4 |# p" M; @2 W* [: `" v/ x/ jL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 + L. x* C8 ^: N0 S2 S9 E7 h. G$ }: J7 a# a1 t. V
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.! O: M2 e1 W# {% v/ H+ a
9 L" t1 b' u5 o( SL: 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。 $ v9 s5 C( G) }4 n# Q) g/ S( ~' S% ~' E8 L6 R& k
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. / H& U4 @9 m! s3 Q4 v6 @. x4 {$ c ) U" ~+ v3 N9 H/ ZL: 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？ 0 b% t7 j' y7 U$ s) W ! a- i% `4 A1 I$ FM: 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. - |- d( e# ~8 J3 y 6 _8 r: X* {/ z! YL: 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"? / V6 U. l6 n- U& { h0 f2 i* w3 k6 R) p7 v' q1 A' E3 v
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 8 {" I$ D$ O# ~5 @ [! v8 W, ?2 \3 F4 ~% o- i1 \7 z4 ^/ ]% i. A2 x
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？ 3 @9 ?" I5 {9 U ( [9 m( @0 J: K. SM: 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. / ? `; F& G7 Q4 c4 b# O8 L" z9 e3 h" c7 k2 B1 P6 x
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！: B0 J: K7 u6 Y/ k5 c
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 8 t# I2 G; \) \+ g3 a. d) h# Q: J5 a- j, q3 c
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！# \+ o/ m; q, p1 d: O) m
0 ]) s% Z1 }$ F( S( ?M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 b- t; _9 v7 q. D- ]/ ?7 E: ]0 m 5 Z4 u) t2 f$ _3 l( _L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？1 P* F+ V8 g+ C% S4 E/ } V+ E
; i7 H7 ^; x* `4 j: y5 GM: 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."5 u9 X5 k: ]1 S4 ~5 C7 Y+ q1 H- \! d
3 K) @3 L9 ?$ _* N! \7 L- JL: 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？ ; M9 l; J" b8 w: x' W0 m/ P; k2 S1 T1 a' @8 q5 }+ J e9 [ P0 `
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.3 l/ M/ }; ^) X$ ]2 V v
% t; f9 ~$ |) Q! a% ^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"？ ( ^3 g: B, }, v: r) c/ B # }- ]. a# \/ L2 h3 gM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. + s& v- a' x; N9 R0 B' z5 D & L: C, b& ?. E" R d4 z5 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。 ^ g# ]! j, y) ~* M) P
B, B! X* q+ x% w/ M' A( J8 DM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" M3 w! a, Y! b! a9 ~2 P
0 b5 j" A# R6 B; _3 u" H1 @8 D( iL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。/ A/ }% z7 A" i* v' u! _, |
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her." U9 H- e' i+ F( ?
, i% v+ g$ K6 t# Y1 l2 P* T! J& DL: 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？ . }5 ?7 [( a% s3 w % r% O% u$ j9 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!: `& Z; p7 x9 t7 e3 ]' z
: {. z2 O9 _+ S, E6 xL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！4 Y& c& V. e1 h- y
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M: Ok, ok!4 l5 f# I4 ]- `' q9 Y7 x. m* D
' `3 \ s; K' T2 n: f/ b7 Q: ?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。 ) @1 ^6 x+ ]0 h* e$ K+ m6 m" J9 zAudio as following: P. i+ T6 v0 A' m; |7 Y
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + f4 y' |, Y8 r H4 F0 x( C2 o+ ]. l, l
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。6 \0 R2 c5 W9 Y ?& q6 U
. b7 i3 }& B g: E: K d“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 5 V2 n& \! |7 t f, M3 v; x$ [ --- I f**ked up my history test.' I1 V: ]/ A. M2 Q$ n/ X
9 N% X) i! v! X# d 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。: w A \% }1 X
0 e' p) t) @% w " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 1 e8 f( z; ~& U8 S# J ---- They f**ked up my order !
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