[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。 # m2 ?& Q: b! Q) ^1 i! x 9 d; ^# U, g: \" U/ P3 Y0 J0 sL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ) X o$ r+ \# E" i6 Z: {" U+ ]7 t$ w# D1 w+ X/ r
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ( ^& t0 C* P8 |) j' _ l% e7 ^, m/ `: S7 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 [- L: n* [9 k& S ; L$ t2 O ^8 O) k7 RM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.3 |# L/ E" O; e# A1 e
; b/ y+ L# n0 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？ ; C5 K# n' J$ j4 a4 G2 [ , N: |! Z8 g* w8 H' hM: 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.; P0 M! @+ J/ n6 H
) S! o: S( D+ W3 d _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"?- R% A* [! u6 y. C8 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! 4 x! w/ a/ k6 U9 `3 a2 h7 m4 V2 \# w& P
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？! P, |1 z+ \# D) n9 A; p0 C3 n
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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. 2 C6 Y7 A9 p1 }4 |+ p& | + b! I$ u1 C3 c9 ^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！0 P* L& C& i$ ?! p, o- r5 x1 ~
3 P8 } V( n' C/ ^M: Please! Don't mention tests! 7 U% U% S1 u; _/ r ) Q" [& H' F" U- s% \L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ " ?/ z/ a/ G0 U7 P% e ] + W# o$ i0 i* F& ?% [M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!; o1 I9 O2 F3 E s- o) u
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 1 _6 C3 l' [/ G7 k6 z' W5 ^8 H # q* g6 c/ K( pM: 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." ; D8 y! w" L/ L7 I$ e, V; u& ^ " Z. S% a' U. 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？ 8 d1 L, P: `+ |1 @& Q3 R/ G3 b; f! {3 l Q& ~
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.8 N3 l, l7 W$ w9 q7 i1 y/ b
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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"？ ( L( `4 s9 N& Y: l# V! l' D: P1 I. O1 r
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ( c6 P# b! ~* e( O; P' x+ O/ E4 @# p
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 \, ]# w& {& ^' @8 M 4 n1 i+ G, m: _% `" {; p L6 F' vM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * w9 f: I" H! F6 G* i2 g' ~) R/ V1 @7 @) B, ~, L, I7 b
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ( Y' E" p) d& Z7 p6 K2 ?6 ?* Z& T+ Y) r$ W
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ] N4 `4 H5 L& V+ M; `; E# i e' d- r7 D' w! r; i ~
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？7 N1 ?+ v7 ]! N; L2 z# d* e; }
+ h5 e7 y# N( K- Q& t; T' dM: 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! 7 N! Z6 Z# D3 o% H7 n- X - x) y. `* v2 R' ]! E BL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！1 q% Q1 i7 |) u
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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。 2 f+ V% Q: Q! ^* O; q3 T! Z% m6 n2 r ]: u3 |/ R/ ?
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test./ ?) b6 L6 Z- i7 Q9 M
--- I f**ked up my history test.- _3 R& [( O' b2 R; c- n& o
5 a* x V u, a4 x- r& r 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 . J) N, B# T4 U- V' {3 w6 A! l . T* b5 C4 d. [0 ` " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - a' r2 T, V' J" | ---- They f**ked up my order !
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