9 e. D' v& V$ hL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。 6 m9 r/ H0 A% z$ [1 E0 g + O9 P% u$ |+ M' u. aM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 9 [- x8 l, I& c' W o# W4 t& m ! {/ c8 X1 C* R+ l6 H* l& XL: 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。6 _1 Z, n3 A$ k1 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 b5 F8 a& n. ? ! [/ j& b( u( [; G: k; VL: 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?4 s8 ?1 q8 F' ^4 U9 J* }
2 D$ H8 E' H% }0 E) `3 C, x4 ^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. 3 U- r! a, h( S3 R- D" G/ [! Y7 {/ ^# [% o* N# m i, Y x
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 x, @# s& o# f$ |
% A$ o0 l. D; ^4 OM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; J, t5 g9 j8 S) b# N# m% a' I! o2 M7 F. O
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?' a) H. U9 x! e7 E
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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.. c. z' P6 ?0 L& i9 N M/ j
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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! 1 c. N* U6 B: }0 L6 ?4 q ; M7 M, `9 l! eM: Please! Don't mention tests! * Q, [& r2 \4 l, _( v+ { s! V( Q9 D; F+ J) O& H
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛!/ S4 S! d6 z9 a( w8 f6 e
6 Y2 F) U" W2 B% a! L5 R3 [M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 0 m% c, r, l; m7 z, i5 Z+ P/ J1 P4 M: n. \
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? 3 F# T* p% R ]8 P' K+ A) S & @# K/ y3 b- \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."& o8 d W) i' x2 v0 e
& @( h- K6 l& ]3 E! W" Q, 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? " I4 w& L5 F8 `8 m # ?1 L, O4 q" v1 k; d$ y9 U: lM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., b- Q' M0 J4 M$ F: |+ }8 g
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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"?4 ~8 B/ |) C" e& X7 E( H" c
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.! k8 Z6 m r A: p+ q
: t1 Y% W0 a, O) GL: 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。 ) s6 t1 ?1 \* z z- i, a. y 7 G% l& W% j6 |+ ?9 uM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!: k" @8 R- y+ h$ z) |: {6 b
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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。6 j7 q8 B4 L3 P' k# T+ A- `
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ; F$ d, d" K7 W8 ]: ?1 i( a) q; P! g# P
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 K. h& X1 M; f3 g* I' f
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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! % K1 y$ w7 i# J/ N) E7 J5 e. Z6 B5 d# x
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!; n$ T# @ |- I# {& |; w+ X. x' 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。 ; x9 P* J% M$ p; W' p4 gAudio as following:* i) U' L! I9 ]- Q \0 a
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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。 5 S! i# [1 |: j* M# l3 U( m8 n4 J5 I5 e- s9 m$ }: w
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.) \- F6 ?+ C5 N& b: Z. [
--- I f**ked up my history test.$ V/ ]' d! _0 u3 j1 d; H! r! Q
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。# A7 T+ }, R8 L. {8 ~ p
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !: w2 q0 o0 @: P% U5 I% v
---- They f**ked up my order !