; m4 l3 u1 p) V* y+ X% rL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 9 e" o: d, Q! M/ V! P: i8 J! @8 R$ A- s2 l2 L5 K6 _/ q
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.1 R* B2 J& V6 F' W+ i
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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。 8 ?9 U) C0 g$ Y. B l# I4 v% o % w: ?: k8 L; QM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 2 S9 Z! Y/ ^1 f1 Q# r6 \ Z; ~1 j( u2 h" c! V
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？ . O5 n# d2 O" R" H" R, t; ]( n: Q6 S" }
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. . H: l( C" P4 O/ C M$ W. v, d/ G+ j0 r! [5 L1 K
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"? $ t b3 j9 Z5 Q4 L * R5 j/ X- Z* v" m: C |/ R% f7 QM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 0 }# m; R7 F6 |" O: b7 I* O1 }( Y0 T0 v& C7 D
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？ n6 b, r6 a" u
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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.- s: M7 ]' w- |, {1 _6 e& T
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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！ 3 N6 } \4 B$ t2 V7 x, E 9 A# p: ~% D1 MM: Please! Don't mention tests!. y5 c7 v- }$ P7 o# M3 r2 y1 M7 A
: u0 x7 o" d. c# y: pL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ * C/ |& S# s% M9 a- L8 J ' M+ O# X% o6 ^, Y8 WM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!/ f8 }, J0 M% ^4 O# `. M
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ . `- ^- a( q R& y 5 }6 X. o# q, X8 A$ ]! }6 VM: 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."& {- p$ Y3 o$ s/ m3 |0 B
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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？0 c, j; ?+ s9 m# z: B0 w
& S4 C$ a. G( T l: fM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.$ R; F9 k# E! R
& I+ K) I3 p) u6 [8 W0 `3 Y# UL: 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"？( y# c) }: [3 h+ K' a
1 B$ k0 i: l$ C, X% B# k6 Z* aM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. - h: C# u- G2 k- |3 N i) l8 P; ]: F( G
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。 # o5 r1 @0 f, i( k& E4 T* Y( j' X+ \- f, x+ O
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!5 b: o6 V$ }8 d0 Y) g) ]/ Q
7 ^% {9 d$ j0 N0 K2 NL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 ~( E4 R7 s# b) O# S; R/ V6 a
1 m6 m, ~) C T/ L* z5 ^M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. . Q( ^: X8 ?0 R2 k % B) t# f3 p$ w( u p# q9 m# ~( bL: 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？5 {6 N" i+ C+ `+ t# ]+ 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!& L; }" l/ ?& r
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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！2 e% h1 d7 y0 ?+ w# b5 N
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+ X4 p3 K7 N& | |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。% t b- [* y q( z
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 " i2 u( i; M `: K" ], B% z D7 Y+ c 3 ] @ y. O% g1 z( x, 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。& x. F/ u# w- z$ W: z. P1 c; B
6 W3 _: s, {/ P& m3 t! p“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.) Q2 M! w# k4 I! O
--- I f**ked up my history test. 6 W6 n8 n) b% D2 w/ b( s1 {$ i! g" W9 \' n3 V! h
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 2 d9 j# ]/ j/ q6 ~" {9 z# l) r8 ]0 i" V/ i6 _1 |
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ; ]( I1 ?) P { h, Z/ [/ U ---- They f**ked up my order !
' O ` m0 u) `) M. h一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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