[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。4 T& @) O7 g7 |3 Z2 x( B
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。9 m, }/ k9 F/ m/ O% A
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ' |; z t8 R# y- B1 _ ! W9 I: a. k& W, _' E6 {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。! j1 x" K- H9 |8 ?. S% S
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.) X3 }- X% q4 E; l7 x7 z
/ j* b. H" N" hL: 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？ 4 f( p; G# f0 s# x! M& f: Q 3 ~0 ]! Q; F4 W: R$ KM: 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. $ [ z1 _8 U& _! z# D - D* O' q/ ?9 {# C0 }' v3 rL: 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"?/ E/ d1 g4 {, H8 \! U3 g& }) a! ~
' c# B/ K2 F/ ^7 f6 p& [9 _M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! * X8 B, Z0 I3 S* u n' a; J- w. q% O' i! oL: 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？2 d3 U% `0 {$ l+ |, e* Y# ` H
+ _; E3 @+ {3 @" I. b9 cM: 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. ; X$ q+ R% R |' y8 s" [% V; {5 P. N7 L
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 B# h( C" \" b k
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 J+ A& a. }3 e: I0 h% O . Y; y- r [; [4 t/ e8 t& q- OL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！5 s4 p; K" G# W
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 1 J D7 a1 o) @, ?4 P7 a 5 t( n! E3 p( z5 w8 QL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 5 U% ]% e' f' c4 v% } n5 l0 Y0 @+ x# s/ Z- c# S- P
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."* A7 K3 G: ~0 z$ T. P3 M
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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？ i) ^7 N7 k# ?3 @! B$ t 8 ^$ l: V% ?4 }M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.. q3 n* Z- k( j* e, l) p
5 n! Z3 \* m' u( 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"？ 7 w/ W2 D6 e- g# N& c* c/ j! O+ T' ^# N. h9 X
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ' t& |; h# x+ B9 ^) J" f! C. H& @# d0 @
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。+ \% u. X, p& _4 I: B
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 1 Z# c, [9 o0 a; {: Y& ^, ]5 r' s% I
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。' ]3 M _6 C, T# s4 y
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.' u I) 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？! o% w% z4 y# t. |7 d# Y
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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!. S. s! U* j5 ]8 H% j
- D$ S8 b, r0 W7 i6 ~% U: nL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 9 V. G6 @& F A* x! }1 I" E2 x! b2 y+ V
M: Ok, ok!" c) a1 d" 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。 ~. t' _6 g b# S* w) V# {
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 3 h# A& e6 T5 n4 h* z0 z2 L9 J7 D
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。+ @" [& n0 V+ L- u" Z
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.9 z- f% a3 V2 h) l+ H
--- I f**ked up my history test.& ]$ [8 _& v4 W" Q8 [% J
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ^) a& |/ z8 W
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 7 N( x" B- _4 T; s4 |- E ---- They f**ked up my order !
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