[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。 ; g) y3 w& U" n * V+ G( L9 P( \L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。8 w8 c( P7 M9 C: i7 j% k
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 `% }2 z3 v1 M- w, q
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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。 ) p) e& |" I# C: b( Z. @$ | W - Z/ [, J4 ]$ C5 x D1 h" ZM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 9 a% i9 [# N. b7 a# _& p s8 L4 K4 W5 k
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？ - F& l/ W, {8 z" x+ r1 g. W6 t/ Y- X
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.: j0 H g8 @% Z1 f3 a
+ W2 c' z" A1 Z& V: R( I C, n ML: 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"?. P! x: N0 E% x8 k2 p; Y
7 _) w; O; a$ p- V# TM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " D; V, `& ?: H- B" [: U" U' ^3 c* n" [ {9 f/ C
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 ]3 y0 _0 |1 W1 l: G: b
$ h( m; q" l8 h; E) h5 ZM: 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. & N5 h y; R. ]) z& Q( S% c) Q8 o/ P7 {5 G
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！6 w2 }! S# l: {; z8 D+ q! o
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! & R% L" }( d* h- j8 c, f( `# i/ p Q: Z) z W: ~" t' X
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' q7 M5 L9 y0 S& Y. [% U+ n% C) n' n9 {, i/ [
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 U; ~3 G) P# k
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？7 ]! L5 S- I2 s& J- [3 |1 R
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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." , a7 r6 e/ m8 q( v# E6 A5 l4 ~: ^7 O! F5 T" C
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？ ' H& I! C. ]( I2 q6 p" Y 1 I' l+ Z3 _1 e) l2 w) d- R( {M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.0 b7 G% o. U: i4 t
, g8 k/ Q, l* \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"？. z: }1 @8 e, e. P2 ~6 ]% a# m
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 9 ^4 i! U3 d2 U2 ]9 _ 4 J) D1 ^! C5 U1 p9 \9 [( k8 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。& T; B% Z* s$ M
% T- C+ j A2 gM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! # _; _4 T4 e- E* |) X4 \# f 6 j8 F7 S: p$ U! | j' M+ ^L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 1 _8 k. v' T: J7 `1 n9 L+ p! G' I6 U
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ' T4 |" q- m7 e4 a/ Z : G1 F; _. s. f4 ~# NL: 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？- i) ]6 T' S' z9 ]- B
3 W9 P" s' V7 [" LM: 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! % b1 y. y/ r7 }- b$ K/ \ " T' U* Z# ^, p6 k$ iL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & i% S9 H9 v' }: ?5 c6 P/ k% F: @- J2 g& k1 v! Y: D
M: Ok, ok!' R: [: E) \* s" m+ a* {
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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。; e6 E6 z' h( E% r" z
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.) m2 t, G4 P! u" Q
--- I f**ked up my history test. * \, `8 v! o6 t$ ]) R5 u1 X) X* W) D5 S & o8 T8 t+ `+ C3 Y, k* Q 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 q' s( \! |- Q8 Y1 a% j' B! n! }* i. b: O( r% w. B' y' b) e
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ) W3 t2 N1 ]5 Y% b! e ---- They f**ked up my order !
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