[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。9 }9 Y9 ?8 v! X* m) ?
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 + B5 i0 q% ^# n2 b3 r, V& _# ]5 W* }2 q) o" z6 l
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 5 C7 O: _4 c1 L( J% M P. Z ) n8 i3 w7 D: F8 R+ IL: 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。: a$ o4 J0 G; K9 D* L
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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.1 Z, I( P7 |9 ^* Z& D% ?( L! S
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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？; l3 s) ] n) [. `9 n/ Y
& R3 \: v5 a9 I4 j5 {. l6 c2 ~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.9 ~4 Z @( R" W, z4 r9 L3 @
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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"? ' X( Z4 n+ Y" M" {* i0 J7 a0 R8 v# \4 g2 P7 T
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!/ R1 {: N, x& C4 @# |
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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？' Y0 q+ N& d. W! T8 r) P3 ?
# N y+ t; s- l! F0 [/ t4 ^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. # U+ h8 y1 z d f+ l" ~' U 6 M9 `2 t7 M. K- V' F9 r7 |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！3 g4 }; u* b" z9 [
7 q# x: \% m3 z8 dL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！# H5 d6 w$ v% |& J1 i$ h5 k. R
. |& f/ F7 A9 ~: }; Y! f4 k( E" ^M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! + H4 H8 `* u: s" _% A0 G3 w* @5 k; S; R* S# F
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？' x7 E c) u. ^# l, G j
9 T) H; P9 e1 ?1 P% j5 t2 ZM: 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."9 ~/ b* |7 @0 W( z3 b
; T) g9 B8 X" b! T ]5 @) }( AL: 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？ ( X2 i) F# m- _" G# Z 5 Q5 l' V0 O! ZM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.% q! e) [/ [* ^+ T$ k9 l# B
) a) m. U+ \8 p2 H. T0 q% QL: 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$ v9 n: K( g# r
# p1 q9 `& [) m; @" P0 {7 u. kM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.* O n( W/ m0 x1 T: v# O
2 k' n2 b( M; EL: 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。 4 ^' ^# A: t3 _8 ? 8 V; U3 r! B' J- f0 w1 }M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!2 y3 K9 J' Q7 w- {: x1 l* d
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 F3 W. a3 e9 [2 a ! f# @1 {& \- x: M4 \; W7 PM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her., B: b( H0 S; o6 i
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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？* w7 I @: h& Q7 U
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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! # O/ E" U5 A6 R* _0 y+ v0 ^) o+ o/ Y9 e$ A3 u3 O8 s! B
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！1 O2 u7 M. b* f2 ^$ z) I# Q9 G
, d4 S, C7 S1 c+ n; }M: Ok, ok!9 m; A& o% p9 p% J9 O1 J6 i
9 m$ F! f! {/ G/ \; w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 Y4 O; u! k' ^/ d3 K6 d
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8 k6 ^& Q* B6 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。2 u/ @: E8 P% g. U0 u( T
& y6 J/ r' \3 `3 f! i6 m“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.0 a! I2 z: J( s- K
--- I f**ked up my history test.3 b9 T5 N0 z% }) d+ a2 @! h/ z
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