[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。 % J' `/ [2 V1 Q! B" g2 @* n& \! @. b2 ]) E- Z- s; Q6 A2 d1 }- ?9 X
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 . e/ p: _3 p6 c6 t* Q * b# j! | s, e% o/ PM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. : U5 M; e1 k- S9 c/ k6 ` P 5 T& y/ E! O, {) Q7 r" ?/ _3 `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。* ?. H7 x2 g* Q4 ^; K8 I
( p- m$ t1 U t K5 J+ W, vM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.. r, P5 S: r( t; Y# N
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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？ % h7 S+ @3 p7 R8 ]3 ]) `; j + P' l$ b ]6 I |) `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. 7 y8 w8 @8 [! }8 F& `$ i5 W! L* k
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"? % H, T. @5 `0 Q, R; ?# `" f1 h h* w3 j/ D; t/ f
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!+ C2 G7 a! q! F- A
L( O$ s, W' Z2 g r3 q8 `0 TL: 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 S$ @# W8 [0 }# A! s2 i' n; Y* p$ c0 Z4 g# N d) }
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.4 v' b: \- o4 B: K! X8 S
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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！ " L$ y6 J3 f$ p4 [' m& S* |4 b/ ]6 n0 C
M: Please! Don't mention tests! 0 w4 e0 f6 J6 m7 n4 R) ` " R1 `6 ?, ?0 V! n& ]L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！! e: H: i F X6 X# H
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& g6 h( A& i6 d0 |" X
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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."3 j ?: Q) v' \4 B, C' G# W* J
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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？ O4 _. U, C; x; J. z$ I
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " ~0 r+ m! c4 n9 d$ m4 X K) d o( W7 l0 _1 t& S; qL: 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"？ 0 i w5 }: ]) O: U/ L / E' w5 m" A5 A- I- }+ v7 [) `M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.$ m1 f' \5 ]& n7 `2 T) _
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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。 ( O( U; l, _/ }$ R X 5 r0 g3 h' @* G* |8 U, CM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!6 ]. W. `0 a8 L& M
z0 l' w6 Y4 c& BL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。7 ^; {9 }- m7 K. c S* P
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ?3 {) c U, ~' I/ o0 w; V
I/ N) A; I. ^, K: L. s# m; wL: 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？8 Q4 E+ X& u. J: m, g
0 `! d8 @2 v! A5 FM: 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! " @+ ~5 n9 \( Z" `/ D; Z/ o! ^: J/ ?2 @
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ ) U- U" K5 i( W9 {$ n9 V( B2 o9 _( O4 K: D; `
M: Ok, ok!0 I( u) V; x, B8 P. B, h1 N; N
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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。 + { P0 w8 T% G: m. oAudio as following: 7 R( Q" b: y: S, G' x0 O
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ! ^, Y+ [8 P* r, t, Z% j% z
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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。 . j7 g9 G0 r1 O6 P, C' i! I. w8 l! U2 j2 b, \9 T" s: _
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.6 k- j2 e# Y$ R- q6 R2 |- m: l, ?
--- I f**ked up my history test. k0 _6 {1 }2 n1 {$ u A , L' e1 r( k1 f" @ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。) n1 ^; S: ?: y
3 U2 n0 x, \2 y" G5 L) o4 w1 q " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !! }: @! Y% G6 V# I: q+ R
---- They f**ked up my order !
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