# O6 h% ~6 N0 c1 ]+ P" \L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 + C- c. ^ o) Q 4 J: w/ E! D5 }! V9 zM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' d. w2 F' {! f3 y y' s
4 s [) W- n' v- T) 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。 ! t8 D0 x/ _. v$ q: a1 N4 [9 K) C6 G; Q* ?" } x- w" H# _. z
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 6 v, E2 f: G6 t4 c* {/ l4 [! n% ]) m7 R! c) k8 w
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？3 t0 U% n* o/ J4 x* M3 p4 y7 Y
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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. ! d! {( J( @3 I4 Q) E/ @ / [2 |5 ?& K; N% g" [' `: B 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) C; m4 ?' n- T) d N/ Y
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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! " |1 q* h0 h5 n" B 8 M/ i5 M2 o7 t$ }! Y9 j' gL: 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% Z: L! U: L' D% S9 A1 o6 l
" |% b, t6 `, Q2 CM: 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. % A2 J( N U: l8 l4 |$ k$ x # e/ K/ i/ h8 [& d, S4 w: G; ]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！ ' z& i, Z* y/ O* C # M4 O u2 j7 d, U6 yM: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 k! l1 F7 h- M( m! ] 5 h9 e+ o3 ] ^' ]# ^L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！2 m% W% E, x- F
# u. {4 K) e5 F" v+ {" |M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 2 L5 R6 F8 w8 @8 h* J$ c0 h% [2 g- c" C. b# |6 E
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) [/ [) [# }/ j# W
& a, W: E6 N3 L+ _+ ~ l4 IM: 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." 3 l% c) H0 J. W- _7 ~5 u, b 4 K/ t* G9 d( `2 V3 h: x* q8 Z/ 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？. g2 a1 ?8 c: q, ` O M, M3 T" Q' Y
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.+ J/ d9 \% q% Z6 O/ O) 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"？$ w1 Q0 H4 T: K
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. : K! N. o+ k& M! P6 O - Y# v' j8 C6 f( N, xL: 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。 ) j/ P% @, S8 u. W+ s* @# u5 a/ n ) J. F& ^. f: P* v: iM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!7 p4 J& q: B- v1 U) g6 d6 E, D
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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。2 g8 g' h# U, b' q
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. : Q: M( l$ |2 s, I' F- h ( L4 m$ \4 n" U# q$ X* SL: 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 P$ [# G& t9 J
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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! - q( p" h5 C3 t3 N: t$ r+ F1 W3 G! }( P4 x6 L* m1 |
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 2 k4 h/ J+ `9 S- K. p6 Z8 b- Q0 {- j8 b6 c2 s$ Z
M: Ok, ok!. u' w4 ]" U3 D; d
! S+ c( m4 a# c; v, f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。$ `2 I2 t! v# t w
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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。 4 R) e* p6 |, z; H1 j& v4 J4 h. t $ D9 Y0 z( J) k( r4 v( J0 T9 n( _+ [& ]“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 0 z# H* ?# n! j --- I f**ked up my history test./ p# [( ]) {: R' E) t
( ^" H3 H2 ~# f: v 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。6 Q9 T' A( M2 B1 D9 l4 \2 f/ M& c' k& s
4 p/ D7 P7 N; V " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ; j% K5 |" s# {1 L _$ e ---- They f**ked up my order !
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