[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。0 w- j2 A& r* x$ U& w
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。- n4 P3 A/ r0 r( U' o
5 `. e& S/ Y' U) v' V$ k8 QM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass." _% c0 {+ p3 I C9 H
7 ^* g+ S5 J4 q& P) Q7 ZL: 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。 % H! w" Q) I7 B/ R* Q u' i) D& A# A3 z! i7 U% HM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 L9 Z* |- ]* s1 r$ ~+ u . s) G5 J/ ^! E2 G% AL: 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？ 8 K) K, c" A8 |: `; \ 2 e7 Y0 K& B; R9 SM: 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.8 ?- u" `6 v4 s0 _0 X+ S" `
" Q2 u7 [" m( U4 P8 q KL: 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"? / T2 } D, n: R4 E4 E" M3 I0 c/ [* c: P. R/ b
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; s) t* x0 {& I/ r; s
% a3 O i0 B7 z+ LL: 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？/ n2 N6 o3 ?% A6 W0 M
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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.4 A$ E' b4 d8 r$ m
0 ~* _# t- n# F) aL: 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！( ?* h% U3 ]# {- t: I
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! - t+ h0 K4 D' i& } $ R- k7 ?/ m# {2 G7 W0 SL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！5 b" Y! {6 I- O: n# s
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! E% G( C8 ~( q) w( _/ C, D7 \' S8 d: P' s4 P- v3 {
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ % g- a6 N! m& h1 Y # E! J5 r' V. \. ?2 g& c3 IM: 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.", h5 I9 y2 }2 ^2 b- O6 h3 p
7 m* d' y* ^. U: @9 q t* K, `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？/ k- M( n) T" ~7 h* ^* R! S; H, {
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.0 h i8 t' M' I1 ~1 I) L
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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"？ ! {+ Z9 Z) p! V# d/ N8 z+ P8 U8 D/ c1 e- ^7 ]/ H! L: }! V& j3 B
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 }* V& R' \1 p/ X( f8 M7 S% L 9 j' T/ W/ }6 ]3 \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。0 Y! J- T& ^! x, L& l" [
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" X6 m& q8 O5 I" I* l$ y& N
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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。 ) @7 h7 O( B* P9 Y' m8 ~$ O6 D7 x7 j- u% ?) R. w
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 8 T- G X6 M" X6 T& l, J1 \ d* p8 R+ t6 o% T( `9 f
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？( e! y8 r+ ]3 T/ m8 {- j; P' V1 |
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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!$ G4 g: S6 j* Q Y9 m3 G
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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！: e5 |' ^/ {- ]
% A& Z* k" v9 R# UM: Ok, ok! ' R: @; B* t s! |1 Z0 X" m9 R0 N+ c; @6 V
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。 - `- b1 G6 c" N0 c" s: F6 QAudio as following:9 g! M. H) k& W
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 4 C7 D( P4 s# n- D: n0 M" w# E
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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。$ U% ^) ?8 a8 O- \- x# S# B
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.: Z9 m2 F6 e* s. E0 w' w7 X& A
--- I f**ked up my history test. 4 t9 o+ [, i, n8 A# i 9 X: ]" Q) G- V- H& l# |# z 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。9 @. I! J6 E) _+ X) H1 P
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 5 v9 Y# e/ p0 U ---- They f**ked up my order !
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