1 Q1 i+ R: r7 ^9 rL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " s. V0 u, _0 H5 |9 i! r9 h9 X. K7 e# `2 j( t- U4 K
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.! j. Q" E/ ?3 }# ^% y& \# W
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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。+ n* D- P) i) s0 r
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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.4 |8 d4 W0 c1 }: m3 j, i) x: p
+ u' ~; `/ c4 w9 d) k2 q3 ~; }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! m1 F M& _4 O E, O- c- O
) X6 H# p* V9 g. B1 [( S9 tM: 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.3 _0 n$ J- M4 z3 J4 V, b
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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"? 4 y1 x1 h- z( @) q2 ] u/ n6 M* S( O! K& E. \& L
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! # a$ ~7 y K* x- N+ F 7 \, c7 m6 a/ ~- x' vL: 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？: O! G p0 H( w% W
9 ^% `' c4 r- y( y. i- YM: 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 c o. Z/ j c7 p1 G# Q C
% S( H, x0 W8 \1 d; p9 ~5 r- tL: 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！ / j4 D4 e9 l# z' a p; l s @& X# w* z7 T3 y2 aM: Please! Don't mention tests! ' i3 r, H. u, `& K: e4 w $ x2 E9 @" k. F# @- tL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！; z- @( @* n3 k0 F0 J
6 i8 r6 V8 f% ^- qM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!" B, G1 i4 a4 v/ a7 R
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？/ ]" o* V5 }7 }8 y( i8 [
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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." " Z, V% R% h+ u; @8 ~) Q6 Q1 f% F. w3 G. h9 k8 ~4 A
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？ 1 l# ` {5 B) _' ]0 s$ z . f$ t9 r0 k" O7 P. L& c4 R% LM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 6 F; V) P- m- s5 i. p3 T" q - X2 Z& O3 W. b4 gL: 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"？' n5 S _+ W) P2 `- w
1 _! k& g+ H+ N: v' ^8 iM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., y, G! H8 A+ n* r8 x) ]
. p2 S6 X& B* W* N# D- HL: 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 ]4 b6 F) |3 m+ u. ^ . l, w6 G0 W' ], k# r' @M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 A/ i! T6 `* V4 C* L 1 j1 F1 R- m" x( A6 s0 F& aL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。2 _, N$ z: K9 u. F1 ?, u1 o2 e# {+ G
7 U1 e( E8 I6 h- J8 cM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.* s/ E* a2 |: d, R9 a
. a; g; m d! [* S% y0 p, |3 GL: 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？ ! T( X, T+ p% p/ D$ N$ g, G) I) Z6 q. y+ k! F+ 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! ) K# q) e: G' R/ \2 V3 t4 f" o% k $ A; z2 N/ X! S' W! I8 q" _L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！0 W1 z" _5 M2 c/ k6 A! z( d
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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。 # }! Q/ g# j+ @& Q* UAudio as following:6 y4 Z# ?" s! |9 S3 q
1 }( i c6 {' d/ x; @5 x2 Wbomb 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。 # {0 M/ T; `8 `2 ~, [& x5 _$ I8 r
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--- I f**ked up my history test. 5 v9 L. u; \" A& N4 I9 l) K/ y7 Y; v1 s, `! |7 g2 k6 A: ~ Y
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。3 H6 n8 g. I% i* I" X
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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