[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。 5 T$ Y/ X( B% i0 [ R3 c3 T/ Y1 Y1 [, s8 U3 T7 A2 B
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 - U7 m$ r% @8 m: W/ t 4 T Z8 S; B! j# c. `M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. % d7 Z1 m- ~" I% l* O$ P# z + F7 W6 S& g/ }- lL: 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。2 a3 ]& M8 m, Z& w% u0 s5 z9 n/ O
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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.$ |( v# `& a4 ^, |' `" A
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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？# M* O/ d7 \2 |3 N p$ s U
* A' _6 `+ J' O4 F }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. - I) [! L& h5 |, I7 v( O6 R! f 6 _: r& a5 @4 j$ SL: 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"?2 u0 l* O1 C2 n
# Z8 x3 F- j" J- u. x2 KM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! . H4 \& l$ |! q, k6 b - c2 J3 Y* v' X# WL: 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？+ f S: N( Q6 S# ]
/ Y4 q, B- S# n5 H% }/ g9 wM: 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.; v: L2 j5 I& G: @) b
! {4 y* X p% yM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 7 U) F" W8 T/ r$ } b! J) B* a 0 g% |1 i2 A* [" _; ^' V1 m: fL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？4 h3 B% F; o& y* j; c8 a# h
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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." & v# I+ g) Y7 F: Z# Z4 r" O8 H6 B% `) J3 v* ?0 @; i7 O
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 F# z7 N$ L' d7 I7 W* V5 h6 i B! y2 W
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. % s. Y& |4 Y. z ' T ?) {6 B6 @3 Q1 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"？- Q- a- }3 T I+ G) R7 r$ n+ F! u6 c
4 f. \- s. R5 w5 GM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. " c4 P: `5 W9 g2 ~8 h ; d2 E& A! s( _0 H/ wL: 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。: I4 }6 U' i. `0 y j
3 Q; U# H- J% f2 g. zM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!6 g5 p! Q' p: @$ Z0 u: Z( @
5 V/ u3 L- g, M* S) EL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。2 r! }$ G0 ~ p7 q' I! q% t
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.8 W D! o& l/ {, W
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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 S1 `2 ]% I/ \, |# Q
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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!+ Y, a& |& h6 u- f. Z
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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！ ' t4 y3 J5 ^# G$ c 8 b9 O x7 }: T9 v- `( EM: Ok, ok! * P5 D. O3 x$ {6 v4 i5 A; }& B/ S* i4 u
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。6 j: u- J/ v: F7 j3 v& x
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) B/ O% w8 Q! E0 g! kbomb 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。 , c( C9 Z# R% A& C $ X+ G" m, M4 Y. T“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 g$ o( [& b% x4 D --- I f**ked up my history test. ! [: v* @0 S! x$ m) ]+ \& v 6 y7 k# z) Q2 T& Q+ L 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。* g# l0 h5 ^; N5 O# d2 Y
# \: I2 P J( o ~# c " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !. F' ^, k; u u' ]. H _/ v
---- They f**ked up my order !
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