[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。3 S$ b0 B4 o8 v0 I9 q, H3 g
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。! l: J d% a s# T6 v' T' E4 h5 o
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 9 P3 R) [0 f# I# G: ]& m" R; y; z5 `! h6 L/ r
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。+ p1 J+ _8 H$ }. k7 _* k6 x
9 Q# ^# w' }, V2 g2 |' B" OM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 n7 J* O, T9 M/ R* x O, w" y# \8 R
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？ " [5 H5 t* c3 Y& q" I. H6 B Z+ E! G* `) }
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.- d: I/ B$ R' F# L4 u/ X
) P! x4 o' F1 ~' IL: 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"? L- F: D& y5 D, n9 g
h& B( Z# j: L2 Y$ JM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!6 z2 M; Z+ l2 D7 L
( E: s9 T: J8 O* j5 S% A( U( tM: 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. - M! v6 K5 p" q+ D . W- M7 n) h! J" t6 ?, pL: 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！- E$ L4 p7 H4 b8 e
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! b# ]. D# D6 M) n
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ $ N7 G. y! Z( D6 k1 ^% I7 c0 t* A
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! $ l/ x: A, D! ^ i3 G( l/ q) L! z8 |) h+ G: aL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ # L' D @/ u8 A) s% @- X% N6 M6 D- U4 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." 4 v" F2 X& K5 T l: H" l: r# e/ h2 @1 G, j! C. v& X7 G
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？' s1 H/ X9 M9 v# {. O8 F1 Q: @0 y
/ p J0 ~( T' S( u9 C; F! aM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.. `: ^7 f/ S0 h. {0 d8 [
+ B8 |- x' N0 Z' S; w8 }/ gL: 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"？7 Z3 M* t. k0 }5 ? T6 _
5 V( J* G1 W2 h1 WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. q) b/ \2 G+ Z7 { & i1 Q; k x; xL: 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。: S1 O7 Z; Y% ?4 Z5 ?3 w" x
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! `2 c6 ~8 n8 G+ A+ w8 i& p ! t# r& R0 \* C, `* h% NL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 % l+ M$ b- K% U4 ^2 Y! N4 F: p0 z7 S) \: g0 g
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 4 o* e: W1 H2 u" N( ~3 w : \) b: _$ ~) oL: 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？ ( H' ^1 n2 ]; h+ V6 C' N0 {( c7 }+ t5 O: y# _
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! " h9 r- X* N! l5 ?# b) d $ x, M% X& U* l- G" F4 p# r0 AL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ , o, [. |! E2 N9 C) M5 C0 z) B9 O; z6 J+ l( k
M: Ok, ok!* `+ v; s) E( v1 D! A; n* ^
( w4 }& ^2 e9 p- O+ T8 D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。9 c' K% O' @6 a7 Z
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' e; P1 Y' l0 S4 a0 Sbomb 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。7 R7 P+ r5 i. ?4 Q0 j' |# O% M
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. / d) H( x1 Q" r6 \% [9 T --- I f**ked up my history test. - K/ V* |* ^( j( q3 p k 6 B9 g2 {! @* O7 a7 g 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。" H, G+ A R7 a3 J3 a, J
& p9 ~0 k9 Z) o/ j " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !+ H. P+ u2 j- L/ B7 h& s
---- They f**ked up my order !
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