[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。" z6 {4 z0 K3 l- b- e( a! ?
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 6 f1 n3 _) a: l. Q8 r! z# Z3 ]! C5 Y2 a C" x; s6 Z2 ^
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 9 J# J9 z2 t' d/ j$ |! N( f 7 Q& H+ ^8 m" n: L7 @+ jL: 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。! }: z ]0 [ j1 [8 ], S; H4 \
( Q2 E. y4 Z" ^% YM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ) |8 b+ u% b1 k g6 v5 V. R! ` ( t- ^# ~5 ~; K; g) BL: 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？. v6 V) Q' L0 e3 \1 ?" L3 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.$ o3 t# X( @7 g/ ^+ ?
" X. w; y, v* Z/ \) CL: 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 S4 a" k2 h$ S; M) _# @/ b
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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! . [. R: |0 P- | 9 E4 ~. I. q3 r* N. \0 x2 S; Q0 pL: 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？1 \1 A; u6 T5 n6 o% }9 b
8 q1 y) Y4 x/ k D& BM: 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. / b) K: {! p, |" M* w : Q! o' w0 E( }6 ~2 Z; p9 a. JL: 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！ # U3 D2 U0 h/ w1 y/ p0 R7 z6 r" U5 a
M: Please! Don't mention tests!3 @) w4 I* @4 b M& n" C7 K
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' o' u* ]% A: b! {& [* S3 A$ H5 R" S$ N1 O6 i+ _3 X
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! / [$ L! p% y. y7 G+ l& M1 K, K' [) K% o7 O0 s [+ v
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？9 x# {0 h% k5 c6 `1 f: K
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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." / p6 D1 \. X& J+ d2 B7 U; Y$ q3 b# i* @
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？, x9 ^1 D9 e) S# ?' @
: a0 q- u& G/ P& |9 q: bM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.& U+ }% O5 O; @: S7 J
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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"？ - o* U1 v, j- S4 o 3 ~. q4 q$ m) }' b' `2 H" CM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., z0 e3 H) Z6 R1 b& h7 r- N6 k
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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。 4 ~: h+ x8 v# M" a0 j# D ) c3 v& c. z0 nM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ' X) Y |# e: y9 \2 q8 q7 N - I8 n$ d. m, ?. G! G" }& hL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。: N! k. o- K9 _9 r8 R
6 _$ b: S5 I, L7 a/ fM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. - l+ R, H3 g1 `- I G X % N1 [6 `6 q8 m! b6 O5 _7 `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？ 0 y2 _: `/ s# K; v# L( M, f s( ~2 B e- C1 C
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!4 s& U) g: F3 W0 h) T( h; I
4 o4 V* M# c5 `& @% AL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！0 }. a; n# R. f4 u
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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。. T* e6 v- o+ M" O; r& D( w' d
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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。& C$ a" j5 p y3 W4 R8 t) y
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.4 N" d/ i1 @& [2 s& a8 `: X: j% L6 E
--- I f**ked up my history test.6 y6 p- q8 q3 C \
/ D8 W* Z9 D3 H 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。. ]# v7 B% P* C8 O- q
# w+ r$ A" I0 W3 g; @# r " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 8 M. O1 f' t j7 p* M4 J* {) _ ---- They f**ked up my order !
' y) ~7 F, g& M8 X/ wYou screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。2 b7 M, V. C) q+ z& F
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一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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