[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 ~/ {6 y. ^
B4 U% x3 `$ u$ Y, u, Q' HL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 $ E3 ~+ t' M4 ^" a6 ]" Q% a$ a, \. r- q- o/ Z
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.$ Q3 _8 Z h' Z$ @- a. l- w
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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。0 f( M8 E. ]- ~* R9 S
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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.! k* s* ] m' X+ t5 X0 q/ u& e( R
) y. W/ o& ~8 p' jL: 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？ " |/ R8 j; ~) E; E, n# E2 D* N) \- M( P" w! Z
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., \1 p: n: S8 N: \' \$ v) f
! w5 i( G/ C- c$ n4 lL: 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"?5 \3 M7 }' X Z% z( i5 g r; s
1 f2 Z0 K/ z' @' s) E, U( {M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 6 J, {$ I5 n; t! q # S+ e3 ~1 L- @) S6 uL: 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？1 d ^& e. k" ~" ]+ X& g/ R
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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. j) V1 Z1 e3 s; P. q
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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！$ i4 v3 B+ m" m7 o! s
3 ]. _2 F# T9 B. B# ZM: Please! Don't mention tests! ! Z8 v) P! Q( {$ n3 ^& h3 d; [5 s5 y9 Z+ U+ o8 W
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ $ `% D/ k: p& K4 [; k1 M! {* z+ x3 ^" r9 t t j9 _
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 7 J) O/ J$ N' Y6 P* p( l! T2 e: U& Q% J- `+ c" P* N
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？8 _3 J0 w2 |6 \( c# S7 {) `) W
& W- i) I! q4 z: T8 S* w% ?# E& XM: 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."' v; Y/ n' P7 n/ N! @8 j
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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？! M" H: t; |; a) e
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something./ {- }7 ^* e; A
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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"？ * e! x H& Z9 D t5 S' D* [! A4 l7 Y% D) K/ ]: \2 `
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 y9 y' {/ i# n8 ]
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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。( T- k5 f$ d2 q9 Q8 k$ J2 F
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 3 T( H7 G+ V- v" t& o% {' e# t( l8 G2 f5 k; H# ?* a3 c
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。+ J( W. j1 P7 ?! C5 h3 G/ [, a
3 u, B( f- P( |! UM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.6 E- \0 @" I% @* U
1 r; m- T! T3 l" l& R4 @5 x7 OL: 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？ T% X: {: G5 R/ i + G* g2 l, l# ?6 S) H4 e6 mM: 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!1 _, z+ \( s2 H' s/ V6 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 d* U. F' [- L# Q
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M: Ok, ok! V( c3 u' s6 M. g1 a5 j# D% w) a2 O0 U# }8 t& V- E N6 S
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。/ b- D* R/ { l
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 0 y9 d* A9 e9 n( ~$ u9 t4 S
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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。 . f" t; c6 L6 d9 s4 D , z; H8 Q" Q/ _ I3 b: F* [; o- N) L“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " y' H( r% h. {8 p, l. L --- I f**ked up my history test. $ w |1 w* X/ t) J$ u 0 J. r& R4 [' @* d9 e+ @: v' n+ J, s 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 6 f9 [, N9 F9 q 2 E! E: v0 [; A0 ~- N6 ]" O " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !. G6 J4 F& r, J
---- They f**ked up my order !
本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:43 编辑 ) o" Y; t! J( R |5 k$ V( B7 c% Z5 P' y7 g. p8 f
You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。* y2 n2 R% E% h9 e" t1 U1 u' W
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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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