[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 d9 I* V5 I, k/ U- D( A3 w( y3 G. A$ u$ A* r. R" r {
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 7 K/ Z, e( m! o) e/ n+ k' E5 t$ ~3 D% d7 q: R
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.3 F0 X5 T8 g5 w9 f' H* L2 c) p
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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。 4 P$ y$ V+ L4 @6 K2 n 3 b- @1 a; G& p: p( U+ c [' PM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. / k/ j' i0 u2 |! E 0 a4 Q$ g9 r' g$ R7 nL: 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 y9 `9 n0 x0 }1 {5 P 9 S- a5 ~0 t* Z" n" LM: 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. 9 @. |/ p6 }$ J% n/ r- a& j0 M - O" L4 d7 @0 y( e) m$ n/ hL: 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"?8 W, @; k1 H3 i/ h' T$ `/ G
# x" t5 U; ~( A8 L3 _M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " F- R4 w' ]# T) [4 S% ^/ h) h# u8 q% {0 X, a" e1 K; i- e5 f! A
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？2 m3 ~# w* h$ J! A
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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.3 ^! t) Y/ o& l" Z
; y: m6 F' O% F# o4 ^$ dM: Please! Don't mention tests!' \/ x' P [9 r# }( G \' H2 l* m
4 d# H' ?8 Z8 w. ]+ v# fL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 0 T2 \7 P }5 |+ o( P' R* u 0 C( {4 r, R! |, U1 MM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 B+ i' C% r p1 G% R3 H7 i( b/ }5 V; j" B/ [0 U0 A
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？: k4 t- z* l3 e/ x9 C
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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."( s9 u. M2 F; l, w; K) j
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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？ 6 e( ?9 u( f, D: a3 G5 Y* W& j& n7 }/ W
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.- u. I" q# ]% Q6 I. t( q8 q
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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"？ ) K# v9 H$ `# `& |( ^, H& l" p5 d) ]
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.+ c! u9 g" O5 J% [* r
+ M. ~7 z) | n5 nM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! : ?2 c' E( y4 `4 Z' R9 R0 m' b: `6 S4 C, R
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。# b# [- a0 b7 g! R/ D9 k S4 [
+ K! K' E+ D2 w7 [$ E4 N$ ]M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ( Y9 v% N4 ?3 c/ C- J1 } ( d8 t. |* n7 I* W, c! Z3 vL: 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 U9 v* E+ b7 M6 r; b% M3 E+ ^) E0 ?* b; Q X* {6 o8 I6 ~ M m
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! $ _- i: C/ L( Y9 N) Z: c `0 @% U& {+ q# ?0 U% r4 w
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ * x4 k. U4 T2 F9 X% V$ k ) M) V, N- ]7 y; u7 AM: Ok, ok!9 @" s7 a, v) v8 |/ G
8 ~! M5 g( L. f2 y1 ^; s2 _! f8 B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。! z; H$ w' ^) Q' q7 j5 y, o2 i
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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。 ! @+ d! Z( _2 O: l$ W+ n+ i % d6 p. M0 V' c: Q! T! d& Y1 S/ z“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. * h6 f' u+ d8 B9 Q) I --- I f**ked up my history test.& O9 _8 V; V; S9 o [
9 M( r$ Q- q9 h B 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 5 t) z4 H* T' U+ g3 s2 |: f4 I0 i6 r
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !2 s" H7 b) w: {8 [
---- They f**ked up my order !
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