' N4 o, Y+ y3 a5 g; g+ @6 E7 V& j+ oL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ; n+ \; V+ _% r* A$ m, }! q$ Z) D H* t9 b( s T) k( j1 m: MM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.3 X0 g$ g" U$ F; |5 x
/ H5 V+ ~/ g% V+ W- i4 ]- oL: 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。6 U: {* Z5 ?; b
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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. 2 Q+ G3 D; g6 }1 U0 d ! c9 I: r, n# t$ I1 \ P. }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？; j* a- s( V6 R" l7 l( B* r
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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. 8 p0 _& h# K8 ^+ x7 B! f# D ~" \& B; T; C9 e
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"? 4 C/ l6 M }- q- C% }) k! ` ( L r& ]8 C# s# ]$ `9 ` AM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " B% A0 c: J2 c. [) m+ a7 u4 q2 _- Q
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？; L0 Q$ t( M% H& y' P+ U) |
$ _/ p2 Z0 m3 w l. L1 EM: 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.# k; G0 g6 E3 Y( o) A2 e
" f1 _) @) |, ?2 y L$ i( [' `- z# |7 GL: 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！ * m5 x, E" f" F. B8 D 3 B7 Q4 b- H. R; x5 D! NM: Please! Don't mention tests!& B# }7 e5 Q; E! Z& |
$ q7 h1 [6 A. l* E4 A( L* IL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ + [. k0 {- z) w: L' c, p0 K% R& v4 R* K! C8 J4 z, o m! g
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' d' I( Y! w g4 d8 L" B. x
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ . c; G0 b5 g$ e/ y 3 C2 T; r. h1 W7 ?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."' D" ~3 I; z R8 D! M0 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？% g& \, z- F% |# e- a7 k( \, \
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ x6 q3 A2 R0 g( p, O $ K$ E. V- N; kL: 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"？' R$ ?) O3 i5 b: C
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 0 i& D3 m; O5 J+ H, w$ P- j3 d7 D- X t. j) G8 Y" u$ z: Q7 i9 w
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。 6 u& }9 g2 z: S2 A5 V6 ]* q! D0 ^ 9 q0 s4 v1 a( F3 h _M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!( v4 i7 l. N* H5 r* H$ M' A
( R6 P0 h) D7 ? J7 T* xL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ) r5 s$ z, s: ]7 p" F, X + l' ^& T5 S& k2 y' l# nM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.0 |% \4 }0 X7 n( u1 t
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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？6 W/ p- f+ U* i2 `
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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!0 H- I$ m4 O4 t" ~
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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！ , P/ O7 o9 Z) `; R1 {. Z8 i 3 ?/ s1 H/ L/ y# l" \' f; ^M: Ok, ok! , W" j( s! T- e8 b h * ?9 b. Y) Q2 u3 ~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。 6 g% M [! b2 a6 g2 }& C. R3 tAudio as following: 4 U$ |! [9 i. C
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' D- v5 i+ p: }* b, A u7 q. G. y6 {! w0 k* e
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。 # P: k" s: ~4 `) T% I+ I1 I* W3 b' d+ o( N" A
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test., f$ K% S( Y R: {* [' d. D
--- I f**ked up my history test. 8 c! E3 z$ ?8 R" Z- P5 p% Y$ R N3 g9 {
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。: Q6 f. q3 K- ]6 I* H
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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