[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。 9 a2 h. |3 v0 P9 _4 v/ N& L& I' A. r" F; S% O9 t# U' N$ T* ]
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 : I) s! s5 g1 v7 b 1 K- d! X5 W; RM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.8 Z w. f$ E% W
9 ^" O1 X) Q9 yL: 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。 E9 f$ L0 C c0 l9 U- ~ + {* |( F( W* [) P/ IM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. & L) N6 ]3 B0 s % H* `+ W9 v+ _" z4 X: OL: 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？. D3 H! P3 v1 r0 |- I; h
& }, Y3 Z: A0 B6 _2 \% k2 ?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.: @+ |/ I s& {9 d4 E% i' Y
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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"? # e4 E; B5 y# n& L& e; @) n" B+ A- g4 W3 ~9 V% c. v2 y
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!0 Y/ q! A. G3 o1 W
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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？ m, i2 v# h& w# h% _* E6 }% @3 b
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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.- r8 L4 c0 X! H+ X* y
! r) C6 a. o7 cM: Please! Don't mention tests! ( \0 Z6 V% }# H( w9 R8 k7 g2 e . h5 I8 I3 k) S. q5 mL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！2 y$ }0 v1 ?$ Y/ z) d: b
. Z8 p+ _& y b) _5 E% H5 QM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 9 P4 h2 {& s9 x' l a 1 M! _* i: f* ?6 [: VL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？& ~; H8 S, T) Q6 J6 D$ R
C. ]1 K: H8 zM: 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." 4 `/ v4 l0 r0 Y5 Q# J7 u$ Y. W& i$ K3 x! p
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？ 4 \2 ^# T! E# U. h8 X$ O% ]4 i$ L& O+ Y# ^3 p
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. / @1 P( c2 k' t1 R3 L1 r # y6 C D g/ r9 ^1 ]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"？4 O/ N( F# [% ]
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. " \' n5 B8 J, B3 m# m7 P5 q6 R ! s, E) {, k& d- y9 k) oL: 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 T6 ^! F3 K& h$ c3 A) v' r
Z$ k: [1 W `M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * o f0 J! K3 H/ A8 Z0 u+ ~ 1 d5 P* G( X; Q# z6 R7 q3 Q3 \L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 s. E9 y, }0 b" U) a3 v: R
+ Z* D. H+ W. ^8 a( z R+ {M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.5 H; P/ f N7 z P4 {
' b Q/ Q) l* cL: 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？ % Q5 f! F( P F4 V9 G( g1 L, U( t ! }# }9 p4 N; O5 bM: 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! ! L5 J3 y/ j3 Q% [$ ^6 d ! N1 H) @- r* j/ xL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！3 B* F! v+ L, e; ]) R c
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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。% V6 e) |! Y @/ c2 _
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6 A1 `, V# b' Sbomb 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。 # p1 Z" x$ P, L* `0 A$ M $ B) v, Q9 d2 \% r“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " c) A D W9 k' y --- I f**ked up my history test.0 W! b# ?2 `# C' p9 Q
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。# }$ |' P" ~5 W! T! ?: V
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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