[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。0 w. ? [' T. \$ o! R1 D
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。! ?( Q) ^5 y1 }9 [; [! ^' g
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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。 6 W& r8 l0 @3 t, x0 V ! @; m7 a% k' w0 i# R' E2 L3 fM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. - e- z; U1 q0 k( m" f ) \# ^1 w5 p& _$ ~% o4 Q, g0 i8 JL: 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 L) Q* I: n. S4 s
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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. " J, V9 N* D) w0 D H+ c% \1 G2 y$ m2 `+ Z
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"? 8 I1 ^( J& B# p# e: q3 |3 {! S9 }* i( Z% t2 P6 V2 V6 L
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 k6 Q7 [3 X) n: h y# B5 N3 ]
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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？ x- h5 w: {* v8 n9 S' g- s7 `5 O0 B
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./ r) n4 B) w7 J) t! i
/ i: @2 F& ?9 C0 U7 iL: 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 l7 A& y6 k! t& J# O8 ]# t / g2 W% @0 }! u3 IM: Please! Don't mention tests! - Y% h3 U% C5 Z X: h! u" G( G8 ~0 O# d5 L9 YL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 5 Z5 U# k/ @" b, V: I9 N `9 K! ?7 j9 Z3 W6 K, g
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!# \4 ~! o+ B8 Q. z( u- L
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？: P. [" \( z* T; {/ ?- |- J$ ^
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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." 7 E- ?" S' \7 w( r% Y) u5 r% A0 ^7 U$ R& y0 M' W$ j% H! K
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？ / @, X% v8 U, p( t, }1 J- W. c; R" H
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 8 ^9 g: ^ _: ~3 A/ |. `. G 3 Q- R5 N& Z2 UL: 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"？ I5 R& V J6 t4 H. p4 t# v% d
: N$ ` k a2 B2 Z/ e, YM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.7 \" R/ ?) a: p) E% s" b4 f
6 x0 ?# [4 ?3 b' K9 w" A5 J8 q3 ]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。' M3 W* U4 @+ [
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!* I9 s0 C/ J% N/ B/ _
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ~$ ?2 F" `2 t+ R4 x2 K9 z
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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？8 W& J9 S4 P! F; W9 \
- @, [& E: O' i. ^/ ^/ B2 WM: 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! : {. k) c1 a' Q5 u0 A : ~- ~1 g ^) g7 T0 w2 @L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ + O- M( n4 I% G# z' ^5 Y' L: ~6 Q) C3 t6 S0 c1 z
M: Ok, ok!% D: l" |3 P! e& m& h$ J+ D: }7 Z
' [! u. \7 q; h4 ]* c% fbomb 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。 : L+ _9 g5 l* ^! T9 h6 ]4 ^ & s" B7 f% n4 t7 D“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ; G0 x- m) x( X) f9 ] --- I f**ked up my history test.* v& G& ~% ` R1 a- h0 I2 l. ?3 `
0 j4 P- b$ O/ @$ P$ D 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。/ Z6 } G I% ?
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ) |0 N1 \* G( F5 H s ---- They f**ked up my order !
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