( X# }6 D) [% Y+ b8 i2 S( {$ A2 P3 |: y4 H& QL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 C) Z$ C2 n. o& v% H' f0 p: \; M 0 ` h$ v$ C; {- L* A1 o! H5 QM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.! @# e7 { i! h; G( W
% W* J4 v- G" ^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。5 p5 V: k) ]( z1 `' k9 e
* k. t( I+ g0 dM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.4 N: a$ b! G4 F+ u6 _2 C' X; j
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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？ & `4 [! Q7 M5 S/ Y" w/ E$ c& G* ~ + a6 I8 b7 \; L7 X' o4 DM: 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. % J' o, K$ N4 x/ F' E : V. M# ^# a4 k7 [- I) c; HL: 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"? , k# {% L l d: k X7 s 4 }1 _* @0 |9 uM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! & J' ?) d @6 s. a2 L/ @3 p4 V % [7 Z0 K+ {3 UL: 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？' F5 J S0 r4 z( W1 i
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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. 4 E+ U% O6 M1 D( {& c/ e $ t! `/ b6 Q( hL: 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！: I1 y6 t* _9 G' X) l
2 o% Y. g. b: Z2 PM: Please! Don't mention tests! 0 b9 g$ l6 n# D1 Y% f6 T3 C/ o
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！6 z* }; l9 v( {- J6 I* t* k
; m; M5 H0 a1 a* Y5 U. e) z& t2 ?' EM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 E! b) Y: P; K . z5 k% h3 ^4 nL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？1 z* A/ J: V" X$ \- i
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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." 0 O; w1 @6 ]. F6 f5 _. Q6 K. z, I: Q; P: I
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？ 6 ^) M: G) B/ B, k5 i$ [3 T * R! ]3 u) @% l z \. d% tM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.% P) q6 A: J1 I% V% Z
0 N/ @/ Z. ^' @6 rL: 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"？ / {' [; x: ] J K# {! j* n9 E: T" ?/ x( G
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.; i; f, Y, l# s1 Y( A
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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。8 c% r5 t9 r* O! W- @8 e
6 @; J5 f; K1 R8 FM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ; z. |' D: P5 x , y3 W8 W4 E: ?7 y$ k# AL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 * K5 J. _& V% C1 G0 ]& X A5 q/ R$ } 7 t- C' k5 N# M+ u4 B2 NM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.3 I; U3 q& }# x2 J
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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!! U+ \: F; y6 b- b2 e( k
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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！& J( k! ?# F+ Z! ]! I( t, p
6 f" d2 M& M$ N' ~M: Ok, ok! # q6 s3 `; s' Z1 ]7 y, v ' T6 {4 l. H8 e7 O# W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。 7 p2 p& v3 h6 tAudio as following: - W* G9 @# m! E$ U
% l8 ^8 `$ M8 w$ p0 K# `“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.& ~; x3 ~+ I- E, _7 r
--- I f**ked up my history test. 0 x2 i6 B8 j* V; }, y% B + a( ^+ e" Q: d6 p9 O, [/ r' h/ q 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 9 E x4 p# {8 z4 ]$ R' f2 L& | j* l6 j$ d
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % w/ R& G9 C7 N% q& t7 Q+ D2 n ---- They f**ked up my order !
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