[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。1 U0 ~) c9 H& V" S: L% R
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " s/ A9 c5 |! w0 f8 Q8 p 9 b* V' K. \0 W2 n0 iM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.5 ]1 q3 B0 P( L2 m
( j `5 D' }" J. M; |" T6 e8 gL: 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。 / z" C) q! o/ L9 B$ v5 y4 ^6 ?3 B) L9 t+ P
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.1 L @0 I: L8 }9 Y, g0 t
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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？, x3 L1 ^" z e X
- R+ u" ]2 T8 x3 ]& _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.! b0 z6 `- `4 \" z1 V K
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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"? 9 e S, N5 l2 c 7 ^7 w) k" U/ E& u6 {M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 8 ]& g, W3 F) Q' U' t# O" `4 Q7 B: t/ G' O5 c5 w
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？ Y6 f5 m- j% P) c* q; O" `3 D; x ! ~3 v/ V+ E0 n; T _0 }) G5 CM: 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. 5 N$ Q! i( ~0 D * D8 V, m* j5 N a3 u. Q& wL: 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！ m4 n, o0 d; h! w0 h2 q+ K9 b3 M; O
M: Please! Don't mention tests!8 h: T, q( m* R& h) J. F
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 6 d0 w) H3 |, z4 i 0 q) Z9 X9 }7 b- J* _; P; xM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! J4 ]& Y) Y( r' ~" v' h5 v/ @+ s; Z2 y3 r
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! F0 P N0 \5 D2 b# l* E & D* K) u( f+ U4 v5 m- c$ 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." 9 L" l4 a [* ^9 M: m/ T) m/ Y2 m0 Y) O% |0 m
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？ y- [. W% d2 [. r6 i; X
4 X& f4 N6 i2 Z* ?5 ]& [; @ {- OM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. / H! a$ y |7 A. r$ l; U; W % b" a' [% \$ A7 U* 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"？ n) a3 X. Q& E
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 9 S. F' V9 y" R2 |/ f2 `* c3 E6 J6 E1 Q; s
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。; j z7 @( ?* ?: K! { `3 w
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. l7 b- q7 {8 w8 Y
2 v2 ]" I# B8 a8 C, ~6 m' x+ DM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. $ _: B6 O% m1 v: [7 z4 c / {6 R Q2 C' ^& ` c) q, rL: 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？" P% b' E1 Z, C {
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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! ( u( W3 `9 G8 b* Y/ m y 8 j! i. `' N3 r8 @- dL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 y0 X# n, W5 M# G5 |6 \ 0 q6 K" d, }( s) |; m8 LM: Ok, ok! 4 T( j" D+ W3 |" y, P+ a! j/ E0 {1 F0 U* ?
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。3 S6 n1 X/ H" I) j
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' Q& h2 T7 J2 A& w+ ?3 ]' e ( ~/ [- j& A) t0 nbomb 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。 . Z) j+ W. e1 i0 y( F+ n0 p% a! }* q2 R/ r L
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.! ^$ q$ J* P' R, j* X# g
--- I f**ked up my history test. , S7 y3 L9 o( r) ]/ T$ d' t/ h, k* b3 b R
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 / e& ?4 Y0 H) k3 @! y7 { ! f7 R: s6 k; r! B5 H, c& @9 t% R " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! # E9 S8 [) K( ]) n4 ^ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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