[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。9 ]& f. s5 l! v- f& Q& \! w0 s% c
/ `+ W1 u* T" d9 o' x# CL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。* z" [( D7 J, W" B9 g
8 J5 v% G& f# ~3 D( T8 S/ s3 B% AM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.7 R! B' P9 }+ t3 {6 e8 s% A- |6 ]
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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。, f9 O5 D, ~" w5 O( E3 `
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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.) C0 M4 F/ X5 P' Q5 g
: @2 u' c7 D7 o3 BL: 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？ ; n% d# ]1 L! ~0 i+ V$ K4 h. u) p8 s) F+ D
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.% a6 b4 E4 _0 b1 Z1 R* |8 A/ w
% i# @1 a! J- M5 v, S3 [: BL: 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"? ' ~3 j; Q) v' u/ m, |7 p$ G$ h" B & `( P, l* I$ ~8 G5 Z3 \* C* NM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 3 m1 c4 X& J w, J$ o) ?* o( a6 @# }9 [
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？ * @" z6 _/ h, S8 p, B/ r5 |. Y5 j& w* ]
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.) y: e) v% G2 ]5 r- 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！ $ o Y- C$ ^2 t3 l/ @2 g6 M' d4 @5 K/ H0 ~) H0 ~# i: P
M: Please! Don't mention tests!0 O0 s6 j4 C* G( k' L1 g- y) [, e
/ |. x7 f7 _& k. q: Y, OL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; c# t9 D- Z* C5 j0 q4 O% n6 o7 `" a9 t- n( T
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& F0 ]$ v5 v" {
4 Q' S3 s! {8 Z j- cL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ $ P3 j3 }/ ] v3 P9 m& V1 i+ B4 g0 A, S1 p/ l- ^- e
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." ) A$ y% {9 B4 y' v& k7 c6 J! u% t: ]6 X
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？ ) q/ }' h. m3 \4 H1 N7 d1 Q+ ]; r7 _7 ]: Q0 g% U" ?8 _
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. % l: q2 Z8 L' ` + y7 [3 ?7 K( w: H" X/ s8 DL: 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"？" e& |% l& f; A0 c$ J
/ N- i! ~4 _( qM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 e: t. I% |& ?& u$ a
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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。 " s3 U6 M/ h5 U! E4 w0 {) ] ; [ s- W" q; [0 J. wM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!2 v8 \7 d' x# H" T( P h$ E+ e
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 $ v. [6 a6 m8 X" o2 v* Q ? ( p2 q' h4 T4 HM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.) |2 v) b% X% Q5 R
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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？ - w7 b( f* q! |0 D1 S 4 P; v9 X6 u' g# y0 k8 xM: 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!7 d+ U8 a. z5 D; J
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' I- j4 P C+ F0 g3 t* G 0 S* F; ]# e" s6 f! j; Cbomb 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。4 h7 w) L3 U4 T. U$ [9 h2 V
$ \9 C2 b2 \+ U$ v5 }% V! o“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. . _) m# G- E- M# I4 Y1 l; E% e --- I f**ked up my history test.; S6 m& O# E" y! e# l, ?- r7 N
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - w% @$ U3 H4 q" t% @5 S : O$ c/ b; S# H " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! & h4 N, b; ]) h$ o% S" K6 X( [' p: p* Y ---- They f**ked up my order !
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