! |% W% I! J' v3 F, s0 j- JL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 7 M9 F8 e5 l8 d% M% O; ` ; w; M4 O7 Y- m% ] i. SM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 D* ^4 ^' r0 ]+ Y
5 e+ T% W6 h; v2 ?2 IL: 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 S1 D/ ?: v9 X( G+ g3 J" n7 D: H# D* ~4 O9 T* V8 n# F
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.9 H" `% T6 `* I) e1 A u# T; Z0 V
) h' o5 l) E0 i0 |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？% D! v L) d) E: i) h# b& S
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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. 1 S6 H9 E* }0 a% f5 C 6 t/ \8 y( ?# Y$ {; a4 F9 |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"?- m" T# B+ W7 W1 _; f1 k8 J
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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!- _& Y8 j- t5 h7 m4 Z5 ~ y( w
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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？ 9 A& Y/ B" B5 |! P6 x ; L- C/ g7 `$ R" P# Z) m# iM: 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.6 r4 M' P" x6 x4 J- h
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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！4 y4 l, g4 l" V9 W) H: `3 u
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 6 Y/ Y; o$ m' g0 x. e1 B9 Q! r" N7 ]3 r
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ & O, }1 ~7 d2 N 3 H- I2 \7 W- B3 {# \" KM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 7 ~" p0 H g" F, Z9 K$ e % D) A9 @7 F, J# z0 v/ K6 ^. kL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) z6 j7 {7 I3 J, \6 n! M4 P9 }
' _; C5 n6 R3 n" M& D1 m& s! oM: 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."2 |+ ~1 m8 F. i. p
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 7 N& q6 v/ D- h: @$ y ' f! @* n( W) G8 Z( }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"？ ) g5 O% A- ^1 U; e) k% p) e. m4 m' n$ E
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. # X& C: F3 R" Q% n& S2 ~" b- Q( H9 P5 Z% g8 E* k5 R: j2 u$ u* B
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。 7 K1 H, W, S( T) Q8 b( `/ u3 {: r8 d
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! & L; h/ y5 s* o5 Z! z$ t, B - @( e: M8 @* [/ k D& uL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。3 I! x0 D. t0 N
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ( Y7 d3 Z, m# Y- Y' w) H 4 B6 x6 G1 B/ R/ I3 ]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？: A; P+ D$ C; p' o* `+ N
# _4 j9 M$ ^7 V! LM: 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!" I6 P9 H6 F: C: m, q" K5 [' K1 X% l
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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！4 u2 w( \. V% ~( O5 S
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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。 + t9 S0 V+ a* r" H5 dAudio as following:4 W1 w& e9 d) [; G
9 E" c6 ~: [9 C' Mbomb 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。 + U6 M9 G/ d& O, x( _2 W6 l: P9 |9 d! V- Y2 a
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 9 ] D: A Q7 @: k8 C --- I f**ked up my history test. b$ q! i$ Y% { g0 y* w w $ w/ ]7 A6 A: {* a 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 u* {1 u& l) W- p, _' ?
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