[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。 - K$ [3 Q4 c, e' j 9 u# k4 b" w, f s; q9 C3 y- jL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " T$ b8 z" k! c) j, {; \; b$ d: R; k9 N# l
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' ]2 H8 O* i ]- p! y
- U! W: |( Z1 @% A; TL: 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 T) R8 F0 ?/ @: m0 f) I 9 F# B/ e+ G) z7 t) { NM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.0 G0 H( h( C- e
: k8 t7 W# \- F8 V6 f: L4 L) [6 [ SL: 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？ 6 n) M7 \: f1 M8 h " p. J/ a; Y$ s6 @2 [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.: N! k/ [" i- X% S- n4 s. f
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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 N6 |3 E* t" {( M8 V: G1 G4 \* A ; ~2 h6 R7 |- Y( m1 e2 b$ }M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!7 j1 I+ @( ]. M; o0 K
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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？ I: ^$ }/ N$ A/ W ~! n" c1 i# S% LM: 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: N6 j1 a/ K8 B
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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！/ H8 T6 Q% A" `1 R, A s
. S# v* M, x! }: p6 F) f+ SM: Please! Don't mention tests!2 e! d; v6 r$ o: A- P: M7 b; A
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; a Q4 O$ T4 A) v 6 M7 R$ R# I. k5 H0 K( [- _7 U: XM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!" o2 L: d" ~" C: |7 n
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？6 d7 B! N. _/ n9 r' Y6 u
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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？' |7 j3 Q7 D- |4 @; D4 ?5 {5 ?
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " ^5 O( W$ S3 S7 y1 R! c. s$ i8 |8 K8 Z( H, ]) Q ?
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"？# \, C4 U2 ], V! h7 k+ x) E
, `5 N* X, i* r/ J6 |8 \M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. * t, T0 z) N/ Z% w2 c! B& X( A% E
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。 1 \9 J8 Y6 w1 Z+ r& M- Z7 N9 r+ Y$ h3 q7 B
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ) R) K! M6 N3 l; x, j- f( R( c7 J& E6 w
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。+ V5 o' A8 h- ?$ `$ o
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ; i5 x8 y& Y: p- w7 } & ?5 h. u( A+ y% L4 WL: 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 e& q2 l4 g! p$ }/ ^) a% e) n$ q' T5 i; u7 }$ ~8 m- O
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! + E1 ~- \. K9 ^. I9 q: K; t/ I1 G6 G, S3 D R! O4 b) W9 l
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & d8 n% C$ T0 b1 j8 Q; @/ |5 D4 g9 _$ h3 [1 A% v, H4 \6 m0 ^) F7 v
M: Ok, ok! ; q# ]: T7 t7 b( t 5 p7 V2 h; a7 m5 z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。 * s$ X+ k; I- I1 n [2 ]8 lAudio as following:$ S9 T4 I7 L: N+ g4 r2 y3 ^
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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。 ' p% F- K9 c! e: |( W4 a. P9 K. a j1 v, F4 p' {
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. * c; t. E) s# L! t+ _ --- I f**ked up my history test. " [% m* Z1 X3 O3 ] + r/ L; [0 X& N4 v 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 " S- r4 k2 p- W4 c0 o) f& @ m* q" |$ U" m: l0 z4 I; y
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! " Q! H" j b* F6 [! ]9 E ---- They f**ked up my order !
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