[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。# U) A/ q9 O$ a5 h3 c& {. [/ e, I
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 o; [6 v/ ?2 {* X% d( n6 ]3 e, j. |) Q9 q9 S3 o! C: f
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. / g" a8 C9 H0 j9 V3 N6 h2 l0 @0 n D% e1 y' i
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。 9 J$ p! m6 {; Q: C- o: b, {0 v0 G/ l3 G
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.0 w/ W4 X# P) D" J( n. F) ~
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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？ * p# Y2 f" r9 y5 c 6 H' g' w$ Z+ k8 a& p- [7 nM: 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.1 S9 `, r* |& S% {( d! x
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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"?1 T2 {( P' j7 A
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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？ 6 c7 D6 b( @5 o" B1 ^- G 3 j/ r& ^$ y0 T/ `5 oM: 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. # y( ]0 J( U/ L4 V* f8 n7 c$ ]( C1 b- p! \
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！ 8 \9 b; g% H* {) p# |% ] y2 o# M6 y9 {: N" Z0 t% v4 y2 Q" N {9 U& t
M: Please! Don't mention tests!+ _% E+ h" E: H8 ~9 l
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！) l% |# s2 E E! t/ L( ]
4 ]# {: X! g# L3 S3 YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' h6 J6 G* E1 `& ? ' H% n5 l; U- @( `; yL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？/ F/ m2 H* s) v6 c
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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." 9 ?5 I5 c3 ]# N8 ^8 {. Q* I + h9 F0 s# K6 {& u& n7 `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？ , q& A" W* O& @. h7 [! q5 E" z( t4 D , W* Q+ g2 D; b T4 i4 ^M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 6 }; Q0 y4 J4 P0 G0 S4 O* j" }6 l$ Q7 A I# J# J0 r
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"？ ! N) \. Q8 B. [# X* y # g% ^$ f f$ I1 g+ S1 ~3 `+ WM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.4 W X! C3 \5 `9 J3 n$ ~, t& F
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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。0 Q' I8 D) D; r6 N% I
$ _0 ?. @6 ~2 E$ M0 ]) t _M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 f T$ h& a, G; d) M4 U. m/ } A5 q1 {9 w8 }9 k
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 * j2 N) t5 K3 m8 `8 e . _, A& @, Z1 A! q/ ~M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. _, s+ \$ _' n; D( M ( i5 r0 q/ ?( J6 S! `( _; X% ^6 Q1 sL: 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？ # c! r! B6 K/ M' Q 1 Z8 T" V" m" T2 zM: 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 ^$ }3 ]- y5 V. Q 6 \0 C/ H% P7 O+ b/ \( V9 gL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ $ I+ Y0 [! C; e8 p$ L* j. q% A! v8 o+ K6 C5 n, R
M: Ok, ok!1 e/ q- W0 X( M" L
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