[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。' h# {. V$ X0 Y1 g" {. ]
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 6 V; l% s( X+ U , n' g/ `! p- M7 e% mM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.; [2 k9 Q' ~6 H* G( [7 H% l
" M. b l7 o( Q4 c4 ]8 o. r% u# I$ A9 FL: 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 a5 v9 k I0 r, b
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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.; t8 X) Y( f" z9 u0 Y, ^
7 u' v M' v3 uL: 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？ 8 u4 T% J. `# N c. h 8 X6 K3 H/ [& B I; {; W) dM: 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. - h( B ]9 B2 \- e* o/ X& ]( b9 \1 K) i2 u3 J) l7 p$ @
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 Z8 [$ |! S; x( ~0 M1 ?* t
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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!$ i- @" v& T" z5 `& X- C( q* ?+ j* o
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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？ % ^0 g0 g8 W, W) Z6 k * H- J$ X! m+ X0 b% 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. ! s$ Y0 G) N7 k/ [6 l" z; y+ I: Z/ m
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！ 1 Z2 a+ ^0 ^) s/ x- ^! t W ! p) ~& s5 f- Y$ A0 Z2 mM: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 q8 Q2 C4 G8 {- R! u8 U$ o' [5 r" A ^5 ?6 \" w; ?
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ / Q3 J, e0 q1 c. k7 p6 t* F. _( I% E( c! s8 U$ Y
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!+ ^" ]- f! L4 r) @$ \! h0 U
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ # n2 l! b$ ~2 B# Y5 \( H6 N. c 3 I* y& A% j9 H; CM: 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 a* t: J5 S, e, [
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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？ % ~; Y6 X1 J* N [" Q) @& i2 d* O: Z# M: j M3 i- y; {6 K) b# m z/ q
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.* w4 P# _5 F4 V3 t1 C n
* L |, W% V0 m, p; m! \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"？ $ q2 t) b2 n6 n1 W& p& ~2 n, A6 ]- ?: R7 S, }
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 6 i5 s3 [* f$ A2 }, o- v : @; {& b; G# Y7 Q$ YL: 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。8 ]+ o$ _) e+ j/ b- g! C! M7 J
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 4 f, G6 @. L- U9 U" [) ~, E5 B ( \# V: n7 A# i- j/ A! _L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。$ @+ s) k: \# x f/ o _
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.8 p6 Y3 ~( M, c5 P* C& P
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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？/ ~5 T1 V) D" R, ` {$ w( X, o
4 O0 P+ M' n; }* J: JM: 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!! _, i \. e9 E' i3 b2 G* Z
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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！ * G- A+ T- D1 R# y+ `* d; ?" h% _. F: L: O! |
M: Ok, ok! ' F) v# x; |7 t5 n. i3 d8 a7 G! u4 r: Y( s# K I5 }4 E5 ?; K5 G) I
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。 ' p+ V8 p- k: _: GAudio as following:; J5 H' n# R. l/ {3 d
. A1 p" K3 V& m+ O“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 6 ^% M# z: Q- r --- I f**ked up my history test. . j2 F% O N! o7 P% B9 p* k! Y9 Z) l; ^
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ) b( C8 l& h8 i% K1 C , }) T6 Z D$ G. t4 p+ _# r5 X6 v' b " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 0 h( A- N H N6 x" N( r ---- They f**ked up my order !
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