[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。' k* w- l, d0 G# O! ^3 v
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 C- W) @- V1 ]" w- E# x" W8 A! ?8 }" t ^" k! @" w1 w0 B
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. . ?* g. K- a% Y3 `+ O$ \) V% o0 O . C2 G0 C* z8 m7 q$ uL: 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。 * O* U! b" z1 X3 U$ q : `' m3 C+ o6 Z5 [% v% X1 ~- C. I" Y7 CM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ( y5 J4 W( v% Y2 n! T' p8 Q8 N% {: a! ~$ T- N: {/ g( {
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？% v- R. [, V* V8 T8 y
" o$ G9 |$ L2 r( cM: 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.( x$ z9 r1 f6 ~
! ~, y/ ?- K. O8 ~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"? 4 X0 W% }# \# m8 B5 b$ b% g/ h% S& z' d5 I/ i5 U6 ?2 `; k3 J
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!& M* J C0 W6 e8 s+ J% O* }
/ F. W& M* N: fL: 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？ ; i+ A: c0 J* j, @5 d( b6 } " a5 b8 C( x& m5 K5 gM: 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 r! r6 Z9 Z' O9 a& @3 k+ S8 X: A' J0 ]) |7 ]" V0 P
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！) I4 p7 }9 S/ \5 y( Z
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!7 I. m8 @( N7 \; z0 v; q9 x! H
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！" B& t; y3 n% }. [0 E
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! . E4 g2 Y5 Y! S" |# M0 W8 ]# B: U6 r, {% \
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) S( h+ b0 K! Y0 ]% |* a
4 t6 L- w$ g: C5 d+ e6 PM: 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." ( O# @0 p$ i8 C U' h8 {' k1 v7 f, Y: k5 O1 n- 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？ / K0 w9 m9 ~1 `7 z , Q& e) \3 r- @3 }: r! `M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ ]* o8 L( I, D% {; w. i) B8 s4 | G D8 a+ n
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"？ g, z, N' J9 M0 Q# E {; q
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.; J0 q' m5 l4 w5 W5 \7 G
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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。 : Q$ _8 ?- _+ @' ] ; F$ a n7 A& s$ mM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 1 Z. Z* V1 D+ Y- E2 y7 g! A0 X% e ; N) n6 J3 Y# i& d. e* uL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ) T2 V3 p8 d4 {9 ?1 b3 ^2 G7 e! e& Z$ c9 W" Q6 z
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ( j6 o; k/ E' _+ @ / ?9 R( z: `! 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？1 {- z% b9 A2 o4 ]2 L
% |" s" j, z( nM: 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! . ^% H9 E8 V; f# Z: d/ x2 S& G % _. L: t# S ^. p3 CL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 8 D h1 O. g$ B& K q5 M; |/ ?" N) g, W: x
M: Ok, ok!7 t* C7 c/ v+ |8 w- S9 ~) s* Z: t
. E4 F' S& y9 }' ?# F“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.. n A* Y: M# B; b2 A" H4 B
--- I f**ked up my history test. 9 Z0 n; \, a" h: j( c( |+ R7 \+ S % U7 F% W8 F, g9 ?" {& K 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 / i" s' w; z, a$ K$ D : t, K& F4 m. q6 _6 m " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 6 l0 D v3 x4 R, ] ---- They f**ked up my order !
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