' F6 M& X9 K4 K3 c4 G- G0 p! b, pM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 y* `9 R B$ J5 B. h# A8 B2 o9 h% w. ~! S1 F
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。! `* I ]. ]; F' S' h
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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.1 ^5 V; ]2 V0 H# E# V* s- 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？# U; d* `3 u! ?# ~( k
6 U" j* }, A( b" X2 pM: 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. ; D- S8 D5 T2 M2 r$ c+ A# n , x/ m% k% w& v5 G! i. _3 D* t) ^; OL: 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"? 2 U$ I8 \7 F: q- c7 J; O' g4 y" Y. l+ }( L4 v8 M; T
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!* A$ f6 f2 q. F
7 O( M: G7 e6 q6 Y" i) C/ QL: 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？ 4 T( s; K# T8 a/ M! B& N% E) k3 {+ \: h3 G+ N/ c
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.6 w1 ^9 F: `$ W4 N4 [ q+ `% k% k
9 E# z2 ?% B+ I; C& {L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ " B% @& u/ h8 p! K+ e ' Z. s1 H/ x5 `: {: hM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!2 g+ F6 N2 M: _/ D& w6 Y
6 S3 V1 F; ?* dL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 9 h# a! F$ n0 K6 r3 P# W7 _5 Q- m& R# T* x5 V1 N
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." / w& Q# d: Z% j! I% {( G # _7 f6 H$ l: h6 uL: 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？0 P* w* s0 E- D( Q* I1 d& h c
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.6 d, t+ s$ w* L
2 g' H$ }- {0 e; SL: 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"？7 W' X: J* |' J+ `. G- {6 V
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. - _# Q8 q! ?) b& D$ V [1 @) [1 D) j4 g3 m# T; A# o6 z3 I5 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! o1 l; v! ^0 S, }$ _* O! K, F/ d' _* ?( f+ r
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! & U, a' N9 A; H- G4 F0 f 2 U! G7 P- F9 N$ ]) B! pL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。3 b+ D6 o5 H- H3 b
# {4 H( }/ O+ Y* D1 zM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 6 } _3 g: f* @5 }6 _! ~3 x; D5 h ' |* V2 q8 z. c( C$ zL: 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？* o5 R* j9 c; d5 z
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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!4 ?6 L% F4 k# l! l* X
2 V4 {$ x$ E$ N6 U! m* A& {L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！& b5 Z$ Y1 |+ d2 U, l F) p3 T% p
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M: Ok, ok! 2 `' ]; ^2 r: d. J3 z1 q9 x9 u+ t. {. D$ q5 {! \" N7 z6 {, S5 O+ Q \, 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。 - k n/ X3 g0 x8 X. |6 O* YAudio as following: , F- w, h7 ]+ w
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 % Y; ?4 k2 B" U- j" _+ y! p; f4 ?. k; Y8 R; O6 a, k, D
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。 7 D* c2 {6 L" x( G+ }7 b7 k& D' |5 F( k( R" i
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. % { D1 s6 w5 d* j) X --- I f**ked up my history test. 7 P' [; ]# B% y 6 a; m4 V1 E; x% m; O+ V 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 q: ~% ] U& @0 X3 ?. f 4 U4 E9 W3 W/ a2 s " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! / H% c6 O% z r ---- They f**ked up my order !
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