[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 D4 l- @* m% ~; ~
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 z, e; D; j# L/ Z$ I/ H- [/ a* M* Y8 [: q, n" V1 n
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.1 ^& ~# q- i2 l- }( z
4 k6 z) j2 S8 L# B; ^7 Q6 sL: 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。& s+ D7 f/ s8 E* X, r
5 b3 D. F9 G7 fM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. + F, }5 D3 \- ^+ x+ b0 q : V: Q& y) G7 l$ cL: 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？! o8 \0 C/ N: I2 B5 m2 t* X7 N
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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. + Q/ I" L/ E# u$ q! q 5 [- j2 Y$ Q9 G3 ]& j- s' vL: 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 a0 m4 X/ b) U* w9 [3 p" r4 d h # ?6 `8 Q0 U& tM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!6 s3 L# d8 V4 c; O( ?9 k4 g
) g/ h k- p0 ?$ g1 ]2 i. g# ~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？: P) u t4 V4 ^3 j! F- _9 g" v
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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.+ _9 M- }5 |0 _: b4 [. I( X! g
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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！2 X6 Y1 b$ I2 X5 l# A
+ K$ ?) v$ k" f( y! A6 L! hM: Please! Don't mention tests! 7 Y" N4 d7 V0 s+ _, e ' B$ @ Q2 p, i8 K( }+ u7 c$ TL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！/ h8 {- o' {; m
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 S0 o$ |* E# `: c
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 Z8 U# p8 G1 s: F: k( ?8 h% l; o8 B$ G& y- J9 [
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."3 J) h/ ]& ? _2 T
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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？ 5 S6 F5 O! x! C; K ( M ?& b7 j4 K" Q8 \M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., p7 T3 J n7 x7 i/ I$ t6 p
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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"？* w& Z- z2 H t- h; f* B
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.6 T7 w9 J3 j# f0 ]# A! |0 ~
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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。 & ^7 B2 o) X3 c/ a7 y 7 g k2 g0 Y7 Z: c; eM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 0 u9 ~% ` F& }6 D. h- p/ y H! x' F) b0 |7 x' x
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 9 v* F: i0 _5 N* Q" i1 @4 s: v* S2 E8 k4 Z- s9 Y
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - J3 ]0 o) ^% P. w6 F* u 3 k& i# L: Z& R4 D+ A1 O7 k' \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？ g2 _9 \* H9 Q
) p9 _. _1 Q" ^8 M1 `/ dM: 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! ; Q, I6 y9 ]$ S# O3 T7 |* z- E4 v+ m+ @7 k# e
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！9 F1 u- R }% C" t, C
" I% o/ x& l; f6 Wbomb 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。 ! p8 ]1 ^, m1 R0 S9 s! m$ ?% H& f$ B* Q
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 T1 w1 L4 z2 _' e, r2 o. t4 l --- I f**ked up my history test. & @2 h* H% d! N- t' G" i& I5 H9 a8 O; x; i( D
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。2 {& q0 O8 x( a' k$ T
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! . j( I) _7 [1 J- r+ g5 [ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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