[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。 6 n1 o6 ]& T, L" Q 7 P' ?4 w# B& I0 `L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 3 I3 u. G% S! i8 o* p* }) u) D: j" Z* k/ ]/ A: e5 X
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. # D! d4 V/ W2 l$ b. d/ P+ v3 O2 t% o( ~, e$ o
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。 E0 _6 K# I: K7 M7 K* U 1 K3 u4 L4 b( q/ W4 \4 B) kM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.4 v _7 Z. D$ e- T( s+ T
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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？ % \7 a3 _/ o9 t+ | ! ^( y% W( x9 ~% v" F2 [, D7 C0 `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." _7 g/ Y" A* B% p2 @3 f
2 |8 V, t9 w/ G$ Q M0 W( q) l9 }$ FL: 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"?, H+ ^5 |* z% a' i: K& y3 c
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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!" I6 F5 D& x) i& I) X- D4 v7 x
. g# S: e& @; @3 o1 |% pL: 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？ 8 A. m1 S% r' j1 y2 W' d0 e 1 P5 {3 q1 f8 E3 {+ ~, j' ZM: 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. $ j! _/ y1 ~9 H5 f" m; T9 f' A1 `1 R% |: ^& b! j) ^
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！ & A% r- w, f5 z; } ; _8 W) i4 T' {9 q' j$ i- t0 tM: Please! Don't mention tests!* w3 } {! j1 `1 V
' b+ N- H! ?% A! lL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 2 [1 V4 N2 \. L ( r, P2 a' m5 l( q' MM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!8 ?7 ~5 j8 s7 \3 }/ k% q
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) W" e( |, e) G$ H# k; w
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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."( L( l* K6 h: ~5 A X
0 _4 u& d P, s& ?2 _4 kL: 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？ 1 h, e& x% _4 @- _1 `, T 4 f4 Y9 Z" F8 ^; e+ w& aM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 4 ~7 e, j3 B2 R9 w* W# y! F o V4 c, e' w. C
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"？" t, W9 M+ |1 s
l4 v2 c" J- B( T/ k8 z2 R" WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.8 M% s% @# o/ {5 z
% `! r5 n/ C8 [# d; R( jL: 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。 % t) w* @1 l3 ^/ m+ ~; U1 A0 z. |6 q% X& s0 B% G% P# f* G
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!0 _2 u# J/ [ J3 g0 Q( |
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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。% ^, s2 {* o: Z
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.1 z% ]& ~% X8 ]+ Z8 x
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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？ 8 m/ s7 i' v- l/ i7 I! N, R% K8 n
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! 0 _2 S J0 v& e3 _: K. j$ r, Z! D8 o- G n5 q
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！/ e4 r# _+ r) r, e
7 m" t }/ ^; f) Kbomb 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。 % J: _2 `5 n0 ]9 ]: u$ E2 _ {, G' y, ?
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.: R4 m9 a/ w" @/ ~- m
--- I f**ked up my history test. # q6 q! x; O' ~) `7 c1 O 0 I) Z* V& h+ T! E 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。$ `) W9 b5 {8 v! q
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !. I& y' M q" D1 q4 i; \- O+ \( t
---- They f**ked up my order !
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