[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。 $ @( k, e Q7 z5 ~$ q; m0 f3 I$ l3 d . L1 |9 b$ u8 b/ l# H TL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 / W9 \' s: i0 j# I, q0 @- _ / G' x6 e+ X' |0 X E+ B1 VM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. : k. G" ?7 f/ }* Y7 [# D/ Y0 r2 A& E: @' D( c
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。1 K7 e3 `) L# y! w4 ]' Z$ K
- M! l2 k3 p/ E! t0 ?5 BM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. " @# a; [ I) p5 ^+ F; Q ; B* A3 m" ?) D* V- w6 W" O# QL: 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? ' K% h0 p5 U- Q. ~2 Y, d, O9 I: |; W& 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. ! g$ b, L$ j k) \7 D8 U . V. I% ]! T- C6 XL: 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"? 2 J3 M: f2 y" i. T4 G ) O: v6 j: P6 |- b2 f bM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!" C* W ^7 I% d- P) s: |4 o; v
G& N, _, m1 `% fL: 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?. ^2 d6 R- \3 c1 B$ `2 W9 x; U
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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+ p1 n! N1 a: I0 `1 w4 i- d ( T* d3 R1 A3 X/ Z' l! V' X" CL: 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! + }( L5 n1 m1 `- I9 f, \. J % a/ k; S$ W7 G7 T# R% O; aM: Please! Don't mention tests!! V' r( m6 u4 \$ e s4 O# h
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! ; g8 k. e$ y1 ?4 O3 W * M4 t# C3 f& e5 H5 \1 |M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!( e" }- S$ B8 c) I2 o5 b& |; A0 }2 d3 l
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? + X! N _8 V# r" Y( G# c2 R0 j# ^- u: P( @5 I
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."$ G3 e: d& f6 ~1 z
1 G! B p$ i4 j; N" a9 R. l$ |5 NL: 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? ! w; m1 [2 C# Q1 V- S0 k5 y2 [3 h 7 X5 ?9 a ` ]. e5 T* LM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something./ u& G) N0 C- M6 d+ y
# T3 I# N8 N1 A$ N. nL: 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"?1 T, Q" c& ^) l. a8 a
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.) Z5 Z' N' Z7 S1 ?. P2 m
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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。 1 y# i' n5 s+ i8 r4 b( R# c: ^ ! p/ ?+ M5 {9 X2 }- a; BM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" l4 Y& D$ Y: c" H ^
. a- L8 z1 o7 I1 O2 F7 t# s/ Y1 HM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " f9 n/ [/ O2 {: r4 B) f& O( P. \' Q" s3 g* g l
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? 9 n+ U% Y) u( f+ T% \$ O9 b& Z6 D- h' n8 C
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! 9 `: B" Y [9 \/ Z2 } ' D2 ]2 w' p% v+ GL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!; c: ~3 V7 m5 }
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M: Ok, ok!" C4 [8 K* ~( G' C; p& k
% ]% c9 j$ j. q1 D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。1 y& n2 l1 L2 m w' I4 G
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/ u! N+ N0 c# y; j# h“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ) G7 ^) N+ N4 x1 p# s) O$ N( l P --- I f**ked up my history test. & z; V, y+ v1 J/ [3 P9 w8 C( z1 t, K% @& R8 S5 L Y
不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 ; `$ C% ~# A# |0 s, o& Z ( U. \1 K2 C& A1 H+ Q2 i3 R " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! * ]& ^* D6 i- u9 M/ H ---- They f**ked up my order !