[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。 ( [4 _- z1 R' g& S# P) ~ @ $ K! v8 ^0 w }, P( G1 U% C4 kL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。! d. f2 N3 h1 x) B. Y: S) M. K- h
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 9 k, I* ~) Y. h" U- \4 G9 A; \% P( e0 o; H* \
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。 , q% N2 c B1 W5 Z* ^0 P9 Y+ I; f5 o# k
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.# S0 m {* W; a1 M' Q8 q/ w" j6 E
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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？ % R4 r. ]$ X& Y S9 B0 v$ \ $ a) R# T. \- d+ y9 D: g( ]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.) t5 h7 _) j. m# W. Y# m* Q/ {1 [
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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"? * b; l& @5 o7 i& |0 C8 p5 U: w. _( o& ^/ X! s5 V2 [
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ( N3 A$ N2 e' P$ x! k4 C' ~& Q9 E2 @2 L, R7 I8 \8 i
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？$ W) G# }3 `6 j' h" C+ N4 S. n
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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. ( X2 t( ~" I! |5 ` + F0 z9 Y: \: IL: 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 q& ^5 G: b & ~2 l0 Y; P6 c* ~M: Please! Don't mention tests!2 b$ [( ~' a. i/ v7 k) e
) T# k* G, H( h2 o. ~: ~L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！/ c" o! t5 ?1 |: E
$ n) [# L2 h. u5 j$ yM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! - @4 y* M: n. h V$ |& G9 j5 O0 M' {L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？# F. z3 K) C) E8 t; X
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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." 4 G& ^" z( q# G, i- X0 w: w5 x. Y# O8 n& C; o, O6 R" @) h% u8 ~. Z- R% k
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？ 3 O" p/ L- G8 R% r( b2 F( A3 T4 H K
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ! B7 h% X$ N& Y$ q5 u# t6 k, B: M0 ]- ~6 q0 H% ^; \
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"？8 K& {0 A% Q8 F$ o- u% a
! c, |, z8 t0 u. U- X) rM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.) Q0 B$ t$ ^0 z1 p5 @# ^ Q
6 O& k# M# O+ @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。 6 z/ F9 B5 e% q$ J7 ` 0 O& q6 }6 C; R: qM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!9 r- o. p! G8 q; [1 c+ j- L) M4 e
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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。 5 f0 r. o" g, u; r3 N- P$ i: v# Y5 m# G* {- A
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. # R, }. K* i% A. Q) S- P * V; g4 F" a1 f9 X0 b. R4 m. QL: 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？4 d) W& y; A o! C
% Y0 f& P7 f/ z; G6 X- s' @4 h; W/ d& VM: 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!9 Y* _& S; c4 B' i7 Y+ z
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 8 J! @& s) L+ g3 g0 [: n1 f, Y" @8 a; a( B( @2 K+ d
M: Ok, ok! 5 C p$ {6 N( N' p2 X8 m6 R& _, m% j) k- P( F- C
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。 1 w0 `/ ~/ x) d( G9 c! k: i8 `" }Audio as following: - {8 x/ J$ \( N; F
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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。 / N, ^. x7 N2 W `. T4 a; L9 S* W7 _
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 8 m# d0 i4 d# l! p% c+ v; v --- I f**ked up my history test.* T+ `( o- I- V, ?$ E& P5 i/ }8 M
4 K" J, f, u4 i* g0 [2 o* U 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。0 y! c. x/ j3 x# G& e
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !2 _2 m) Q; m# ?: e3 u6 h2 ~2 v
---- They f**ked up my order !
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