# N# _2 H3 { OL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 1 q9 }# E5 i( T; U' U0 P8 x2 K! c9 O) Q# y5 ]- t: ~
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.7 V+ L; l* N7 G0 e, @
' x% O* ` t: T7 [ }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 d: ]) f ^4 O ' K& L8 q8 q5 L8 I; TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; U! O1 r5 ^6 Z$ w" M! ` $ s" ]/ l$ J; |8 m7 k0 s" |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？9 z6 `/ g2 H8 J$ k
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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. ( H# r/ V& M1 t3 U; n9 w! O8 r1 N , r- i Y( i6 T9 _% hL: 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"? $ Z2 R5 a: K0 B; |6 d$ N1 z5 C4 M! x! \: ?9 L! ~1 L
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! * ^# Q" @7 K# s2 x( {3 }8 p& ^! l) R4 X " x- e7 u6 m$ N" G7 h( d* W& VL: 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 v6 m- f j% o8 G2 }! {- w2 K/ W/ T3 w2 X
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." d8 d& E7 ~, k C9 K" B2 b! M
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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！ ! p3 C! P! v* B* l3 k s5 ~ . v1 I0 l9 y( j5 ` Y" z3 QM: Please! Don't mention tests! 0 A# Q7 _! n; A - E* z" Q2 g7 n3 d0 t0 jL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ( C4 H( ~, W# R# r+ e( K# c8 ]# [5 S6 Z/ U8 R. M) \3 g
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 D( Y" K$ I0 q6 \6 I' L5 g0 V
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 0 e1 i7 s' q1 ] 6 G! v: ]7 R$ s8 X" I1 c. RM: 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." % |* v T5 w2 M! M1 z8 c' c6 v0 Y$ C4 w1 s6 J
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？ ) M" c4 U, c, ]; N; A( ? . U O. e. q' p" oM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. : |1 k1 g% h5 d3 P! M+ h _0 g3 v& J0 L, J/ K
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"？9 S4 Y8 o3 c7 }$ _$ p( B3 t( R/ y
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ! ]" z2 P0 K. \3 e3 v & R5 k3 @" a( ZL: 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。 0 M' j3 H. l+ \- r" H, N! w2 T' t0 ]* z; R4 g( N/ I! u, H
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 0 i& n+ N: z, F+ D4 D& H7 T' |+ D ( x' g) K, }7 \8 u& ~) JL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - [6 q4 u9 U2 a" V d' r! M- M/ w
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.! m. ]' E+ D( C
& R9 D6 i1 [9 Q" h8 ML: 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？ 3 q9 ^+ ?' m* K7 [1 g. T2 ^: J9 }2 p" Y 5 r. V$ N; r& q4 r6 `5 IM: 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!/ [* A( t, ? q9 U, P
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--- I f**ked up my history test. $ V6 z! M4 B; T* ] + o1 r5 ^) t( \" ~) Y+ D 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。* T& w% ^1 Y; o' c* C0 x1 \) w# P
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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