[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! p2 e+ |3 J# ?8 k x7 I
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 7 w& e! h! ^6 w# m, r F ( s4 k. g7 c* q3 ^6 YM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass." \- ?/ G# `/ S" S1 q: ?
4 u9 l8 T$ X7 l- `( N+ l. l! yL: 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。 9 C5 } G1 [6 }! t! q5 f1 ?; U9 j* ?, Y6 V9 ^8 A
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.0 d. I" H; T- ~2 X! G
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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？ v4 p2 O2 }/ q; N
7 R d: I% v2 E& ?" k7 l( ^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.( }- N' Z# ~$ i3 d
# t+ C$ H8 R0 i f M3 r% hL: 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"?: D4 u! l9 h' f; j( G$ g& F
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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!! v7 B: R; x" i* `. ^. o2 H
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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？4 n( b; P& s6 o/ ^6 t
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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.$ G, W [+ L) h; F: z9 i% w
# l9 P G& J4 n" ]9 zL: 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！+ g- j5 C7 q' n
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!( |: R. s+ e: s" S5 L5 o# _
* M- m7 m. B! t3 sL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！/ x/ ?2 q4 v, u/ D5 ]! s
2 R; l" I- K" JM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!1 a& G0 e: S$ B3 m
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？5 j! @$ d9 X J/ k$ w) I7 B
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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." ) E! x1 U+ ~, ^2 z8 [# v, F. a9 e$ \; Q! b5 f! U, H
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？ 4 H6 d" ?7 G. L& n# M; L$ X% {0 t1 J% s' ~
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . S. H5 B% g' n! A( C" O; A+ j3 l" b0 u! {. o! L& `
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"？ z! N/ _6 D* B8 s7 x
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 1 Y( `; V7 d; m" q6 ]3 `5 S4 c 9 Y% D8 v) j; F: e( ]( O% |, PL: 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。, d9 g% w) |, n h/ n, E0 G
' Z9 {# U4 y+ g9 s3 w9 `M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!, o1 k) A' @$ n5 G/ }. E0 j
0 T( `! d6 s3 N' SL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 $ N0 y( o j& S! W4 ?* l: @/ \- q0 P- Q3 H- o9 z
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 5 [. M; ] B( \$ k$ {, {; o! ? , p% }, ^6 ~% g3 Z# q. k, I# E( BL: 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？# K; w+ K5 [- h2 s0 H+ C+ C
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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! " \3 `* T7 s4 L% I" J5 b7 x3 [& \1 [- B
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！, A: b$ `5 W* k- E R: m/ v Y
/ U' k. v x2 p' ^4 lM: Ok, ok!( ?- N% @) i8 F( w- g( k: y' X
; _! `& N& ~% B! L- V. ?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。 ) K3 |3 s: F( x- l3 l' z1 SAudio as following:7 R8 _5 { ?9 ?1 S
7 f1 P/ M. j! n. V2 D% Mbomb 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。 4 o7 N% g8 T# g5 M1 S ( O. `( m# X ]9 N* ]6 G“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 8 B" v! S; b8 T# e1 x' c6 M2 w2 U --- I f**ked up my history test. 4 H2 ~( x+ e M& E C+ H7 E( a! \7 A8 m. W% s& ]$ `! a
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ' O) G' l% q$ m2 s. k1 M1 o8 f& M6 ~/ a# i% V) ]) X5 T1 p
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 1 H% ] n8 f, N; T. D: d ---- They f**ked up my order !
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