[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。5 `: }" S1 h7 w/ y
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. / j7 o% U1 u/ `5 q% p & o! g! j' h- }2 j' s- L+ i0 EL: 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。. W4 u' I' p. f0 P; J
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. + P3 a0 t( |( W, _0 [' |( a- U, a 1 a; w8 i' J/ |3 [/ _( ~9 GL: 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? # j. D; Y4 P! p& u7 x% \ 6 w5 E' |( N. V; U' ?+ ]8 hM: 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./ |+ J* s5 J% h4 q7 L4 E
, z, J D; T) u4 h1 i$ F* H/ CL: 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"? ) g1 e" n$ D1 x; _2 x y1 s * p8 |7 u0 ^/ ]( x. e3 qM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!% Q' I; _6 x% E% O
. L1 m- m! m0 Z) f# YL: 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? 8 S' z' X% Q8 Q* O% x9 I3 c9 J3 _( ~+ h j0 C) ]4 i
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. * j' ?: v6 ~! s9 l4 t$ m% z9 z! Z
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! - d2 Q2 x; O0 H( u" |1 [4 k2 E; O- @6 F& i0 d/ A8 g
M: Please! Don't mention tests! 6 X9 ~; L* y _: Z V) n : f/ P+ X3 ?0 l; ~; Y2 HL: 跟你开玩笑嘛! : u% `' U# A; F k W1 D, g & p" i6 }9 P+ w7 Q9 n! vM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!7 S/ U/ T8 H X; `2 Q
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?# t9 V; [$ ^# x
+ F1 m& u$ Y/ o' Q/ ^, LM: 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." ' w/ x- x' `. M* G4 {+ `+ ]0 v# l# S) @% J ?
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? # f5 I$ @4 e3 l$ k 8 r5 K. S( U. w0 B9 z5 EM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. & L( W6 S( a/ X9 t4 X! T" d) G" H( b! N% E: O _. A9 J6 [/ B
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"? % {! _2 |1 _5 m4 e4 L1 T / R" C! N0 M6 Y7 V* c* ?) X$ y" SM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ; C8 [( @( X$ V6 s) k2 Y6 Y W7 r9 `+ f2 i2 z3 @& Q5 h
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。 u. Z1 W& i0 d2 v9 F4 R2 y- y& r( ]" W
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! % q- _# h$ Y M. O 6 h. w6 L% } n- gL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ; D1 g Z, ^/ E$ ^8 B ; }) S i# K% E# ^" O; jM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& s' i: I0 N) X/ q
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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?/ F: m8 @5 x9 ?( h& T
( u1 ]8 h( h; D5 g$ Q0 tM: 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, o d6 n( B$ E b. v8 g% ?2 g( ]* E3 @" V
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 1 z4 f9 }4 I5 C1 g" d& O % n f! q1 q* @M: Ok, ok! ! ^0 Q; S7 h) P( U. O- T- W * V; |, F4 K* i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。& A) y0 a7 V B8 P9 r0 k: s9 T
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 + r* Z/ Y1 O$ Y6 W0 o' p ; ^4 C/ x2 I* ]8 }. Tbomb 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。 + N) @4 |3 s' H1 N 6 a! N, a# M' |# T* A) M/ _$ W) s“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. - }- i% q1 P9 h; d --- I f**ked up my history test.7 X* } n# U( x& k' q+ f8 h
0 z, h* l3 ~/ Y/ m 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。: V# L7 \- q) r0 U0 ]
1 e; N3 L; R5 f " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! " C" N3 r' T p. _ ---- They f**ked up my order !