[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。2 {! J# w+ J U+ X) Z9 Q8 c7 a
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " }3 ~8 s& n: O+ M , }. [6 `4 d$ L! g' n+ YM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. $ L3 q: Z# j: s5 H4 u# ]* M0 ?0 R3 s% O- Q+ {
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。 . j- m2 m8 s& {! M7 S3 V- _+ n2 _/ w1 m
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; \3 W+ U& E8 A2 m! \" w ( `# t. L" V4 P+ }2 ZL: 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？' b" w; L- T/ ?1 S
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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. + L9 q0 a+ B2 {- a - V- X; ] _+ z2 F h) tL: 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"? 3 b) C4 b8 Y/ n6 A& n6 ]& Y; o8 A1 j
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ' G* H$ v7 |( L# W9 _3 o. e1 s! I* w: v, o7 U# g+ L: R7 g, x7 h9 T" b, L
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？ & p8 h. s+ V. |. L" P * Y- h( K7 `$ ]( e( H9 M: DM: 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 Q3 n. }: r' Y9 m
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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！ " q8 `4 N( Y7 Q# G 3 x5 R; {/ O b, G( i% YM: Please! Don't mention tests!0 Q2 n0 ~. b B- M
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ . n) C/ t( I: H9 Q. m! h! p4 C( y! ` 8 T% n+ J8 R- z2 gM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! : c& }+ y/ [. N+ w) E% d* d. M ! L7 J @. l4 g3 @, uL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ) q k4 n! d8 r* Z3 A6 w' ?/ n! J9 ?& G; H
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."% s# u- f& R0 b
4 U" W- }; {/ [! g aM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ; [# g. }' L9 I, @ # ~* m0 f2 ?" jL: 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"？ 9 s+ M' l; B6 {( N 5 p, q7 P% O+ V" B4 EM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 7 G" _) R/ n! M0 q7 F+ m) t ! @, s( ]2 g# P" P7 P. bL: 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。 4 P$ v6 s7 {# k2 }+ y2 b; d! m* ^* |- b! h- a: i6 g% n' d' P2 K
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 0 n# k' K) J$ ~( v( t1 S& a1 R `3 ^
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。$ o0 F- i$ T3 k! Z
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.! n- @* L( p- w B
8 d# [ W# P0 f. z# b$ e$ BL: 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？ * m+ L, I* Z) u2 w# p! O7 l1 H) p" { _- @' h- ?: x6 j q
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! + l! |- M b7 G' M9 A 8 V% ^" B1 }& y( h8 `( H! xL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！0 E2 \0 q" s M, p" d, a
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M: Ok, ok! * v6 n- A k/ _ % `) M1 o0 x4 y" I9 v1 r$ y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。 ! f8 M" x1 {, L% A! c3 ?! FAudio as following: ; Y' Z6 N- V3 P! y% M& P1 k
: U* G) o2 s% h |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。2 a( x2 Z7 B7 V5 Y* d: h; U; v
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test." F; m; m9 T" X6 Z4 L
--- I f**ked up my history test.6 U r/ w% E7 g: I E
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 : i8 M2 o7 ~6 V$ `, ^; w9 m1 P: x+ p) S1 f2 d/ O3 R
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !3 A1 a- s# P' h) ^8 v( C0 x# `
---- They f**ked up my order !
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