[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。 ! a. l- C4 h8 V0 G+ v9 s * F' ]% [. j$ L' ZL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ' ~. c" ]7 ^! m; w/ d! t # M% k2 x6 z+ j9 Q7 AM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.0 u) \! S9 V4 V' U
- `1 C+ t! Y) |: tL: 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。+ U% Q9 h. P! p9 D1 [
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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. ( W' R0 a; U4 V* z7 f1 l $ n: p' T+ [6 b2 }' K. {, M1 kL: 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？ 4 e1 o# x( T4 f2 u5 u / x% V5 s9 a4 gM: 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. D3 c7 q. m% B
7 T- K- q6 `1 O. P/ y, O. `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"? + f V6 d) \. J4 t* J" l8 c6 a7 M( `. x1 p* K! S. K5 n/ w+ y
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!- i5 L) ~, e, J$ w" k# `# v$ |
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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？; _3 R; r8 b& R4 f" ~' o/ P- ]
+ m; n4 D+ A& n" F' Y0 q) 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. 1 o: z$ ~8 R* J4 j. r: N . U0 } j: Y; |9 `% }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！ 9 Q5 \4 L' @. ?6 z1 b # K+ f, L8 u$ U7 b3 Q0 cM: Please! Don't mention tests!9 n% S) ]+ D$ |# a2 j7 W3 j
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 1 y/ ^ D% j" k3 I 9 y6 `. z f2 D: d$ PM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!4 q, i) [( `0 \4 \! J
) w* t" b; W3 ]6 s6 w8 D& A" RL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 5 c2 \7 `4 `/ s1 d# N4 w$ y% D1 b% N5 s6 p) ^$ Y* }
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." 2 o$ O9 L2 M9 L/ m+ m5 I* T/ d6 F( H4 h( v
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？ 5 p8 U) V: ^& _7 a8 H7 H. ^) C3 a6 r ] c& l. R T: N9 [M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. * A% v( a* b- t. X/ F% C k' V5 B. U4 N3 N9 W( F+ `2 l. s
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"？' Y p8 y# b F: h2 U
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ( i0 ^7 Z" k" `: J& o+ h* C- K 7 v0 c/ B3 Q" v: F4 J' 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。" e' K, G! c: e, G) R; s7 [
+ j. K" Y- _; h( DM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!: j% t' S- l% c" |4 w' t7 f
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 4 u: n* y3 U! c6 I/ t* c/ d+ X Q4 N/ }% O# E) j, \0 }5 q' K& n
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 5 s4 o B% G% y5 R8 q* Q) ~, q: Y* y% D/ ]
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？5 b; T3 B4 p' m9 w# a' W5 F& s
! D- \2 }1 R4 g4 I5 I4 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!5 g6 L' b" F) `9 j. q
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ ; y S) O1 B5 t* c. Z6 L3 c $ p1 x. J+ `; Q6 h2 o! I* YM: Ok, ok!3 o M1 R0 v4 _0 n6 ?
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3 \, S9 N: U3 ~9 M/ \# P# B9 u9 ubomb 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。6 F8 M( u. E+ h$ C, P2 k
" k: |% ?& r. d/ N1 _ Z9 R“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.- i" _1 ~( T3 @. O
--- I f**ked up my history test. " ^3 ~& }& x% ~- V! q5 ] 9 G1 h6 `& l' Q% K9 z5 K 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 $ P' Y3 Z/ \& k: t- B8 w0 p ) Q$ D8 z( G: R: K, ?& `$ l& c" j " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !- Q, I2 i) d- q8 w# Z) _8 }, S
---- They f**ked up my order !
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