% C+ ^4 L p4 X0 `8 z* O) K$ aL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " F2 {4 \* O+ b' r - ?- B. a- A2 C* O. }M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 f# q, F4 \ a3 Z: `; {- d' j
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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。* M" s1 U) X6 P( r& h @; K( c
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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. " s9 K4 E: G1 Y4 p9 J" |! m- h3 t+ k7 c
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？ " Y1 _; x& d/ @5 g - i, S( h1 Z( f5 p$ F+ T( m7 `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.' ]% Y! F9 ~8 ~) _' @
5 G) F8 P8 _' \6 pL: 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"? ( \) [: Z7 ^0 i# P5 Y 0 J* K# W8 X6 @$ aM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! / h# U1 | f ~' C9 y& Z4 }& B# K) l
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？ 0 l. g- ?( k) p% p + ^) n' Q- F3 V' X" v$ tM: 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.6 C/ c% z1 x+ e9 v6 J( g
( O# X5 Q& u* D4 jL: 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！ ; i1 l& J H O) W2 g1 X0 q |2 p& }; _* G1 P3 w% C
M: Please! Don't mention tests!$ a7 @. K. h# `& v' g# d
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！3 M) }4 H4 j+ ^4 `- K, p" H. M
; {$ p7 s, H/ ?' r+ QM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 0 M% U6 L4 t: f9 S # k) E/ w- u* `" B' g0 W0 o; j/ eL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 0 K* J J4 K' L; e / A$ ]3 p. n0 g- m7 f; s0 p2 ]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& b3 I9 ]4 d# {( x, a5 u1 P1 T! E) C4 k1 a
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？- T' P V4 G4 S# U" q
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. o% S+ f; O( E! C5 } " b" U# z, _1 T; m3 i0 d) mL: 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"？ * x! P: G7 w) W, a$ }6 w5 ]7 S# L# t3 F" w5 @# c$ P4 [
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 0 {) L1 |8 E5 G# B ) D3 c! b m( b. a$ @- y* 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。 : S2 a* v2 N- S L3 q8 f6 _1 g8 d( F
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! F; V9 D4 }( b2 p T$ H) p: K# s3 r 2 ~5 B6 R4 g! T- P# j0 P0 d( H; kL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。9 _* a( u4 q' E
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* ~( B8 b3 D) t# ?8 UM: 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! # p" {2 h0 @% ?. ?. V0 Q - N" ^& z3 M# ]& ]0 XL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 4 b) i! M( E9 H4 | & v5 | L& l8 }1 N- ZM: Ok, ok!6 q! x/ j1 u- J
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本帖最后由 Mike_Wan 于 2009-12-26 15:25 编辑 ' Z' m) L. e, S5 |/ x4 x! l' p9 R, O+ i! Q8 Z9 J& P
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。. [" _$ f7 R: q5 w8 v% _
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.3 \7 {9 f! R# M& y
--- I f**ked up my history test. / T" s* @+ O& I' V+ H* w1 z6 U1 y, |+ ]% [$ T" E4 I& Z) @' `
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。/ Y! y/ n9 D5 \; F
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !9 {3 M4 t. w$ T* w) s
---- They f**ked up my order !
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