[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 \3 f$ z- ]! r- S
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。* k v, u. b6 }: O+ U
, S* W, q. E" U5 f& `' yM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ' A0 ^4 ?1 e% _) `# |$ O: t7 m8 @3 e8 @) t! q
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。6 F9 N, J9 q) e* e: a/ p6 }
' g: ^, v7 {6 W3 ?& aM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 6 h' Z3 v( Q) K" |8 r4 V$ n/ v1 u! v! k5 ~' n4 q( O0 N# O" r
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？! h8 L/ B% H# c: ~/ Y. }
5 j% ?- l, x* q: f+ S" OM: 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. . q, U6 K6 u0 }( B/ [/ Q. Q/ Y: g& u; G7 s
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"? , n0 r+ ^2 W( M/ T2 J! v% T/ O9 z" F+ B% U9 Z
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!) v1 `5 ?5 `; T/ y& Q! m0 @
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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？/ y% Y" d! O2 H8 G$ ^2 T; T
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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. ! D! o. O' s( W6 }1 S1 |6 A- P+ s: s- v( C
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* c2 k7 E$ V1 F; m) b% o0 F
, H. G# H9 T# H5 @& @# dM: Please! Don't mention tests! 0 f4 I; [. ]9 e7 q6 v+ t: c; e, Z, N0 f6 m/ U. }% n) m: N6 O! p' J" p- d
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！5 U' ^/ |! C/ u& T4 d
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ; e8 i) w3 W1 I( \ 7 _; e% }0 G& { F' aL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？! S' a9 f! C5 e r* d' g
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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." * Q9 s1 A) E8 F X+ x! P; r$ g- W- q( o; m+ U
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？ # m3 E+ Y e: z1 Y& | % L; l+ Y$ Q8 w. H, l( @+ QM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ~! f3 q/ F i( _4 p2 u 7 W% X6 M8 B( f/ GL: 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"？3 M2 w4 z8 o2 s; f
: V. j6 q* M5 ~5 T; @2 C. RM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. " ^% w: J# f9 C6 N, Y+ x: t9 ^: W5 i; U: ~
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。 # R4 r5 R" S* ~! H n+ ?/ _7 B% c* Y- T
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 d6 W. q: y) z3 c9 b- k/ P+ o$ `, k
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 / i$ u" U8 S1 [3 ^# H7 ` : H1 L9 f* h+ W9 L" DM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.4 H/ H4 ?2 U: `8 o
% W5 I$ g% a. k( j) G# i1 V2 A! |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？* S; I' [+ Y& u. ~$ {% z
+ ~) e; t' H: K) L7 A" c/ qM: 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!+ n% y- T$ j0 u& v! D
: B7 L3 ?( t/ E) P' X. s( }9 kL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！! J, K. F c$ k0 q Q7 S- P" D
. G4 ^6 {& N* F) [$ x! vM: Ok, ok! 6 ?5 }' R/ j$ R3 j/ C m% s$ V* u5 a# p1 [( z
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。 3 X8 {' ^$ `3 E; t1 y: vAudio as following: " x U# J1 y7 v
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 2 @ B+ }3 N2 I! x : Q c4 H, y8 L" K. k5 `& I& a; Dbomb 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。 * j+ f3 x/ p2 F& V! g" r0 M& N R" [. P, ~5 T# D
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test./ T1 J, v: f @6 `: U
--- I f**ked up my history test.- F3 A# v7 q: T: l
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。: N8 d j$ j5 n( F i
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! . H5 H& l6 X1 _ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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