[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。 3 n) S6 y# @/ | 2 [" e, m, u+ W. Z" [% f6 k4 _L: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 1 u% J6 D% T. \% T% ~( C7 `! }/ y& \* y# X1 g! N) U
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass." a! N4 s0 L6 q( i
" A* A! x4 e. m& J4 s3 {2 z1 dL: 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。 ) H% L) ]3 t. H/ m+ P T9 J# l4 W) v/ G
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. , y G$ r- Y" {0 F , G" u7 X( q" L8 CL: 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?0 I; Q6 Z% V+ H! B; ~
: C1 c! a6 ~1 z& HM: 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.6 G/ H7 T( i8 J; F& _& i
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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"? 1 ]. s- Q3 a! ?' j; Z 9 q; f' q1 N5 j1 }M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 H& q+ H' |/ i% m8 l% @7 z: k
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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? / _& B9 C5 @# a' h& [ ; V' _# O# D. ^& v- T5 G9 \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.5 T% }( c- h w" ^
" v- s( e( O: Q: i: Y3 XL: 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! 1 V- C: @! g! g- j 8 x- F4 [% Q# G b2 zM: Please! Don't mention tests!7 L" k& @0 X8 Z7 D1 ~+ @
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!# A1 H, x5 ?3 t1 C! p
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! # V! S5 @3 W! Y5 {! x$ u! e0 R' L3 x; d5 u6 s5 R: K
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?9 ~9 a/ @- t3 [/ u3 H+ r
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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." 5 s/ [2 i% l$ }5 ?5 v8 b+ w8 b3 I 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? " h7 R' n0 T, j, S y m; `; m" G, k. HM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.. \: Z/ Y: V% C
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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"? : K2 p3 m' ?3 i( d$ `0 ]; e' l) p% F. U$ S% g
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. & v2 t! ^! x8 S* a6 x8 t; W: J" T6 N
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。# X$ L- z% B% C+ p% S8 `
n9 C2 C( b( j4 p6 W9 C9 [2 i. aM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!- p+ }$ [4 ?7 C: r8 o. y8 S8 Q% J
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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。* g$ ^9 t) ]. X9 A
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. * Q/ s; H) R5 A4 }3 q 7 f" ~" |. q. ?+ T" r+ 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?9 i' L9 g4 l8 U0 i% ^
. {. r" p5 h I* h/ C+ TM: 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 x2 C5 N6 [- n$ \2 b+ [
1 T+ p) D5 L& W' u2 bL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了! 7 S+ O2 F _1 m+ d3 E/ ^( q q$ a7 j/ @# A9 a* T) A
M: Ok, ok! : J* l0 G) o$ H # Z3 B* D0 j6 h% [4 e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。 ' g/ `5 l5 H+ N7 o0 V. d& vAudio as following:( D' f% m' C+ R9 @9 p; Y$ [
! i+ u, h ~: v7 s) s+ T' zbomb 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。3 x& e! g( O. |0 N7 B0 w
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.9 `" a4 F6 |' q, X
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 0 b& e" A7 v% J% j$ \ ---- They f**ked up my order !