5 }2 J+ z# ` n h* H1 C& Z3 s4 YM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass./ B( u! N% ?$ B. b5 J$ M
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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。+ Z7 c7 H* B0 |) K! W& z- S- ^
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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./ F- X; R: v ~3 x- _
7 Q: B3 |* ~4 L4 hL: 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？ * F7 ^5 A q( p) w, a1 R ! i% y+ t0 ~' o+ L2 WM: 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. 2 _1 X' J/ e: I6 S# Q+ L / H/ f! g3 b J4 B8 u) d* GL: 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"?/ Q$ ^9 v' h; b. A, {8 T
" J& K4 @5 M! {9 X" ^: cM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! - s6 N K% v2 t4 w2 S 5 ]- v: K1 A: T/ a% AL: 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？) d7 F! M7 N% h/ I
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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.. x5 f" D% O$ a" R3 b/ _
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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！& f' Y3 c1 G3 b& o" `5 y9 ~; p" n0 m, c
+ V$ B/ h0 w5 [+ d2 P* @L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！) P* }# u, `1 p* T* h1 d# P
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!7 P- n. M$ k. Z7 D
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？- M0 C0 s- |4 F9 s8 r5 J5 E
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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." r$ ]5 }) K$ h: A 1 B5 J+ l7 p8 ]1 u6 cL: 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？ 9 ]( @3 l" y8 E3 X+ T! ]; o( ]% f
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.4 W" N+ M3 P8 W/ U) m4 t7 P) ^$ i5 r
; l9 U0 K4 B# V2 w/ f1 f- N2 r0 YL: 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"？ 9 q: t1 {3 I, F8 g; c7 w/ a' [ ) }* S* i& z6 [6 l' F8 p' QM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. / a; n* t: D9 u0 `1 R: h3 n0 O) F/ X, j" H: z$ _" s; _" M' x4 J/ I4 N
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。 & o7 x8 h/ E* d; T! v5 r ; m* y* Q. }3 OM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!1 A6 P4 E/ v& Z8 a
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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。9 `) K6 P \8 [; C {1 L! [
; I( a( _5 _* d; ]M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " F6 @ j1 f4 y4 D " j7 X9 _% U" H8 @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？ / j' x6 _) Y: P' l G* U* q4 J( m5 L& |# F# b5 V8 p6 E% T
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!! l% J4 o& y" f6 U8 t- G& j
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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！) V% K: t4 b2 M+ A
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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。( V/ g2 Y; B. t9 z
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 6 W1 s4 D: c J0 l$ N9 k 3 F6 [: k |, E3 C8 S" b/ I' Hbomb 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。! e5 w [$ Q1 X4 t0 r! x
( s* e8 J) B" G- I7 r0 t4 I“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 6 [, V3 l& T, U' Z# `1 U& B --- I f**ked up my history test. 4 j! T2 z6 `2 {; {/ z7 e" {8 `/ q, ~9 C' U0 e! c
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 / V! w& R: X& n$ E; Z$ m% k ( [- _& t* G4 h " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !8 W2 ]* H& w1 a+ o5 `. D
---- They f**ked up my order !
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