[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。 ( q, \$ V9 e5 Z! K * q( b! y0 P8 P! Z, Z( h5 C4 m6 RL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 # B4 [$ {1 c% h' A+ l7 a7 C, M2 O0 L+ Z( \) N% Q* ]
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 }8 d* |2 F' }1 c
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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。" `' H# a7 l6 O
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.0 V6 k0 k4 G% c4 b
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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？# @6 F) ^2 _3 K0 }2 `; \
& X# J* b; O6 t5 f. {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. 6 O/ v7 I6 s9 @1 K( @9 J5 _5 ]. K & t" e5 C3 ^, M! X8 t& x* S/ D' y9 d" bL: 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"? 7 t7 R5 x) _! s+ P. m. X1 F0 z6 e) D* A) r7 v
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!7 p3 v1 s, z) ^+ J2 M
0 P+ l; e% V! p$ t* M3 SL: 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？ + k6 C/ P' X3 ~+ Y: D# V & @- P0 U6 @( z e$ O' KM: 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! d1 M7 e# a+ O2 n9 R
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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！7 m/ \. b" F% a/ }
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! * W/ j* W/ g- \4 g2 r, p: S# T) e3 X+ }) {2 l) Y
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ . \' g6 I( e9 C- b; @ ; Q! I9 L" O4 ^- B. t9 A- g2 KM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!2 o, _( L% ~4 u1 }
; t6 @9 |+ d- J1 i t( CL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 2 E. ~* Y$ f% [, S) t p 5 h6 i5 K' R- y7 h* OM: 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 h4 H" P5 ~/ I# G; f6 H- B$ p
5 @; s& f) e4 f$ T, }' ^M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.1 E7 D }: w2 }3 a
9 ? @+ d" w, _- lL: 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"？ ' U. |0 z0 L# E- R% B! b7 S( S! W4 b$ V1 L5 ?0 O: o5 K- T9 O; R9 g- F9 p
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. - x# K5 d& O7 E+ J. ^ ; g& ~' T6 w0 M: {. fL: 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。 a( A( p" d/ i! L6 G 8 v i4 j$ I0 G9 g1 g# eM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!9 {) X/ F0 _3 P" H% [3 j6 K$ b
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。( j; t/ X0 N3 o. a$ R7 D: Q
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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？' u0 T1 U3 q9 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! 1 I3 b) i( N! |; Z+ I |% b9 ]+ [8 ^. l' R
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！" U C# D4 p8 c5 O8 e
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M: Ok, ok! " G& U5 B o- N0 M0 w 4 R) k( W6 c+ q7 \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。% ^' q T# P9 w2 a: g
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. q: u6 m, p3 Gbomb 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。: ?* s' e& a4 a) ?5 Y, I$ b
' Z) D4 d8 x9 j1 L# M2 L“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 9 t2 D, J. ]0 g+ @8 M5 u8 x/ J --- I f**ked up my history test. 5 R" Y1 o/ @! n, T( j: A1 S5 R0 o/ j" m8 w1 _0 e
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。/ m" O4 [4 {) G! j
) k2 q+ a* Z z6 ]6 z: O; M% c f5 h " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 3 x0 d! ]; t) u7 @( {0 R2 a5 t ---- They f**ked up my order !
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