[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。 ; W' ]+ Z" Z# U1 z5 H/ k- {' u, b' m+ z
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 6 L! V9 }# h2 u+ q- N7 Y" o$ ] 6 L+ D; `6 i& _( EM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. + O" Q! v/ {5 H ( y, p. Y4 S8 C" d0 ^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。 , A7 {% U L- s0 v: g5 Q0 A& m$ D 1 }* c7 Q' o8 X: o4 Z7 |M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark., F) ] R X. u8 P9 O& ^3 [$ D
/ x1 U( r) L! h& n, @7 M9 QL: 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？5 A4 g' r. K* _/ t( E" k" @5 ~
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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. $ N+ j! n: N" w+ Z" m S : Q7 D! h% W; G9 I3 w yL: 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"?4 s3 [2 K# J1 G' m% l# h3 q2 [3 [* a
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!# u: L1 V' c( R- B- x
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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？ . \+ A, [2 e7 `) W8 u1 p" e9 G5 j ; B+ R/ j2 @4 u# h2 f/ O4 Z: e8 W9 aM: 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 ]) F. b. L6 c% f; I3 E. k- ^+ z; i6 L4 P3 M$ R0 l7 q
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！ , Q0 ?' H0 S7 a; U1 _1 e' W- ` v- [$ Q8 k
M: Please! Don't mention tests!2 K0 c, h5 [1 y( \. P# g. e2 t. e
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ $ R' k. ^4 \, H% Z b6 W% K, \- ]- Y& g) J% Q; e+ H/ l
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! $ [: c, E* r4 _, N4 b; W- R$ F8 K2 v& N3 w& H1 [
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？( O6 D, q, t: H
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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."7 a, n- W7 }, H5 f! J$ g G
% S# X- R' u. ML: 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？ - e& g/ M/ q6 e3 j$ X6 T7 f: g) N5 u5 @* q# A$ L
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 9 }; R5 q# Y* e: M$ c& T: H: } T& b! g! h' r3 [8 I
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"？ 3 X# o* n2 ]8 f. H& V& l 2 g: \6 Y! J, q6 y/ \ QM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. , j: i; {) o4 Z( n& V* ~9 u; c; K8 B( i9 u. w7 y# g
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 I: V% G q+ k+ P6 }% W9 q6 U9 ^9 I
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! " j5 _+ g9 h5 h- b5 C& U+ g/ G. G4 `6 H. r2 A0 z- {( y
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 8 Z; K1 o& P: @$ `, I% ~5 @' Y7 k @5 i' B0 x: Z
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 2 `" o0 X7 y5 n j + q5 t6 _ q( T4 }3 M7 P8 F; U# R* C+ YL: 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？ + ]/ a3 p+ O# G/ r q$ U : A/ v3 m$ X5 S: @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! W' x! J1 `/ @+ B1 ~! t/ |9 e5 ?1 W' ` a+ K
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 F. w6 n [# e/ ]7 J
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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。4 ~* o* R( k: I% \) Y$ s$ c
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--- I f**ked up my history test. % q( B5 [4 G# M 9 z- @4 L& v0 q% X- u( n 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - z( V6 B! G) l/ p8 v# i. N ) L: y# ]& d7 Z+ e* { " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 3 I4 P2 z& b+ d; Q: | ---- They f**ked up my order !
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