[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。: s9 J ~$ }4 e0 ^ C1 j
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。3 T9 l+ }2 Y* n
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 6 b1 E: o! O" F: b+ I 9 p) l$ @9 U) g; q5 k) ?' B0 |L: 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。 $ Z" ^0 g; T5 J$ P& C4 u7 l' }1 i: z& v" R) P4 g8 S
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.2 Y4 D9 g" S. G% W0 t
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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？8 ]$ P. |, [1 ]9 |; K3 O! Z5 H
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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. ! K) |6 d6 ~( a3 W' H4 n- q! V 9 d7 P, z. Q* m6 Q) ^ a4 b9 ^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"? - A6 Z: q1 E3 ~1 g $ J# z8 A, D0 n( l) H FM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; x; z; G! ?0 ]1 _' ^- j0 M! u- X$ _9 o( x9 k: o- v( Y
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？0 M7 J; F7 t6 w2 z0 N
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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. & y* {3 J5 h+ i0 A* F# b1 C1 I) Q# W6 D! r P* H. G
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！( r+ r, ]1 I. S# T' A; P' E4 u( i! K" j& Q
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!' g7 Y2 d# j" \ I/ V$ l& B
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 0 E V6 x) J/ D" ~! x: r) D, z* J7 i5 I7 }2 b3 U
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 4 @) B2 N! k. h# p# l; T ! u2 ?6 n' @1 `5 RM: 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." & j7 g0 q3 D7 f4 n' ` 9 v& e4 i% C9 k. V9 Z; |/ FL: 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？ , e4 v3 f" u) X, l6 @: ]& m/ K8 p, c
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. - d2 V g. R% U1 h' C6 Q8 I$ s ! _+ [- s: \& `; S5 o' V% ^: \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"？5 ]- l" n: ?3 h2 q% g5 Y
|( K9 m0 U& W3 ~9 F) Q% Z8 nM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain./ q2 {; G2 k; n( k) c
$ R. a$ A: j- ]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。 & o/ w3 F* f+ b% L: C- r% ]1 M& L8 e q& Q$ y( z! m
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!( _+ x4 W8 z; L* B& s
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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。% }, }# a. a. ~
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her., z% v8 W. @' P% p8 d; y" {
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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？ ( l* Z: o! M+ Q7 W9 \ ; a7 {* w$ H) R, sM: 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!% z0 r+ ]! X; ?& P* j9 I/ z/ C
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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！8 h4 f' r" A- i% |1 g
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M: Ok, ok!! Z& E3 F. A4 b& M" n7 N/ k
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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。 7 j6 q6 g1 |. Q' JAudio as following:2 J( @& `; M `; p
' R! p0 t2 a3 Xbomb 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。 ]2 p. K1 v+ X. K' i; z: \. g0 H' ]
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.4 e2 U2 w& y D' n' e
--- I f**ked up my history test.1 m5 P$ b6 ]2 F
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ( q' O6 C7 I3 p3 n7 P) D8 c! k ---- They f**ked up my order !
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