[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。 7 f6 P/ R) h& W/ n+ I: ~8 F2 B+ O; L# I% n% s5 z. V
L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。: A" W9 N) @8 Q. s( k
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.0 o* G. W2 L& x
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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。3 H' Y. {. R; C4 g7 [8 ~4 H- a/ G
9 d! O2 b/ f. y5 Q# rM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ) U- j% G3 B' C# e* M4 i4 T S6 J! n6 O* y9 X5 z, J2 z5 h/ n$ Z* TL: 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? j8 g- y$ Q; v5 {! J+ L
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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. 4 o, @9 _+ }; q. d+ m+ a: M2 u4 }6 S$ h
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"? 0 v3 f. n) V" v% v3 d3 J0 K) ~1 d0 s& B. @( F' n) K8 E
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!% i# k* J9 N9 W6 V7 E2 ?0 {* u" T
3 t4 n; ?) x) r1 ]" YL: 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? ! j# n: p* n$ s- h% r: H3 v G& n1 J1 c# c e/ _
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.5 I. n6 j! p5 ^8 ~
) j/ U5 B+ y% O: tL: 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! 5 H! i+ x. m4 d/ z' D/ \) E- k+ N ~, \* z& d$ b
M: Please! Don't mention tests! 1 ]& I8 T6 u9 y) r " J$ r9 c( u3 T+ \L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!# d1 M2 F `) o2 X
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 1 K* _8 {; i Q, o1 v: j; x9 o( s$ B0 } 6 V7 X1 n: I1 Y: @1 v3 t+ {L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 3 D d7 J6 o) x+ V7 ^" c& { / ~* `3 [8 d$ [1 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." 7 I( y& u1 m: q6 X5 c3 z) C; f- l( @
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?$ i! k& H. L; z" {7 Y H+ I
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.. {% W' a3 k. Y) o" j) x
5 ~# P* f' ~" E# ]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"?* f: `2 X$ {4 D! r- h! ?
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 E' U2 y' f/ ~* c) l8 @# T# B8 s) z. { ?5 K
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。 * ^9 h' }6 \" P3 `* \# f# g4 t% p& b% i J5 F3 r, s
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 R4 {' L4 F1 v& C @: t$ r0 n& b7 Y+ y9 e
L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ; G6 \& t5 u" X; J , {: k9 s7 h: I PM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 9 |9 b, \: K$ p) L6 E% I , f! G5 ~) D- O- R# \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? ) \3 X6 k% E: l: Z; U2 k4 V$ U. C8 E0 b2 I
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! ' c# ^" B: T; q9 U% `( ?7 I+ ]3 y/ M$ P: @
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 5 J9 {/ r- I& l0 Y, H: ]* j: c% G& G & f' N% n) N% A8 `' m8 uM: Ok, ok!# i' e1 B- X, G( F
2 @ p/ i# N5 S! ]8 i5 t! q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。 3 _1 S) s2 S5 tAudio as following: ) i# X* w* c' b P; c" g
% L4 C5 ]# A2 Y; {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 ]* L. Q/ ^8 q+ S1 q% r: q% r' U' h8 a1 R
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.( {/ ]4 T1 M$ K, B8 @1 y" |. r$ x( P
--- I f**ked up my history test.$ p2 |# l$ s: Q/ S$ o& {
( X7 a, V3 m8 w5 u7 R5 A) b: c 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。/ f& t: q, P9 S+ P. h' Z
# T q5 t% P ], M/ u " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !/ f& @& l5 F8 f" J' r" b# v) w- [
---- They f**ked up my order !