[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。+ ~* ?6 t; P: R Q4 s
, ]. F8 s& g) b0 z. sL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。% p& i! |3 ^ l x' B+ W
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 b- d. i) z! h) b- ^3 y% f
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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。$ R4 O f/ _1 W9 X2 O5 L( O; V$ {
6 H) W) X7 c$ N$ f1 U; a6 q( NM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.7 s2 g2 F9 C9 A- q
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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？ 1 s- Y, b% g. _6 m- X 9 L1 F2 k$ C& e$ l8 ~2 IM: 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. 0 D: Y8 I9 |% ^3 P! o: G5 o2 L% \5 E& }( Z
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"?6 g" ?: P5 l" K5 l
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , w- W, l( k& A' ~ 5 O1 L) p( \ ]6 K+ zL: 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？ + `: E; s& B) _! Z+ r3 b h: B$ d9 g% O6 O
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.3 p, n5 `* p( \+ O* X
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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！ ) o4 y2 d8 F$ E2 b" l( F) l4 A* X/ I
M: Please! Don't mention tests!" o6 V& f! ^4 A5 T: A( o
6 K E% \0 g8 [# N( C0 A M! bL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！8 {. I( n3 F; `+ h+ h4 `6 M9 }$ K
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! . A* [+ F5 d3 a7 v $ W9 A" d8 a9 K1 jL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ $ g {7 y( M) L/ F: K! }! [( a: Z7 V, e. h7 U! g& c
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."3 ^( S. f ]3 V [% K
0 g! L# Q( c2 Z) x3 [* B9 wM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.8 [+ W) ?) N) | h4 F
0 ?2 r# |$ T9 i* aL: 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"？4 b4 d4 }6 J0 I; l
' G$ K) ~7 n- g8 nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 }0 I( G# `6 F3 u4 S* @. M3 I
" |0 ^% e" m+ H# { E' ML: 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。 s$ E) r# ^$ k, @) m' A8 r) s1 \# m% O0 `' j5 u. d4 F
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 1 K: v+ Y' s* ]' s' q$ F9 \$ ` n$ `6 H4 `9 j, E* e
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。8 H/ @- D, F# A6 W- ?$ l
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ F# u. E+ `' v9 w
! e: s/ e" r+ ~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!4 k. M% R' x! Q1 s8 \
6 l' Z, @2 ]& f: Z9 DL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！+ X2 B! d+ F( X
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M: Ok, ok! 8 L' B. D% v0 N% v4 f) s 6 O/ n# I& V% c# 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。8 B2 d4 Z. o" l5 e& _ q
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 5 q0 y: L& l. I4 j6 s: }/ x- Q- t6 q* w8 |
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。 0 |2 m9 ~8 d& U' B4 S3 E. C6 p1 L9 `! y5 s& d/ ~& U, H, Z
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.4 v' f3 [- l- e6 ^
--- I f**ked up my history test.$ ]0 n- w+ c2 {, ^ ] i& O
- u" L% m9 V7 U! R; P 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。# x2 l8 w; y4 ^0 D( e& s
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 2 L$ h0 w% E8 J+ D2 r ---- They f**ked up my order !
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