[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。) f3 }; H1 }/ X# X
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。2 X5 M! M: M; ^" |
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. & J/ n4 x6 o; M# j / E; k3 e) D* d# V8 GL: 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$ O: i3 p: y9 Y5 R% N $ z _+ w3 }; Q, P, O2 R. S( |M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark." L' e7 \: x/ s" U; x
; U/ W/ _; v# }; P# _, }5 Q: lL: 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？; Y- H/ n1 L, Y0 A& b
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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. - x& K, `" ^$ _# T, k * |! _ i; i. s# oL: 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"?" K( B6 @- J$ | G
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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!# B+ g+ |5 W3 z5 l, L5 H1 a
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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？ , n% s$ [! H9 o6 ^8 A5 W & E5 ` `: T: X3 l2 u/ _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.0 s. N2 e U) h# ~5 K! d
, k m1 a! D* m, b% J" jL: 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！! A& p) m( M8 X7 v3 r) [7 E
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!" O5 k& h, h4 O3 ^8 e8 Q
/ }2 c' b' b [) Z/ l) TL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！# p8 Y; M( s( d, s! ]& I* }; u
3 X5 ~" G! G9 W9 iM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 C+ r' z) D9 M; x0 t) Y. D' W# u! Y
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ?9 P( d- n" x( h" r9 h
, y% I* p/ t# A EM: 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." " k2 b% E8 h" g o; f: U) U% e ! I0 g$ [# i* HL: 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？! w. C' A( I7 r' A( y6 v
" Q% T3 k" `& zM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.8 l9 s0 d( E8 ~! x% y
7 h4 ^ O" L8 @6 @5 y! iL: 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"？2 Z9 S: f. Z" p9 n- u, q
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. + T0 w# _/ {/ B , b; u9 m7 @( {. P2 jL: 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。 1 J$ Q [) |( j1 P4 z t / s: x( g3 O+ r e7 ~ W& Y$ @M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! / D2 _8 C- M" S, r; s' R3 S1 v8 j- Z, L
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 6 _. \9 l' y4 u$ v 0 X- v( `1 u: b) c) T8 P- OM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ F& d$ Q1 h, U" I) A
/ m4 F% w5 V' z; ^& @8 G- B: hL: 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？ 5 [% A7 m' b Y3 S3 r5 |( v1 r' E5 k' X4 e3 m1 Y/ {
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!- b! f: A5 [& J, s' u6 u
5 ?8 A Q+ v1 a7 [: G7 X$ 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。 ; Q* j+ @& l$ } ' h( c, ^6 Y# W" K8 Y8 p0 c" O. ?“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. % K$ K9 |1 m: B& l --- I f**ked up my history test. + c; h; U& b4 l1 c8 `1 m% ~) `: [ 4 g/ \- Q( v- l6 e 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 9 n& _. G8 j ?2 @1 w3 f" N / \- ~4 A" } t+ c* O " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !' F, r! S7 p: t8 _2 v1 p7 t
---- They f**ked up my order !
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