[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。 ( M% U. `/ \' J B # N+ O- @# \! m& e' I( f+ ?& e' JL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 - d/ X! C' }+ t0 v- l6 I & t b- k# e; {4 TM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.+ l/ W2 _3 j+ c) @
0 Q% i- ` k. z ^5 y3 WL: 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。$ b# a( `, M! a+ t6 L: w. 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./ o! X: l( J; h) N' g! L6 ]2 N
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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？ $ a0 j9 g1 Y) W8 @0 m# R! K : m) a( K0 J0 t, |5 A6 yM: 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. : e/ J' |3 O4 B3 G* E- ]' ]$ @0 ]% q. }& W: W
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"?5 b% ^% N) 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! 4 A' t# l, P1 \' F 5 W, }# z$ c+ t3 a0 U: C$ J6 y- \; BL: 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？ + E) B! U! ~' ?: z. A/ }; Z2 l
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. . ?$ l1 I( p( s5 Q6 U, @( b% t8 q) h
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！2 @5 ~% k3 `, S8 ]
6 K8 L& |! l# K pM: Please! Don't mention tests! 0 o) _9 H X5 e( Y ~ : i- S5 U2 ?4 BL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 0 ^; ~" {' [/ F: l, \; r d. U- {4 K& o
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 H$ P+ C" F/ \. p: W7 n) i: G+ a; b7 j" Z4 S
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 8 Z: P1 x: |" F+ i/ o0 _/ M# n $ N! d- u: D5 f# u) U. O! fM: 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." 0 y, k3 C8 w5 S6 S( o7 W/ m ' f5 ^$ w- D: ~ O5 @! ~0 E' nL: 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？% O, l' j! P l& `2 E
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.6 R! v6 X3 L8 ?1 _7 C. E" U
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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"？( W$ \* `* ]$ m7 ^
9 w9 q& W/ V4 IM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.* o$ x% k" y8 ~
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L: 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 r+ h# L$ l) g, \) D& t, @3 K/ `) \1 \5 {7 P
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * m" i p" c& l8 a' `% m0 X1 L9 X1 j( t6 L4 E% R% e1 U. y
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。( ~9 }; [: t9 w0 L+ d$ g( N
( ~' B) Q! n: h1 HM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.6 a. C' l [. t8 A# y
9 f! V( p w$ u9 wL: 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？ 9 m3 m; D; F, F( t9 s3 ?9 v; y% k0 p- [- y. V
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!& R. p! e% ]( I4 ~. {, S$ P' T& j
" W6 G }3 L! w! wL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！1 I! ~% s3 E9 n7 w
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M: Ok, ok!5 `6 ~9 U! q x, |) `
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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。 / q2 ^3 ~ E! e7 l4 \1 O5 |: OAudio as following: 4 v6 n, e( T! i. y- c
, z4 W7 N1 Q3 h. q# N4 m1 { ^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。 8 n( `- M& t1 x+ O! j% e& y; p1 r" Y/ Z2 X+ X/ t! p1 t7 L: A# r
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 2 j2 Z$ @" [ {& [9 Z7 E7 N# { --- I f**ked up my history test. , G) @. \/ {3 U9 V; X( Q" g6 \: J7 ~0 g$ H+ g( I
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。+ U: z: q: R4 g1 e$ ~9 e
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !& k6 w) D# \& Q) U; e' ~# i
---- They f**ked up my order !
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