[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。4 y, f+ h' O n# T% b6 p
" E. W1 E4 i" a5 A5 RL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 B* L0 P: a S4 ]$ F1 A' \& s0 j+ P3 H, d* R' k/ C
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. / w6 ~+ ]; Q! N3 h% _ g7 a0 s1 T3 J! i7 R( c
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。; [9 N% x& z0 S: z1 W0 r
1 b6 |) Y1 B7 x; t" q& gM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. % l/ O, S5 e" K$ x) e 7 a1 a+ h$ \' z5 } yL: 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？& w# d$ Q. _% [4 {" F% |
$ M. {6 r3 d' S! U* k8 s9 a6 Y- cM: 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. " U( ~2 y, m; E8 t0 u " ]: W( {$ L3 }5 P) 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"? O b8 a7 m) I: @) Z) l( [
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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!: z% A5 |4 ]* I9 u6 }- d4 i
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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？: o0 ]* c% o* v- T; Z% e; a( ~
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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. 5 o9 u% S0 }2 I! \# M' W+ k - ?: x) j9 T6 Y7 k7 T7 O6 F7 TL: 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！ - _8 F$ g1 `: P$ w ) h0 l/ t k4 [" bM: Please! Don't mention tests! 2 M- r6 Z" E% F7 P: b' P0 D) `8 z9 Z/ E* }- G) [+ w
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！' @& F1 s" f1 N7 ?" Y0 G
+ P4 ^; M) ~& k6 S) fM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! * W; I1 Q* J% N% J9 {1 y. Y( \2 W - ?& J3 T$ J4 M6 z. f7 aL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ( ` {) } n6 G1 o; M) V" ? 1 {3 J8 C6 o9 ]# s- SM: 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."8 `# g7 ~1 I9 o8 D U4 f$ ^; U' V
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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？1 k4 ?0 T1 u! J8 G) }7 F4 }
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ p+ q# P1 I1 Z0 \1 I' N % G# L0 F2 E1 }& j" X X/ ZL: 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 u1 P U4 [ w$ s8 O 9 p8 [2 |1 g( ^; x$ t; HM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., W W9 r: M; t+ H7 Q) J
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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。 3 f; W+ C: |7 Y, o: _! }1 G* {3 }7 t* U! {! Q1 x$ G
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!0 s, I* B: D" C, _: N& i6 u
8 x" V# F2 q# Q+ C" e SL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。5 f) g7 L. h- o1 L2 `
$ a+ H7 L( q* i; W+ N3 @! m1 ^' QM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.9 N1 f4 W7 ?0 C0 u7 H" l, K
( N5 Q; O( Y7 Q! b5 M% _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？, n- }6 O. J3 a
$ G% y3 W+ B- D7 D: |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!& s4 B; ?; V0 n! G3 B
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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！ 6 o0 e" y- E2 G% ^$ P# E R$ ?* I, T9 L! Z* |! A. d+ R
M: Ok, ok! 9 C" d5 z6 y9 u* b8 _/ ` # A4 U1 P! P% g9 O3 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。 ( h" H- y5 }/ \ a2 O- IAudio as following: " S/ `2 C S9 d5 S. J h, X8 _9 @
- R% B) w; {# j; }7 m( t" a2 qbomb 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。 i% n1 N# D, J5 v% c' y4 v & u$ [+ M5 H8 X1 q6 l# A“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ' q8 c6 S5 y! I3 K0 M --- I f**ked up my history test. ( }2 _4 O0 e0 S8 r; k: f- A# A9 H" Z) H# b* l5 F% b6 |6 T0 v
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。; @* a5 `! {8 }
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 4 w3 x# r, ~0 \, s( P ---- They f**ked up my order !
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