[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。* T) ^) G! c$ b9 B9 o
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L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 7 G3 q. ?/ O7 q 9 m/ x [& x+ {M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 2 j' ]; z- \6 S! p. G/ y, P& R s0 N* w# W/ C$ i. j! Z/ X5 XL: 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。. n- Q; {+ ^' R& S( ~
7 a8 ~% I9 M6 {1 j4 N* {/ JM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. " l6 b0 `2 F1 a8 F8 v) Q v$ K8 U! }) Y7 T: J
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?* ^; v' U5 j6 u T+ C
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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.' \0 u: f+ O& V' ^) b$ I$ c5 [
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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"? : X0 B9 |+ Y: K9 m" _ + d5 N1 L* r* U& n* @4 YM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ! \& D- T8 t; _* v) J, C- K7 {$ r# D3 s- u
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?5 I( s. b8 i: f% v
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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.( h$ B f! p+ \6 Z1 C
/ d- x; X0 x. P7 T$ u( ]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! 4 d, E' ]+ ]$ m& Y 7 w6 n. v# _" p2 u6 j3 q. UM: Please! Don't mention tests! 2 Y. b8 a5 u+ y* c$ I* j' P1 a5 V' |6 i5 {" C9 U& p& f; D1 @: ^" r
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! 5 F3 F3 l; h- f3 y/ G1 u. Z3 o: _7 n. e* A0 y9 H' i7 Z8 y& y
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! _& n8 T# C9 z7 K- l 1 Y% X# R/ ^' O+ PL: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 9 C- ~6 u# n& y' V$ Z! Q0 h7 x* p* ^: m
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.": h6 y# m: T7 {$ j
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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? + T' C: R8 V( e3 _$ `& |9 Q2 s6 v1 f/ ]- p/ p# b" d: V: j/ ~
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.1 V( ?% J+ }2 L" w, |: R
1 `) k( G8 h/ G$ X! u$ m% h1 _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"? ; Q7 i) i$ Z& s" ~ D3 H5 U0 m, V" ^3 A* X
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.1 z% w' F5 p; N! N
& M9 _; O, l0 B: pM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 2 V7 `* T5 F9 ^' e1 x ) V* f: s2 p, I1 c; W- `L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 [9 T& M* |3 M7 [5 a 2 P9 ^+ B! W( Z6 ?M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.7 X4 g) k9 @5 C$ _% \! U c
! [. ], g* V: m% j ^, p& @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? ' T p& H6 y5 Q# H8 J) L- N ) C+ `9 t# K/ _7 U EM: 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 g; u7 d8 r& q; m( C6 i$ S5 N0 I: x- n& F
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 5 n, j! \! \) [- U7 Y" n$ L# O4 l$ a# z1 J- k
M: Ok, ok!$ s6 }7 ?9 [* L
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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。 ' y4 M' g+ ^9 g4 C1 y6 K) P7 {Audio as following:# l* M5 i0 e! v. n7 z t g
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + W( q# \% F' O ? , X& P" T9 u% e2 V, [" s, D2 [7 p4 d5 Qbomb 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。 9 D# h" ], M! A, `6 I+ X m9 n& k) |. G, a. E' L" S“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.. W" w) R/ o% h# d5 n0 _) C
--- I f**ked up my history test. " L7 E9 f' u9 f1 }( k$ T/ _ 8 P$ x- |2 ^: i+ \ 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 1 ]0 a2 Q9 F+ q/ Z, s, _2 d1 T( s: o3 @
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !, C# t9 x% |$ H
---- They f**ked up my order !