[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。 ! E; a" h1 N0 D; M 6 c& C8 v, c2 G1 }- n: p' U2 Z- nL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。. L3 b1 A0 x+ a( e0 @ S
" f' ], c4 j7 \! LM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ) u" @7 S m+ d, k 8 `, Z& n' ], V; E% ~L: 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 q% U8 }5 ^8 G- V* O' h0 ]# e3 r) h 6 z7 w- k0 b9 C; xM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.& Y* P* Q) ]% [/ E! t; r' l9 l
N& A7 X$ t0 |7 I7 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？# Q0 Y4 f8 J% @: [% T# W4 c9 i
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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. . c8 \/ L5 `8 W% j2 ^ 4 j, V Z) {) X* ~& SL: 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"? & K( m1 e7 k& k+ {* J' A7 e3 ~. ~( C* [3 y
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! . ~6 |" V% @! @2 X / U( |9 ?% C8 ]9 d: rL: 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？ 1 S9 i# G, S( p$ } + a3 d* H9 n3 S9 l0 k4 g! Q$ gM: 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.+ w4 b2 C8 N6 |3 z# {6 B6 ^6 o
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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！( w! R4 ?- { [/ f
9 Q- h+ v1 z) OM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!/ J3 I' C' A4 [" r
0 I3 U6 d; O* Q- z' P iL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？+ h! g; W0 {* d
, V' L P Q5 C+ k, \M: 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."0 S6 `+ @& h) k( ?( s5 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？ 6 m$ ^5 Z1 Y! x+ R8 R' G1 S6 u) p; X0 T: z$ L& V
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. * _' k! F8 u& Y! M$ f% D% [7 P- k7 |, ]' {; N* F- X. {+ ^* J
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"？ - x& w, y* w" e" |- Y - ~2 G O) G8 N& NM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.2 Z, t+ A* S0 o7 N
; w$ n, W& ?" y5 V, J2 E0 R1 |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。 0 {! y7 x3 u% ~$ ^! I; W# S4 o' X; G8 z
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!! v. O7 r0 {2 Z9 B5 h! K
+ [9 n2 \1 s* rL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 7 ^& O# B3 T/ K: p: S ~: c( R4 D+ c i* T
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.* {: ~5 u5 u; k
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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？ ' i8 k" q. [/ b , `- O6 @3 v& G( K, X, k+ j. SM: 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! 2 C! l8 b' j u8 y- ] - O; u5 P( `5 x% fL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ $ Q* k+ h. X' W2 h5 U O4 S( Y. }- J& F
M: Ok, ok! 4 Q* u2 Q' G* k1 C* j. V6 ^) c : P, M+ A- E0 @8 O. E+ M# f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。 / |7 G! U4 C" c# fAudio as following: " d- V% a: v* O) k0 v1 H
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 h6 h. q. k1 G! F- ]4 x ( W, p. E# D2 k3 j% t' @6 {- Sbomb 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。, ` \, l( q% K9 ?7 W3 V/ C
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.* Q- u/ y' d% l: l; s; [! o' X
--- I f**ked up my history test. 7 L0 d$ n5 f8 U/ @ 4 V) Y/ G* C) `, D% Y 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。; L7 }: E3 n8 \; Q
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! + g9 @. a3 g8 h ---- They f**ked up my order !
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