[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。 2 E" i% H8 D5 H, E* \ ) y$ v; `5 ?* k% w' lL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 a$ M6 g9 |1 a* @$ z$ D ! w g$ R" ?( e2 y( h+ |9 l+ g% O8 `M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. - m- ?( ^( {. G/ Y 8 R: b1 o' g( u$ o, v4 fL: 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。 8 b& M9 a6 }, {; h+ X7 ^! J# \; Q% s) P! _( j# M* E% f6 C+ Q! B. ~
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 3 Y" b* T/ V6 W |# C% c( i+ ? ; {- m* }9 u w* l7 ?- [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？! D) d+ q. c* x. \% K
2 T$ F+ E. Z7 o$ AM: 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.8 l W v6 a3 w/ S
) B( `/ |: j# q+ E5 D) t yL: 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"?8 A1 O. N0 b' G$ q& L B9 k
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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!9 D. l! z0 P' C/ C5 [' l
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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？ % W* H S4 I- Q/ y1 X# M2 ~0 W& e) }$ M
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.6 [4 |& \: P! |+ j. W
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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！ ' G5 K2 q/ @4 t/ e) s: o% [ 7 p( i' }6 U0 G9 v) E- |M: Please! Don't mention tests!0 }8 ?, c7 r0 o" |
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ " U* z y1 U$ _9 ^. ^3 `5 v! v# n' W6 f+ ^( j; ~
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ) {' N1 {3 e! H! a: `2 g 3 u/ E) U) B% S: k! {# nL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？8 u( u: x' o2 `+ c% [3 O
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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."* N" T' ]7 c( w# E. V' ~1 s
% T8 r, v9 N/ B' PL: 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？2 P1 D; y* v' y
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " V* g" ]; m- Y. H. T8 F- }& G # E4 x' T$ U! N# SL: 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"？- i7 y s4 t Y6 u+ O5 l* S& n+ P& p- Q
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ) a- T$ n- e1 O& I) h2 K( Z/ Y- [1 k2 x3 J+ T# F1 _
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。; S- H% d# \1 [3 a _" y8 H
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!$ U$ M" U( Q$ F) s9 {
7 G8 B& s: X# X8 _$ Y2 | vL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ! K1 p( s0 a' a7 J5 d& q5 r+ x ) i) C+ {- K8 B8 K* x9 X) XM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.$ {4 ]1 z% w& e7 z
3 d2 U$ P2 S9 `L: 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？ - D# n- c$ v7 p: ? * a! j$ t/ ?+ h6 e/ EM: 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! 4 C5 z* ~1 N) C& }5 ] ! c* ]0 m+ \0 {9 a$ O- _L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ ( U* u0 @6 I: @ ? $ R* G( q% S1 |( S, qM: Ok, ok! * P P* H: B) R8 U U$ D. |" j' b5 @/ j/ d* @
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。: @. M( I5 R' D5 a4 l
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4 t0 m$ H/ ] v“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. # u: S' s, d1 d1 C* _* B! z/ ` --- I f**ked up my history test.: U* E+ n5 R4 d* K' R6 R* r. F+ P1 S/ A
1 `& w! q# t6 q i7 B! d Q } 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 9 M+ _* {+ E( }+ X ; H% _ l+ D' `! m. q8 z " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !0 ]4 B7 H( H1 ~) b9 k L
---- They f**ked up my order !
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