[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。 ) E' O! w0 H2 a' K( J/ z % Y2 T' a# |2 V [, t0 W2 nL: Michael, 怎么啦?你好象有心事。- X1 C" Y, m9 M2 V3 Z2 y R* a
; S1 s {) [3 u1 ?- y! D7 tM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. , k3 O! C0 \6 v3 O" y: \( w$ t: I; I+ u" j$ k4 E7 f6 j
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。8 P! p- g/ A1 _# U- v- A e0 |6 h$ O
; }4 k w% k/ {5 s! `/ z- Y: EM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 8 k9 v) t$ L' l 0 ]' @$ @& e7 ?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? % A3 J, o! W6 Q0 i- J1 Q 1 s, c; [/ K9 `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. : ~4 c. y1 ]+ h/ {9 |) D7 ?" f) `$ c4 T0 q) x
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"? % T( ]8 E6 a6 R$ J- C$ s 1 P1 L4 V3 B! qM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 7 o* |* d& B ^; @ - z2 v* G4 p7 u; k9 e8 hL: 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? 5 q6 R4 E! v* x$ x: H; S I5 U! f7 Y1 g' j1 K# Y9 `6 U H
M: 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. ( U% p, s# l& N) y8 }# A 4 H; [% K8 q/ }8 `! {9 wL: 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 v2 {% f# a: }( t9 R8 ~0 \
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 5 W8 f+ E7 E' d* U% E# h. ]3 R& ?2 \- a! _4 G+ u$ q, O3 K! U
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! & W) d7 {9 ^, K( u" _5 z 6 d4 r; R$ T: hM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! : F% W' s6 z* i+ D V; e/ ~5 O1 V( o! L9 ~
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? + Q2 g% [: K# k) X0 c' E* m& {5 E1 U* d7 ?& z$ e* w5 q
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." # m" K3 Y4 ~9 `1 c# U+ c2 p; s( ~% j6 Y& g3 s1 C/ i
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?# B# B0 }1 |$ ?( d6 c; U* \/ ]
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something." {; f8 r( m' z, }0 j
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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"? ; t2 E8 G3 t# y) K* c+ H/ f3 l+ t- O$ n8 U+ q. g! N
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.' t: S/ e+ F0 v, N& ^. j
- S2 o6 q- G" r8 ~- bL: 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。" K/ t( F# N. |& \, a: Z1 k
( ~3 B+ X; a5 ~M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!$ J* |9 i) ]2 m7 ]
. J2 ^! t0 ^8 _L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 o4 b v8 T+ `7 [; V6 ~
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& e7 \# K! F8 y6 ?
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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? ' M& }: Y; b$ |" \5 c1 t! \4 K, e" B ~+ H0 x) A6 B; l
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!! L2 p) F+ A: u2 h4 P( p! }: u
9 X, k0 \# O, D ]: sL: 这也算什么倒霉呀!没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了!! g' P0 K" Y0 \& N, `' j
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M: Ok, ok! 0 o/ V1 s* T( o+ C) }$ E' d4 N1 a+ M& z/ A5 S$ c+ x
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。 ; E' M( l; L( ^( |5 hAudio as following:$ O$ [ P: s. v2 f }% Z
4 B; W9 b- R! P7 [" z- p( M0 [8 l“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 4 `6 D6 m' f1 m/ e --- I f**ked up my history test.7 Y8 s) g$ l% F: z7 W% e; |
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不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 6 F) u5 z/ |, k* U. K3 u7 _+ O' t0 U% w9 G! c( `, b! x0 n! F! O
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !) r$ h5 N( X% J! Z/ w* F5 l# U
---- They f**ked up my order !