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。 T4 Y. e" R0 Z3 ]% @: {. F
L：Michael，怎么啦？你好象有心事。6 t, |# k6 t3 R
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.
) h) a W2 k1 L 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。
9 f! c1 I+ C' k$ [0 k M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.# J! J1 D! @, |* U& G9 @5 j
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？& m! v0 K! {: g& R( ^" H
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 j% J- b0 {. s# D2 z 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”？
/ J3 V4 A7 Z& C7 f/ H M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!3 R$ x! i* Y' h; k- C
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 u0 g. k. h7 l9 ^
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 S+ {2 m; C7 u& \( I; Y. ~ 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！
0 a3 A# ]) j9 f* X5 r: ?$ V M: Please! Don't mention tests!
' M8 e9 k. J9 d! } L：跟你开玩笑嘛！
4 h* c: B1 }& |' {! a5 b2 M! j M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!& s5 p# T$ D/ B9 v
L：你说什么呀？他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？
3 G* G5 k( E! P 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."
3 U' b# \$ g5 [' F 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？' V% U9 s0 v! z; A; [5 q7 K$ Z
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.
3 t+ w! d* q/ I 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”？
" U- Q! _! L$ C" A3 M- i M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.
7 d |7 @* q9 `1 V( V# }# }1 Z5 z 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。
' {& L4 p& }9 t7 ^4 Z. E' K* ^ M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!5 _# I8 n. ~* X7 w- P$ A1 V* {
L：她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。
' f# @! d. @( m* S M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.
) h+ w1 R4 ?0 Y0 C 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？
1 n9 y8 m1 j' u' a 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!4 B4 D) m2 [8 z7 T' |
L：这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！
/ d% r$ O! s0 t/ S! u# n M: Ok, ok!
0 \8 R# s/ U/ ]" k$ H 今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是：to bomb，另一个是：to mess up。 |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:20:45
