
& \: b5 \2 _ Y5 W' D3 m9 e( k " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 4 p& S4 z9 j: o" L- e; f7 ?* O ---- They f**ked up my order !
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