[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。 0 D9 e9 R' T) g. k / R1 v% H0 u- {; M$ e* M* rL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。$ e$ P2 V9 |7 U" P
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.3 H: t8 W2 R/ n: S0 ^
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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。" R7 N |& E1 @0 S8 N, W, q
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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.. m; i( x; Q% ?8 K6 M: Z
; l3 y: [* Y8 @* XL: 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？ ( P' g$ L% ]7 z( V6 m- l6 m9 x4 z+ R A8 u+ w
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.) D, J/ }6 \+ s& C5 j
! V' }% ~' Z: m2 m3 F7 y! NL: 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"? 8 P4 l; K; ^& `( c: p7 k; [0 _4 h. l1 _5 P8 }; g
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!+ w0 G# g7 u O
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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？3 M6 e3 z; ^8 y! u7 L7 s5 G+ r; Q8 d
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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.7 Q |+ E( R% C2 y3 N
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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！1 `( k. _6 T% f; o' |% a
) n0 R$ H( R* W/ C. X$ b0 ] w/ J& eM: Please! Don't mention tests! $ Y( X8 X" a8 W$ U, i ' U+ h p. y. hL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！$ I* w: s- X& s: b; e- Z9 ~7 ?
0 f/ S1 O! y% xM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& F1 ]( ?$ l) N1 z4 Z7 ^9 w% ?
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ # f, X+ w& ?2 U `; v. T+ W; p, P8 n( m A/ Z/ {" l( V8 |4 [' S; i! X
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." ! ^: ]* n% p+ r' |1 ~1 a ( G4 l) Q C7 M& _5 Y) kL: 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？ ) z) [. Z1 g, f2 y4 Q: @0 i% X( t; m' a" s' O( n
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.1 x& o& J. Z# R4 o
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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"？ ' r; w* U2 m/ j4 e: ^ " A( }) V. n. w, XM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.; a+ ~+ z8 ~, T* _
q0 H$ Y7 G8 O4 Z; h1 wL: 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。 ( w3 S: i5 U/ _* i0 o P* K. {' K+ a4 v x& W) fM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! . z4 D- s; f9 C( [& j' b1 Z. J& ~! O) A6 b5 k5 R2 G( _9 o0 q$ w
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。% w7 u* c, o* \6 t
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. $ ]/ f6 p5 a& e- _: B Z! U. n3 c1 v, z9 r! \ q4 _8 b
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？ % K, J3 d& q3 O0 I9 q- w! f1 o0 [- K& ?% U! N$ ?# v6 I* x2 m
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! - e9 y7 c2 {! n% r2 P8 Z& N . g1 t. r, `; }6 Z: ]( L7 G. e! d, ]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 s: W8 T. N; k5 }( d / Q. Z ]' F0 c8 G6 qM: Ok, ok!+ b; ~6 W/ b; R
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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。, ?: `/ ~7 \/ j2 d, B3 G9 v* B& K" d! J
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 R. ^7 L: Z0 ]9 ]2 }" j3 Y/ ?% f; M) n/ p! ^6 w4 V; o
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。 }9 Y6 S8 s; N' ~6 W0 \3 `. D
2 Y# b F: ~, a2 P% J* ^- I“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " X- G" j2 C* `- [ --- I f**ked up my history test.& Y" P/ g+ I1 `# s. ]/ \( V
& I/ v' r) Y9 t E7 @. e 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。4 b9 J% G2 S' v# h3 R( B: n W" U
- t& ?) }$ v+ d3 i " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !* @$ q- `9 k& G# }) y) K5 D
---- They f**ked up my order !
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