[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。 8 M( G3 p. w% p l- V' U1 w s ; s1 G/ U, `/ C# p7 ]L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。& P! O1 T) ]8 f9 h6 w
$ P* O% i0 x0 p4 O6 iM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.3 F6 C o& L' J8 g$ @
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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。3 J' i9 d. j( G
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 9 r! M; A5 \5 Z0 t1 v1 k( Z% s' G. J& n1 A, R: h
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？ 0 I( z1 k, m' j4 Z/ V + j6 w7 P' [/ P& yM: 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 a: R* m Q7 d# D7 @5 i! @0 v/ s+ H9 `( @6 ~! s# w
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"? 0 c6 g4 b% n! f5 A$ R/ ]- @8 t9 o& O X/ b
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! # K% Q9 t g$ d# H ^/ x3 \1 C4 K3 J# E
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？ : Q8 w0 q" G$ _) J+ S/ `# l 4 r& q9 a! S$ v5 R7 h5 h6 B. B, \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.6 Q2 w- K3 V* b$ E
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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！9 O2 S6 j, `5 |7 | x
% o! o6 K. @8 W: n; S' ?M: Please! Don't mention tests!" {% s @; }3 T J( P+ D6 a% _
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ - k* |$ Y- p( R8 D2 K$ N) {6 B " R! Y. w5 M) g7 IM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 4 ~7 M# D% B! s( T0 Q7 l% \ M, t& o' C
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ " U @$ t2 M7 ~( Q; D3 x " g k) p. g m' z7 VM: 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."$ E5 T4 c+ }; [1 G# N/ `
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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？ 4 z) }3 o( j3 a* A1 T# E2 [- p & |" m) v/ w. U! }2 y8 b0 ~M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.+ d1 g0 M0 {% Z* y3 K/ V# A5 e: 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"？! `& C+ q5 q( }- g) W! F8 Y- J
5 z" @6 B2 {% o5 jM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 4 }$ w9 m+ w! k9 U % G) ^' ^5 Z1 l) AL: 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。; x4 G+ S. \/ p
! `( r( S9 y* {3 i$ z% IM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ p8 Y* N0 g6 }& \# w6 M& z8 A; V% e
- R9 A( s: j! s1 J% IL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 + C# ?2 z3 }# K% Z4 B( F, @ T+ @5 j# A/ D: T8 u9 YM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.9 `2 l) f# q! E5 b
" Y3 [) F7 F% z# FL: 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？ : W7 x- c: V, J+ _# n8 z2 ]( q$ d) G Q, A
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!- n5 [% E. F; B% |
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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！( t8 H) ? s/ a/ ^1 [& p. ]7 g
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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。 8 [8 a. b5 i* s ( \+ @& Q8 Q3 v5 z' D( y“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.7 z1 Z! J, T" K; n
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; H, y" K( D; ]. w( d w 2 N; b- |, J5 R4 V0 d& F; k " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 5 m( @# D3 b) `! j' D2 F( C ---- They f**ked up my order !
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