[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。4 A8 o, ~; |+ c! E; k4 t+ y' t
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 0 ~- s3 W# x( m/ h# U0 s+ k5 b1 J8 J0 e0 n1 s4 D- k4 M
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.% E7 D3 i1 ]+ x: x& m6 c2 u
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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。 ( |7 [% L4 y4 f$ Q8 ]& G $ v {- ?1 M7 G* p5 ^M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 c" J: F2 y' @0 `# c$ P0 T ~' B- s3 O
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？0 ^2 C A# P/ t" x+ K1 |* G
. P2 ^ Z6 K& ]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. - C' H3 m4 Q7 ]1 [ ! b4 ~) ~( H& A& l6 g/ Z4 ?, 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"?1 h! c0 B+ z F: h* ~- o
/ h$ R G- H& u7 B3 R6 r( iM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!" C$ q( D( F. u( ^+ f
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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？7 I0 G0 o& U5 s, P+ W0 @
2 l p! ]) Z- N# H& p4 mM: 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 ]0 O0 w5 n" B8 _ 6 h. R0 P0 N4 p0 qL: 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！ 8 o3 z. R$ n8 G+ ]. a u% C- A1 F) M" q: M9 l; g1 T( ?M: Please! Don't mention tests!7 S5 |) F6 A2 c
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！* `4 x1 i: P; ]' e3 O* A
* M+ H0 s% ] s" H4 I! cM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! E, F8 X+ ^$ v* b' Q/ ~1 F) L$ N3 X& R2 z
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ + W- Z2 k6 E X+ D, ]$ W" y* e1 k. A( `- t, G9 `5 w
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."" \2 M8 c& i Z4 U) [3 q' r2 v' x
1 z' U& U% M$ [0 m9 z- e: 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？ $ K8 F# L+ w; K9 _. I/ n7 \7 R" V2 {! O2 W$ Y& y% c
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.) o# K9 R! T; @3 d, N% b
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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"？# Z) N& K2 @) u2 H& v: q7 k
' e* {+ B: M( R: ?, P- B2 J0 vM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. # A3 h' h7 q$ [2 V7 E9 \1 Z& k: P6 s0 j( k* Z* l6 t1 e& e
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。 - D* \+ z7 r) J4 f' }4 y7 o, y( W9 a. b3 d! {8 x9 B/ o5 Q
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 y; x: K4 F; C7 b6 W; K6 S ! r/ {5 }& Q. N) A9 j bL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 * e5 d+ W" y8 t% `8 b# y % f0 ]0 L8 ^9 TM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& F& N( x- K. q* M2 \) j7 V5 f
. U; ^9 O! D# ^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？ V1 W4 G. j( N2 k2 S
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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!: v* | u# ?- y/ \5 [0 c
5 k+ q- l5 d9 M; N0 h& S! DL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ * `- r: s' s) x1 i( \2 |# b1 i( O. Q
M: Ok, ok!7 t' Y8 @! P! Z. v; V0 ~
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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。 # O7 \# ?( [5 n) x, |% BAudio as following:- N6 u% Q% t$ e2 K" a
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 7 ]! E3 f$ i9 a3 l) R) k+ [, i: b
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。* f( Y, f& U% a8 B
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.8 |. X' L5 V/ f: Z
--- I f**ked up my history test. 0 I+ r# s$ V2 I! p8 S# B7 x% q x # Z; r3 I% O6 Z8 x4 o 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。! a3 q: U2 I% r9 S' Y
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !" z( ]+ Y, Z7 H; S- Y
---- They f**ked up my order !
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