[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。6 f2 F% i7 g7 e8 V6 d( M3 }7 }8 h
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 : K7 q/ W9 h x! c; [; w - t3 f$ G& K+ gM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. / H4 Z1 d9 q3 k8 n! I ) Y: V: ?" L$ y, {3 a% WL: 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。 , ^* Y* i- N( C& z: q 0 d) F ?% y. V5 eM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.# Z4 ~5 j5 _- t9 @) _
" M+ K6 d8 q& x" J3 KL: 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 _8 o4 P2 I7 ~$ U
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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.! s1 V% v3 b* A' B# [
: r1 D* P( m! G3 h8 ^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"? & b* E5 O6 p& X4 F( P I9 \1 O1 f5 _: O
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ( O& [. L9 | u! H( h 6 @% |- p3 g" T+ d3 A" XL: 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 r. F7 G6 y) d# F
* L* o$ I* Y C# M% HM: 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 e/ Q# e3 I0 c- D, @- b. p+ p3 u* Z
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！; Z1 F9 O# W ?+ r- {+ F2 I$ E
* E" I7 G: I _/ D/ W" l' vM: Please! Don't mention tests! % s, j+ q! N+ R, f" Q: \( Z; m. r; k& [" C9 r9 ^
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; e4 D2 V# z& L ( q4 h# h1 C t, aM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' f; ?8 [' j0 a1 o/ W8 L ! A* O! K# e9 k6 tL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 6 o$ d4 o1 a' B' P; v6 f3 X' h# \( }$ I* m$ }
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.". D3 Z- C+ Z! r0 w3 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？ 3 Y! r* G+ O7 y, A, l5 c8 n; ^ . d/ v6 o! {2 s+ x' O+ |+ ]M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.3 w7 ?. A$ t2 r& q5 g" f. y& U
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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"？2 U. q% S) ?+ q( G, a4 A* e
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 0 ?, z; j# x" \# q4 Q1 l2 ~ , ] y# J" d6 J+ [0 Q5 h6 p" Z k' SL: 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。# M! W( h; O8 ]3 k8 Y) {
+ ^" N* F7 h% q8 V0 k& c0 \! lM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ _/ n. V$ Y5 O2 U i/ M' r
; u _5 C5 K0 C' zM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.* d [* W9 ^) {! x4 C9 q: l1 s
% S5 F0 B/ O0 {7 {) ?/ T$ Y2 ~& hL: 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？ 3 I, X. Z) H! c9 p* \% ?& F* t5 \: _; f" L U9 j" }9 u: J: D
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!& ?$ R' U$ L1 @# m+ v- L
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ + H2 K9 O' M* p4 F/ x/ R) l: U- }& N* e: A. G# m2 r+ N
M: Ok, ok!8 o$ f/ D, g! R* N0 {4 H2 U
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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。 $ V0 h- k7 \0 NAudio as following: $ W G, ]) D! \- X9 l
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 * M0 X8 t l1 H( X. `: u, v ' X( \- ^6 L/ [4 ~( O) kbomb 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。% I/ \. n! n# \* t# ~! p) R& G4 H" S
& H' Z4 p6 j- Z9 q8 |“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.+ e" B: d' ^0 E; D9 a
--- I f**ked up my history test. : |: M* V5 [9 Z3 }3 U$ w. K , Y+ J/ Z: W3 M: b* s# _! p* F* | 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 5 V3 u8 h0 d6 `& J/ u) O7 o" i) \6 Q: J B! U+ s6 P7 p) i& u) u, y; z
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! * I9 k6 }, p M5 h. J1 y/ F ---- They f**ked up my order !
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