[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。 3 g/ t( D/ h4 C- i; {- C) r % [) H6 a4 `9 F; oL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 . M8 L' X- H3 e- J( M' Q3 n6 X7 ~; n p# w% e
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ) t( D; t! _& G! V2 X4 y # A% u1 W& y; v/ v+ ~6 S9 K$ z! GL: 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 ]0 }1 _ q; a8 r- L. W/ Y1 ]5 [4 V2 a
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. * Q& ~2 k, h& q6 C2 U+ j% B. T8 U6 o) E # z. y( E' c# xL: 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？1 k$ q# p x8 a- B' ?) e/ d
# ~" b6 H3 {# r d/ a5 I* 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.7 j6 C3 O X) O+ T# `3 R3 |' Z
& w* z% ]1 O9 z* oL: 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"? " E X* b, M$ X. |; ?8 j+ f# L u( V; K& c' ~$ q1 H, }4 R
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ( U V5 ~; v6 h0 w2 X3 [" C8 T' m5 N$ }. ?/ ]/ j
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？ + M% r$ L* ^! D) T7 z ) D/ ^ n+ g" E& oM: 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$ B$ C; F9 \
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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！/ g5 B6 l$ ?' X6 g
7 B) Y A3 x" |% R1 nM: Please! Don't mention tests! 9 e5 S. M4 C, w- x* s U! q R3 I. C
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ * }' F: x3 [ l( }- P9 [0 ?# n ; T Z% D8 ?5 lM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ! p2 I% f' X9 Q) A& |0 V( s6 h! C; v- m" E
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？' F! D# z4 q* Q w5 }
' ~' X- A) G$ H/ eM: 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." 6 s4 H) @& U; [! ^- l1 w) H* E2 O9 g: D4 z) f" W
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？ & ~8 A6 S7 F1 @$ W- I& S7 j+ h, Z) C
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ' C( | z; `& C ' [) s3 ]/ J# z' @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"？6 [* t1 o9 n" W) a
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.) i$ E1 `$ M; f# q
0 C. {% m l3 l, I# L* Z: aL: 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。: s; k+ E: u/ {) D
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. A7 ~5 l, y$ z
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 2 ]+ H* Y! g/ Z8 J w1 S1 t' ~7 d- h- @ c* N( [8 e
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.6 P) `9 [0 j4 n/ N' }
7 q1 @5 |0 ^ q$ P n& @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 h( i7 \7 C* g6 G2 ?9 x3 n- z) m7 U9 Q& V8 C! j7 ?1 `
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! 1 v: `' N- U- X% {* B, t% g1 v' e/ f+ N
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！8 V1 m" e1 E4 p0 d
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M: Ok, ok! g% H6 \* T$ w
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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。/ r5 c$ U4 H0 P3 M6 m# N6 d
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4 Y5 f. s& i) ?; Wbomb 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。4 i4 d7 k' k# U, z5 }3 V" |' c% s
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! C" m2 z* Q F* k& V: P4 v, g --- I f**ked up my history test.4 Y& M- O/ J' L8 n' d) u! Z6 T
7 w3 U+ N8 l! c! J4 d; \6 @ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 & D$ f2 ?# W% H- ?, }4 F: m4 _* i9 u: b
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % |7 d5 j9 N' Y4 [; [ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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