$ ^. S% ]3 n- V6 W; ]# xM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.( h# V1 N; `9 {0 ]: h
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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. r! H% A8 C* T; |& ?( Z
. T( A1 Y5 \0 g! XL: 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？, E3 H& n! {# ^2 n- F
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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.# |1 H4 V6 f! H1 H* u4 A0 M
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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"? 0 R$ B1 e& v, q8 V4 G X+ c+ u1 e7 I
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 3 b/ C( b- J# w" ~4 `- [+ R3 R5 u+ B$ L
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？9 q' T+ p* T4 R0 `9 ]+ l# G, C
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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. : [+ @, }2 ~9 {# A" Q6 u p . ?6 T, {0 b) G+ ^3 l8 _+ }2 [' HL: 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！ ' O5 |4 ~* U+ w$ Z2 E! d( ~5 M
M: Please! Don't mention tests! ( R6 `! z8 p7 P* |% F& S8 L/ W8 H
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 8 C+ I2 M m8 z7 l ) _1 _3 J3 G) @# Z# I% o. p" DM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 0 u4 l- O( o J! S. C& _7 r0 H9 J) Q, m4 p' p! v
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 7 c" l. Y# N' I. C ]7 z& J j$ t* ^) E+ ?; ^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." - P1 i3 N g$ t9 b9 ? " A" O/ e6 o2 X3 B! ~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？+ I" g$ B& A" t3 Y& @$ c/ Y
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.# V9 ]- B' k( u Y4 G" b: L
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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 g+ c1 n% g/ G7 `: E+ X
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 5 g# B! ?/ D* _4 ~3 I ?- I - L0 A ?/ a) AL: 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。% r, y _2 e3 _+ E) }- E Y
' k* M5 e. N9 {" F. w# r* RM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 L9 \) t0 u. q
$ P0 j- L; ^4 |- \8 pM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.3 Y v" T0 Y& j8 R( s& k# B. M
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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？2 ~3 v0 ]# n+ X: ]0 c* m1 v
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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!/ w% z; t# A$ k5 c1 w
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