[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。( I5 \! c: i0 _( Y" h
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 . k6 ]* ?" h8 j I# a8 P 1 S- E1 g7 x$ T2 N. dM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. K8 K# ]: p* z& p# C: y+ P) o7 ~
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。- X7 l- g$ ^, ^% s; Z0 v: g4 @
2 K6 Q: W9 a9 W* yM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.$ U( @ s/ ]: J! b2 w
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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？' V I* m- ]5 s' h
' B( I) }9 f6 q+ o2 J, VM: 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. * H4 [) X$ C# l; p" j( Y" u9 f# b+ v( d
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"?3 Y* l) h* w" g s; V
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!" o/ R: p& e% S0 l P) f
+ {9 W. e" S9 ^3 `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？ - Z6 W, j+ ?/ ~- u0 O( Q |$ m5 f+ L5 O# w& ?1 H2 |5 o3 D' j& N
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. , @) d# g) _/ b( x; \7 R3 ^5 Y. A4 w8 W2 e& G8 @7 \
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！ , p+ ^% X! R. v N , W" _; W0 ?" |+ j% q+ rM: Please! Don't mention tests! ; [5 o& z3 a3 p0 u# w. c* b * W3 y; U5 N2 |6 g. ^; ~. HL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ # C* g+ ?/ f( o$ m1 V+ X 6 d* q+ Z# c: L( ~7 b) x* N- Q$ EM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! \3 w$ t1 c" u, f5 ^/ R! x 0 \, Y4 l7 s: y6 R3 t0 EL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ : `: n- g) N# a" j% O6 R + q! ]# z5 ]$ a$ EM: 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." . c0 j; f" \9 C4 K5 Y % Q$ |. Y) D9 d/ X" J0 p2 ]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？ 4 _% a- k$ f7 D# j6 z3 T7 J& g! q! ^- }8 }$ x
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. # B5 C9 A4 K! Y: [: M& i, B 2 y- E' j' R! X; ^6 \8 a- j' oL: 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 w% e3 V$ [1 O. Z9 R" V- r0 J
, G$ @# r" b# i, _ MM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.1 s4 r ?5 u L$ f9 D$ ?0 V+ o% y* w
# W/ @8 S; a5 [3 I8 KL: 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。 ( l1 L; ?% ]9 T% _ ' @+ I3 `$ A* Y2 l2 CM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 7 N& H# i% B# e6 W1 ]+ {, l6 M$ n9 ?- B" k, y5 U1 H+ T
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 % C7 P2 p: { G) a( [! m* A# C0 |$ T3 n5 n3 s9 e
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " G. @( D# d, ]9 O 2 f# {7 G |5 `0 y- F) C3 qL: 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？ 6 e& W2 b r) i9 t% [ % G0 G1 G$ {! B+ XM: 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!. P" @) x; R) `
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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！) b# o6 _9 d4 i0 n5 B
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ; V( ?4 w& V+ R& A3 q$ s - O1 j R! z: F: m& S5 m: K# y' ebomb 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。- q+ D k2 |% n4 U/ W4 y/ E
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. . f/ Q: s6 R5 Z. k --- I f**ked up my history test. 5 w2 Y/ D# W1 a) [& o, o7 V( d, A % k" S& t/ b% {0 e! o; a 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。: l* U* V$ Q% h' }( `, @4 e
& m' N) t) x- h" b7 t. K) v " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( }& O: v& n, W& K }! [7 S5 g
---- They f**ked up my order !
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