[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。! A4 ]( S# U, ]$ ]0 s! K4 s
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L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。2 \5 q: ]; K& l# L; c
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.- L2 m& h( [/ ^& j5 {7 w
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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。8 l+ R' [- d1 j8 E7 N& {! @
5 K2 O# d* s0 G$ G3 e A" h& T9 {! QM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.4 p' M8 d$ z* _( R8 S! F
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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? " o$ J7 d( W0 i* | 6 ]9 y; y6 V( F0 F8 pM: 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 |" s$ @7 g1 r9 L: v ) l' z/ n9 f6 G4 D I/ rL: 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"?- N$ d/ e0 P* H+ a9 O" x2 @
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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! & h* _# {! }) q4 M2 A( F% }" q0 o8 T& d$ o" M1 a8 T
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?) o% W6 ]/ N1 o& Z
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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.% ^3 n0 Z7 p; L: v4 G1 l
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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!6 t) \5 L* g+ n$ i- ]0 }- N# Y
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! % d9 z5 q0 X- y4 [) T, T; P4 o" g8 C: u2 z% x# ~
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!; g" t+ ?/ V5 Y& w9 e
J# }3 N; L4 y6 ZM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! / G W( c# @2 r$ P. v# F3 I/ g# I6 n
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?/ r" B( i7 \5 T% y& ^
; Q" p: H Z; {* i/ z2 SM: 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." " e& M4 ~5 S$ a9 j- y1 H7 w 1 N# k7 r. T0 X' b, r$ e7 u% a& JL: 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?1 u8 _, F, f# J/ G" E
6 n" }2 w3 L" h2 p" rM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 4 J' V9 ], }- Q: M' X* ?3 L1 ~* W4 p* Y. m
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"? ) M E" s2 M9 U9 s! i: p1 P" X/ J7 S" H& K2 n) }) R
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 o- z9 a7 Z: L+ q3 k0 {# K6 p7 N/ r: c3 z) J( r
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。, I. x& i+ e: J, A
9 \: J5 r% V3 l6 [8 l0 ZM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" M% E) q# P( o
9 z R; G) R% ]. ^: Y( ?/ b; c9 uL: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 0 [6 l4 p- A+ e A3 y: Q7 w$ u/ ? }# }3 [% F: l8 @
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 3 ?3 F, @% M- ~& F$ M! t 8 U. ]) z3 h* Z. ^+ tL: 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?0 @& ^8 f" C) y0 _/ g, E6 f9 g. v e
$ }$ S8 K# R- T' yM: 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! . B& S6 Y$ E5 I* b* u- G: J; O# {& b2 w/ Y: k
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!0 Q" a4 t$ ` v- j: o# A6 W2 g6 Y: S
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M: Ok, ok! + X& W9 G% d% y9 Y+ f" V2 b/ Q- o/ L3 w. b' U* Q
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。$ r! W/ Q4 L0 G
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8 ^$ i/ |4 I$ w! `/ T“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.1 L* W7 @+ @( c% m/ V5 e" |4 K
--- I f**ked up my history test. & t x' l |& n# _" d% q& t2 e$ y : ~; f" n- J; W* P$ K 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。- Q9 \ \5 F6 u) p* _( |8 W
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !6 K- L8 D+ h |& B
---- They f**ked up my order !