[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 y" m0 F# V& j- l; [+ h. W
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。; Q' P. r. o2 U2 p6 \* `4 n" ?
) ?& L; v/ R' D9 [6 kM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ! y; q( f8 a3 M# Z: f 8 c- @" R# @$ [1 a3 vL: 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。 & n9 P* L( M$ X3 W0 q9 J / U& u, x' o' q! b) TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.. {7 |7 S- _# |, q& A' K
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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？ & a/ j! b' F/ t# i0 a# }; u/ f ; c; g5 a4 B: c0 |" PM: 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. 8 d, q/ z# |/ b/ ]6 }, r- s+ ?* J 1 Z; v4 e5 N) g9 v6 I. z/ TL: 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"?% b5 Y9 p3 I* ]6 d
/ Y6 i; y: d0 o2 X0 wM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ) m9 A) ?- |4 p. v: D' N0 |# i' `$ O3 h0 k, Z
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？ ( L2 w0 h, J, o; Z4 }/ j6 ` : W; l% Y; m$ `6 `" F- hM: 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. u- h7 a2 |9 T/ ~* D
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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！* V3 T. A3 c0 B5 b: C4 m8 `
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! ; ]4 Q3 @! t6 q% ^4 \8 Z0 e7 e/ }- c/ Y! G! d
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 0 Z$ x5 b' i- l% g& ~9 D1 r) E8 f9 I. P' H' m
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 4 F9 F/ F7 Z+ h% O7 F 2 i# [- E2 t3 l' lL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？, O$ y4 g, @6 e& w( o
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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." 1 m& j. {1 H7 q# Z( q! \* s l8 ^ 1 v$ J J; P a! V4 U& {2 ^$ |* S4 gL: 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？( z% `4 ^3 @* e
; |, c3 P* e8 R* M! P# j( C4 uM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something." q. b; y+ Z7 ?
, J5 n2 f G6 v( yL: 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"？- E. ~& Y# K9 u& l
7 k" \: V) r0 A" }( T' ^M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.' r- ?% | w7 ~
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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。 1 w$ S6 C8 ?. z: z * |2 U% }7 r9 ]4 ^M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!; P# M* k( V+ N9 v X
1 n2 v2 t9 Z) S" w8 [5 P5 YL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。9 j" m* a, [4 J- ]/ c; U
+ b* K0 z% L+ HM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " F$ }+ T! r% g1 _$ k. Y , _. `3 C' U# F# h, GL: 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; m( [" b- n4 w
1 j, f/ m, L n) G# ]9 xM: 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! 3 H4 B# K, b0 T$ N : H0 s8 c u" d" n0 t8 w# VL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 5 b3 i, j/ \1 O f& E0 J& ^3 e" X1 ]M: Ok, ok! g+ f. z3 H. n8 S# S& I; ~2 y : w. S) a. @6 X4 U6 r9 I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。9 V* ^ D- I$ }, I6 ^4 f8 m
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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。& U5 M, g2 t2 _7 P3 j2 G7 m
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.% G# v3 |+ A* R b" X
--- I f**ked up my history test.! k3 b T6 f, f8 k. h) f2 a( I
# a3 x7 q8 ^5 j; a 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; x' m0 ?4 \+ _ m8 M! c1 `; d6 Z U% ]4 b% ]1 C. L9 _ " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !5 P/ s: W4 z# C$ q+ j
---- They f**ked up my order !
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