[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; X6 o" ? ~" A$ ]2 N ) A* u2 F3 W, s B( Y% OL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。; g! o4 y. ^& i% |
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 g9 y* [/ Q+ I
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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。: m2 G: G4 K- }$ u, i0 U
- d# |! x9 w: `/ e, u+ v) jM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.0 Q: \! ?. Z( f9 Z' J z6 L
$ n0 M- U" s' p- e& ~" Y6 BM: 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.+ a2 k+ y6 S( U! F; a
% E9 P% z4 z3 A( o9 ^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"? 1 b8 m7 O* q4 J- V5 e) h- H) K) q! H. f5 _2 q
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!3 j: a7 ?$ B* f) X3 l( [7 D
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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？ " ^. P7 z- p/ g. B {, e& R: Q4 F% h& o7 s% T- C& b, ~/ a/ ] G
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. : R ?( d9 [: M5 W; T & z5 C( K1 S, NL: 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！ " W! s6 D* G; K/ i! J( J, O& e# \0 Q4 }; Q
M: Please! Don't mention tests! & m+ d* u) e" C6 V y0 c6 r) h6 |( T! a" o) J
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ r1 K+ W9 O5 k1 g0 z% j& w& C# t' r$ m
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* c" z1 f& T. n. d7 H" I" P
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ; r) R; I) ^8 J* _* b2 \8 U: C- ]) `1 Q! Q8 _. a: ^
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." $ P" P+ ]2 X4 c3 r% A' Y6 z( x+ }: e) z; c' k
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$ w( s. z# l- I Q4 ?$ j: u% T
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 5 }5 V( g0 N( b' O* c1 v) j1 s$ R
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"？" [; W. [. G& I$ `9 S1 f' Z, l
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. % r1 H: z0 U$ D7 O ' v# V1 ]. ?* k: e0 U. i* f6 a' JL: 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。! \( K' e* [+ T! ]1 D
7 b9 w& r$ X* v. K" a2 C% CM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 4 h9 t+ B( w+ S8 f2 }3 ?! ~0 t" D% B Z( }% h# L7 H( _, v: F, sL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 " Y( H+ q/ I, X& a- W ! K- f! B: A L! |( iM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her., W2 y) M- q. }0 o
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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？ 6 J) ?6 _' K- C; ~4 T 4 O7 g! Z! B! C7 L) O0 t# gM: 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 v# t3 `; w9 p
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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！# M3 v$ T* a7 [3 Z$ y5 h
" P5 T/ U% U; N. f+ pM: Ok, ok!- O4 x& Q% G: G3 D; L
g9 J; _2 a B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。 / z7 ?9 e m. T* lAudio as following: ) s7 ~1 F) @) s! X9 Y% a- b
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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。 8 w* U0 @- ^1 r+ P5 Z% Q: I2 a8 A% p5 ~
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! r" S6 g% `( a' F c" C --- I f**ked up my history test.7 }- d. \9 W7 L5 ~( [' X; H2 R
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。8 ^% m$ s6 K. }+ e
( g @& y E2 q+ l! L4 Y0 B8 q " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 7 \7 q3 v" k# `& c ---- They f**ked up my order !
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