[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。 ' `- ^& f/ i1 S 8 q5 n! ?, w. s' ]L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。& w& T* j. u& Q. G" o& h
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 7 ]% N$ T! s2 e* _, ]1 M: Z ?$ [ C! C' j7 U5 w3 `: A+ P
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。0 N6 H, e$ ?$ m! Q5 {
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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." p$ B% O W! ~2 w
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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？ " ~2 {/ }7 w% z3 y0 y' s; U ) S: D, L. q$ V. @& i- u2 U" sM: 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. , y$ Y' I- Y1 B; n/ p1 b3 s4 R 4 u5 ^! @! Q/ Y1 a, v$ }' IL: 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"?6 [1 x* ~) {) i9 O5 o% U+ ]
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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!8 P& d* Z# t# F+ G& }
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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？+ c1 |% k) D! q9 P. F
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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. * ?) E. r% v/ Y- B$ _# A 6 x" C7 z+ i# p3 SL: 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！+ C& t& E# u( K. `' h
0 t3 t1 J- u7 DM: Please! Don't mention tests! . Z9 @6 P8 W$ X5 i6 p' x9 x; _0 u- a: E( r$ X
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 1 \2 K" C2 I6 \- W7 L! a/ w6 U) ]3 \$ r/ v0 b7 }3 k' Q
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!! a& L: O$ t' p: x0 g
' A0 _$ M5 i. Z: f, @) ZL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ $ E/ K3 m$ j; A, F& K3 c ' U9 d# H$ E' U0 I+ ^- xM: 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.") I( d: Q0 o/ T3 t8 F
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 7 `) {: [1 e/ J7 L) ^1 a* J0 l2 w $ {5 L' ^! P5 s) i1 ^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 q' J$ ~" h. D 2 s% _& v& T/ f1 j( x8 g8 eM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 4 d+ m" x+ G: T$ d. ^; F$ A2 s3 U) h) v# z7 p0 ~5 V7 [6 X
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。2 i4 E9 ]+ r+ o" ^3 ?) M
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! . K2 ^! _7 h: Y: ~& s6 L( }/ s4 e) {
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。/ k; \+ \! O: W: ^7 X" n
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - b7 Q: h- U G5 x* j # O: d& [. Y w1 N. ?1 T. j4 C4 ^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？ 6 C) J% |/ Q$ i# r' w $ ?# V" V# n" U! T; vM: 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! , d" F- m: e) t0 G$ h/ l 0 x i* k" s* T2 ]L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！5 x# z' r) J0 Q" \& x- ]* f2 l
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M: Ok, ok!9 l' K* x. ?3 m6 Q
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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。 4 t0 l& v; J, W1 u7 ]0 b. RAudio as following:5 X+ X% N+ e" c8 [4 {; l
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$ b$ A7 }! W4 }5 _bomb 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。 7 E9 J: S3 G% \8 Y: ? # d/ q- l4 ]# u) O0 h“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! H4 g7 l" Z9 k% A; Y. E --- I f**ked up my history test.; }3 @! f, \$ t+ t4 w' ~. V/ p
0 _/ L; ^ E! a8 C5 S 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 7 r+ q& B( W' i ] " x4 z6 G! }: n5 A5 ?! O9 A' i " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! , g' a9 o& p9 u) | ---- They f**ked up my order !
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