, H4 U1 i" ^1 bM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.- m) T$ T* s% i
y& o/ o- n$ |7 R. jL: 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。4 L4 P2 ?8 G2 ~
3 }6 H5 S+ c! r6 g' E- ~M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.% i! x0 H9 W$ c3 i
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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？ ! S4 h g$ H: |( F- R) B/ y- Q/ P & a# o' Q2 Z+ C {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. 5 }* f) r( B* b 5 {& v, A9 k0 }& wL: 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"?2 f# r6 ]6 N G+ p: L( K- l e
3 p; c Z) p h, JM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; M6 d; x) _7 |$ B5 V, f2 d) L- J
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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？ # L" M. v, U8 C8 H , c( a# J: f- L; C; Z% X( m/ nM: 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.. |; z" z) W' W( C4 H% Y% _
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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！% I- v2 Z/ P4 O- A
8 B. t" S. R- C: QM: Please! Don't mention tests!& ~3 \0 g/ B6 S( a
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; ?, T- c5 w9 u' p/ GM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!5 V/ g4 Z8 D$ l( l% X. A, y9 t9 N
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？$ z6 ~) s, z5 [, H! C' f+ t& U
+ w T* J- _: G- y- U/ { PM: 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."# E/ g& e8 l( t Q# R. O
2 S/ w H* V U: sL: 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？/ A! S6 q s& i6 F/ `
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.7 L: z, P- s5 }9 S
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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"？ : C& i5 G+ t- _4 q $ J! @9 s: ~- L4 ~- _* S1 PM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 1 s; R- J) v% }! d* w/ b. c ' P+ E' \9 J% U5 G1 C0 |' nL: 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。 4 a" }0 Q0 X6 O7 f# x. D7 u* F5 ~" \8 @/ T& }: O' E8 i9 N
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 ?; { o- I" q6 t5 l& W0 q& S, `. B( q3 }+ W- a! \
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 9 O, Q1 m; R/ `' V7 S' E* l% L5 ?2 t! Z3 h' g
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.+ X4 ^# k7 {; ^6 F
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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？ - I! ~/ a4 k1 _6 R ]4 s1 s0 ?+ f2 H# P 0 H- i' a7 p1 cM: 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! 2 T' ^9 m" _/ R, l- }/ E 2 d' ]0 V( Q; kL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 4 J) k, i- j2 F% c5 f9 B4 W, ]. }+ `# Z- l9 `4 W
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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。5 H/ j& a. s5 v* T3 |
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ( U' K9 [( D* n4 k. d- u! | ' d' Q5 f' `( Z0 t1 T3 ]* Ybomb 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。 8 A: Q+ j2 S' v% l" N, E% E& r( O( z; o( R, m8 Q, N
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ( E) ^, [( B; T2 l, n; ~ --- I f**ked up my history test. 0 y' h; _; C% }2 w, I& }3 w& u 0 L, S7 E X1 ]% a$ k# n' L+ a 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。+ E+ B4 B [4 `- R
3 ^# Y: `. k9 Q2 f t0 d! r0 n " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ) K. n% x& L2 M. o9 O7 Y, B5 D, t- l ---- They f**ked up my order !
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