U4 M' W& a6 JL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。' g$ K9 n, U! K! D A. |
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.4 u2 j9 P( n) Q' O. ]2 G' C- l, R
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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。 4 S. K5 z- U3 b% D" T+ B! z. o 8 ~+ ^6 t6 {; _/ q3 nM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; H. t; J* |1 W6 f( Y5 \! L2 X3 G0 R0 W9 F2 |! a2 s3 X a9 S+ o
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？- b% w) i+ ^& K6 k# Y" x
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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.3 y# ^2 w1 `6 w; _
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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"?) l, R \5 j4 B6 \
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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! ( t M0 j2 `% J+ e5 y ( I* O* V3 m5 i: r. i' e( c* bL: 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？6 x- c! L. J& ^5 U. d
2 a4 j( C3 X, I# a' VM: 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.7 \1 J/ a; T% q
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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！" L/ N! S5 e- g$ A0 }
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' h0 u3 w! p- S" N
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) d8 ?4 P7 P$ }" p& q$ P
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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." 8 n5 M/ K& Y( H7 W4 p5 m 7 `9 Q4 _- D; Q2 f( H" r" lL: 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？! S! O# u0 Q% h5 K9 E1 H2 f; Q
4 D! C! ^9 e. X3 B# y7 KM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.* y) ~1 Q- c/ C) X
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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"？ $ h5 L! `, m% G5 g! X$ B / D2 `3 ^' H. S. Y. _M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ) ` v% C5 ^1 g7 j0 P Q ) a+ Q( n% J# F7 z9 I5 @# ^. WL: 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。: n# L/ @) \* B( H
" O9 ?; P1 ^* M; p$ TM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! & F4 i' Z7 b8 Q8 v : v: W% p9 L8 a3 R: R- ]+ `L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。. d' o- w! _- f: Y
( b& m" `( D* oM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. . |3 G1 Z! c( l; m, x- Q" e) z7 \
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？) ]% f0 |' z0 ?: H7 y
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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! 7 a" o% Z: c8 b0 A9 I ! M# p: e( p& s; F( |& hL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & G( D* M- R \ 9 f) l; n9 M0 J2 u5 tM: Ok, ok!; [2 U; ~# [$ X) y
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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。* z( |6 x% e9 a: ~
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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。" @9 X) a2 Q' B4 B u
# m' s; e8 D L u“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 8 x% \7 s0 A+ D5 N7 ~% C8 d! v, V --- I f**ked up my history test. ! ?1 m: `6 P+ z9 q" l* ]- q9 @- R8 Z/ ~% R. s- r s
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。' [7 S- I' R8 v. Y
2 |' H" I" i0 F+ U6 r8 i " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! + S" e. Z) b5 R3 u3 o ---- They f**ked up my order !
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