v$ E5 \, a4 P) p& Y& Q0 [L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 , h4 c+ P m; B( E' Z3 j4 U7 h/ |0 r$ I. |; Q) Q
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 7 ?- n; @0 [- t8 { 0 H5 g, T) _( ^; D' C# aL: 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。/ \; R" \4 U2 A. v4 a' J" m
1 ?/ C6 I0 G# a1 ?0 `3 x3 |4 FM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.* M* U8 y1 q8 b4 C2 Z2 ^
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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？3 Q4 G0 }4 l9 w3 P" c6 X9 }
( T1 k; R% d' m" i% xM: 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. 6 x8 o w$ v4 t' N+ X9 t8 n- Z" Q7 O 4 Z/ d9 _' F* {2 ` u+ 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"?( f3 |' H& o2 r& r7 s$ {% C
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ! g/ \- {: ?, t7 t4 R' w, M u* x+ F3 y8 W; g! o9 U5 R: O
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？7 }4 x5 U9 }3 f4 u1 N3 \
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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. + ^ a, |3 U9 X) Y ( t3 j- @" R7 [6 iL: 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！$ c" ]1 A1 B/ K& l- W2 R( e8 V
2 S' P- ]% d! }* u* h$ yM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!+ l' G. T3 ]; y$ R0 r2 N" j7 w
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) ]. m+ N! w; F0 {4 C, z
3 b) l: o1 V9 J# c& E& y2 P* E5 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." ( s% E7 X- l r: m ) T9 u! E' M# u5 P9 F7 aL: 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？ e; a# L3 E+ n7 r" L* q9 c
$ h# B) W/ W* U5 ^( N5 l6 mM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.( v0 I: z7 p" ~3 K, s& @
, `% M. M" d9 g* Q2 b2 ?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"？ , r3 W, l4 ]# h0 u$ C W) }$ l , J/ ` q) u- x# l+ w* `M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.% {7 |9 e+ ]; ~# _
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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。 ! A* p/ z! g6 U3 C) }; J2 X8 H( w/ i' b
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ' ^7 J: a, A) K" ^/ j* A( T/ S$ S( \: z8 [: K; b
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 $ d0 M+ c( t3 a2 z" t6 ~ x 8 f W5 T# @5 RM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& S8 k( @- H+ }9 x
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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？7 V, s0 a/ y& Z7 m
4 p$ _, |9 | o/ S% L& u- tM: 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!6 @% v+ p0 D' w! F! w9 r
& j$ m) j# Y# E2 Obomb 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。 & h6 U6 M# D! r5 U( u6 [+ Y; s9 L% x+ z# o# @8 V
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 2 s% m% v2 j1 C1 M' p' w0 F- f --- I f**ked up my history test. ) [* \/ B: M2 A Y* p! f0 d2 `$ Y- Z3 D
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 / @ `0 K+ t1 K0 M% q$ t$ C& |: o9 C( \
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! \+ A& E- s. t: g
---- They f**ked up my order !
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