[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。 * n/ Y. n. v7 r- L X; a1 D! _8 p0 l& V- r& K
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。* E- c" Y7 x* e/ x7 z( _
4 K; {9 ^% T5 d$ nM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.; O9 e, S1 k5 g6 f; }6 F
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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。2 t+ K6 A+ d( {8 \4 N2 H" S6 n d
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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. 3 P; R! V- l8 Y* I7 X6 e% G, ] 2 k% K9 c9 g3 g! KL: 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？! k+ w+ g7 u9 @2 ~% x
p+ p ]" v$ X( h* C3 t4 AM: 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. / v7 t1 Q( J1 J1 g5 r" Z% L0 y/ _6 O! 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"?% S/ k! E+ [: @( _" Y
& j+ \/ P. w3 }. l: mM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!9 Z* d) U9 C. x" C- m3 e! S) t; H! w
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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？7 a( w& f5 `! `7 P2 G0 P
7 a6 F7 }/ F4 u) A9 ]6 F9 I, r6 t2 GM: 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. 7 [$ R. i5 T; y( b1 W5 d/ f, z- Z k
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！! u- b0 B+ ^3 A$ S
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!7 @5 Y6 I+ X. f9 d: _' U
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！* g `( S, U8 L8 Q" A
* q# [' J- t$ r" M9 C' oM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 1 o3 p) f3 u. N1 a5 t % ^/ r c2 w( R( q" ~0 K( aL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？2 T; R4 z0 F, n; |2 f2 c# ~' C% C& j
/ g, v, Q6 F; o& E8 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."$ X+ p+ \' z/ S/ g+ }) w. F7 {
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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？" ]7 B6 t7 X$ u
?/ `; W O/ K% EM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . N. A! M/ R" F& x4 F9 I8 j ; Q4 @) O5 V/ G' P: O2 |8 ~, iL: 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"？' r4 |" ]" ^1 g
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. - w7 Q+ ^$ v" A+ w& F0 G1 N0 D% I# t6 Q* y9 M
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。. q5 A5 `9 Y' W, x
/ E; E/ c" @* x* F+ O" E; OM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ( V: R$ f/ M* ]9 A: W# ?4 s / {1 a) y$ n6 cL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。5 h$ g+ r) W) P" Y V
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.1 v# V+ m2 a8 K1 P2 U0 J
; x& d Z7 Q0 i3 f6 lM: 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! ! T% c( W; F- d2 @ 1 y. O8 D' c- }: C/ OL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！) f# ]$ J( C, h( c: p5 a/ J
% m G8 L. i' `) n+ X ?+ C6 H6 B$ EM: Ok, ok! ! k! v1 |( m N 7 }. X' h9 I: m* N" X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。 $ j0 g/ }9 G5 Q6 g3 ]Audio as following:6 w+ ^8 a' ^' h
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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。. J% ?/ C3 m4 A* h5 u% a
) M* f+ p. j$ k; ?# k“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 2 r1 L" n4 k, L# y! R, I --- I f**ked up my history test. . }5 Y: n7 p+ H& L% ~0 ] 1 M. x4 x1 v" E6 I ~ 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。8 ~$ ^! u7 T" V& v
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !% E2 t# |4 c1 w l$ j, l: I* W3 e, G
---- They f**ked up my order !
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