[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。 ) r( M, E) E; x6 [6 B- ^) R2 G" V 3 z6 Z/ w: f0 PL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。. S* ~* v: V% a3 v: J( E
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 l; f/ s# o& A, s [+ _
4 {) |$ ?$ L2 U: F3 v5 V) V1 bL: 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。+ r% `5 U# Y( p1 T# a8 `) d
! u- o; b7 P, S4 z- n1 |& k7 rM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ) x$ i) m, m5 i 0 F: F! f3 M0 }$ b6 G4 j9 |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?; U' M+ H8 w% \/ T
+ Q5 R' c3 `( U* ^8 w6 hM: 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. h2 G1 c- F3 C/ ~$ G$ y/ F; M4 W& y" l& {1 a" I7 E0 y
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"? ( z; x2 j1 K2 Q+ X5 @ 2 H; r9 N D) q' M, vM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 q" R" m \9 J) _" `& Z3 F
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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? " N! |+ h* c$ F/ ?3 x. d+ g8 M6 j0 m( X8 j0 }" B
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.+ c6 D# q8 M8 d I+ K% V X/ m7 h2 D$ m
+ w5 R% ?( w8 y2 JL: 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!8 R4 S5 D( ]' J5 z& D6 |- @
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!% ]* w# w) p( z7 ?2 b: ^% l4 Q
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! . \/ V# D- V/ F, u C2 v( B5 ^* B0 O2 h8 W9 q2 L
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ) b1 [/ @4 v) U, d& m1 ^# y+ C% L& s m- ~4 Q W5 i- X
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?" h8 N0 [0 e7 G* n( u9 }' W( H
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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." $ q2 ?' o8 E9 W% Q9 x" q; X9 x* }* s6 w
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?0 @7 {/ e g7 e4 X% p! ~9 t
+ h1 G( X- \" DM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 3 a( K9 [! s+ Y) |+ J' L/ V # ]$ u* C S9 P( q& v" DL: 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"?& m) }9 r7 G) L8 h) B4 Y
" W1 D( W! V8 D& L; l* WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.5 m, y. l C9 X: p7 v/ C
& \" W; C- j2 [, D5 wL: 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 E$ S6 Z' G. d
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!* o8 P- e6 F9 g6 U! h* e( ^
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L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。) t/ t6 h( k, L/ t. ?# N* a
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 8 l: Y& ~; z: o1 Q4 ^7 ?2 {- | 3 U c. x; T( M, I& L! \/ w9 {. yL: 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?9 E. G4 C& o: `, S1 g* g6 M8 T
4 W# t' j2 r; u! v8 R% IM: 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! + [& O z ?% ~ m1 x6 X6 I% D0 ~& k; [: ^) M7 U; \
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!) A( R) Q& f, n; L6 D2 Z/ W
8 I& { ~4 F# p! nM: Ok, ok! # X* g# i' n( a2 d8 w9 I. [4 ^6 t! w5 [8 |' h1 m/ L
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。7 o* u" U6 S5 U( E
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 % V6 M0 g w" \8 w5 p5 C0 W5 ?
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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。5 c. j( c) I" ]$ l8 l
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.% F$ X7 j. M# b8 [
--- I f**ked up my history test.2 Q& _, P4 ^' G- J: i
6 W- w7 }9 e7 Y 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 1 F; ?' ~: v4 X$ u1 O; b 9 A$ X5 U6 k5 E7 X) V+ Y " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! F7 j$ F6 V0 X. ?
---- They f**ked up my order !