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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. : Y/ m: |$ G1 h1 J9 k$ B3 Q & l* p( i8 ^& C D+ 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。 - a% X; o5 j8 w' h3 }$ |$ s& s1 h5 @. b. t; s
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 h' Z; q* ?! q8 \ m! W / E6 v+ s1 u/ x1 rL: 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？/ e: ]+ t% S8 {; ^3 ]
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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.( } P6 D( y* Y/ l5 @' O
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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"? @: v$ ?( ^- O* U) h; k' Z' \9 F* y+ _4 c( e Y) g
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!! z3 O" s' g) T" {5 M: u) E2 ?4 d
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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？ ' e+ v% ]. w' M/ Y3 q 8 g2 M4 Q* C4 [6 r. [# G5 wM: 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.1 Q. z* W' W) {0 G# ]
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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！: P; H9 i( O g# Z3 u
+ {: b L+ @$ [% P% ZM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!5 ]5 D! `; e3 z
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？$ H$ Z3 }; e, ?1 ^
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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." - k6 I: i4 B+ u8 [6 J% n8 b$ W; X0 {7 V- q+ N+ p1 ?
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？ 5 P9 {0 Q/ B: \1 j! o$ U* R* h) [% o1 H) r
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 3 J& ]/ d1 S) ]# U- I 8 ?8 m6 ~+ @: r* ~3 ~$ Y# u& A- Z+ T6 ?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"？ # A( a( g$ g; J: h9 [" z' z4 g" B) e/ M1 L! v' u
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.% v$ v. R# n- n+ q1 T9 j3 L
4 e+ ?/ h% f8 A) c, y1 G$ WL: 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。) c& o2 l) D; {4 w: ]) d, h
1 d# ]/ |3 {* o9 d rM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 3 h4 E. B8 W1 d$ x. I! l- J $ N4 w0 z! e9 E) j! }" @; QL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。0 Y7 E3 h, O2 y& L9 v6 f( i, U
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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 u* J5 O& J7 s( j% I
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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! 8 t! K m$ H. B& i& T- e3 R( R" C0 X X
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 4 d0 L; z. F- m9 E y* F7 E; N1 K- s- U, jM: Ok, ok!3 y( G' q2 T5 w! t% x) ]% T1 p2 R, s
/ q6 R9 ]! v9 |4 ^) \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。1 M' f) B @8 B
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--- I f**ked up my history test. , M. k3 Q) q; p7 ?. r3 P% J+ P3 P9 Q" R! t9 ~7 m
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 H: e4 n/ m/ v" s( ~5 c1 G' N$ U5 P7 [* r5 Z! y
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !! s+ x: ~$ j, n& R% W" g
---- They f**ked up my order !
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