[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。 * B* S) i8 b0 ~$ m6 }6 e2 ^8 v/ }; f. D3 B8 S C5 O5 X& O
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 Q) ?- I' r% U" m4 X& W
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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。 S; V* M* Z+ q+ I
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.3 f9 m- T3 s) W6 G( N, R1 ]8 A/ O
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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？( J- }2 [0 A3 v# ~) @
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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./ c/ `% i/ o. e9 |, N
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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"? 5 N' I2 G- I" g4 @: |& f% h5 h1 n- A" C2 E, `+ q
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 0 J8 J3 y: R0 Q6 b6 f1 _ 8 f1 Z- L5 C: L8 SL: 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？ c$ K& F5 h4 e9 \+ M' j$ F$ h1 ^
% Z! x! u O; ^2 h& _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.8 r* {- c2 v% m* |3 L
8 J8 ~1 U5 c3 H" uL: 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！ 3 s/ Q9 P6 o/ L3 G+ f' r# Z+ y6 w! d6 Q- H" f
M: Please! Don't mention tests!/ G7 t% g2 p9 k, g5 I
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！9 K- P+ M8 G+ H" h% j }
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 3 z0 q" `- ^$ I5 ?2 g 1 {( c6 L# S0 U3 v! G; yL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？; u& D+ [- [! z' P3 ^( |$ o1 M
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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." 0 X8 r# X7 b @$ t+ [3 z 9 p( h3 M7 S$ B" R kL: 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？ : _2 I/ i- ]* p' G8 t ; m# Z( g8 o% _0 C/ `# |M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.: K/ w5 T1 F% d) J, b5 i
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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"？ # G+ k8 S; h: g2 p* j' S" k s- O" J ]$ J- q, b. D3 G
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 2 n @, |- D4 J8 d4 D7 u7 N% i4 b- l. ?9 Z# C+ p
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。7 p" R% G9 B+ P6 _7 Y
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! . H( q* [, A- K" K* @ ) `1 v8 U/ }" A6 a8 e9 }3 z lL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 1 |+ J @3 Q& d; g0 | 5 s, J" m. ^2 p8 }: j; U+ PM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 6 w8 y9 a2 I9 c, N( w* b4 {6 Z8 E' ^* k! p& u' U5 Q/ x/ V; w7 S
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 i Q+ l# O k7 M; p( X) Y' q( d" H* x/ B
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 ~# h) y! }# C, |' C/ S
, J: \; R3 P7 t4 m* S1 X3 DL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ + L) Z8 }. a$ l2 c5 M) e , l4 R6 s0 ^9 n0 o$ l' s& f: lM: Ok, ok! & |$ N$ }5 o, z' r8 {- _ # N& Q2 r$ a3 J; H, a3 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。7 `( F' E. Y! n h5 W
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9 m. \: M, h# r4 e' z' {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。 % q$ v% a; j" x+ \( `/ X- P( g8 c& ^$ C+ v& _' j' @- ^
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.' q3 g% u' E! Y' i6 n
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3 m5 F& V: e/ c5 W' @ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。& m8 ~, \$ K7 O/ i, h
& s. T' a _: f9 U! ^7 \ " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! , P% @7 j$ E* P ---- They f**ked up my order !
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