[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。6 g" v( F, m* T: Y l; R. V4 s$ j
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 2 H) S% |0 h) e5 n" G! c& ^3 t ?" y* Z - T Y- v E7 D2 BM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 3 V& w8 ?6 F3 k( k! e" T4 B9 h: N
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。 & r9 N3 y* G0 i$ H, X3 O9 Z* Q3 T
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark./ x6 [, x2 s2 U$ E' B% n3 j
9 f9 Y8 T: T. e- T b: I/ _6 BL: 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？! g4 J! J2 v' P8 I# ~+ M
7 {3 I P3 c' J' aM: 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.+ n5 e) C3 Z3 |. b6 q" _: H+ V
1 z, m" H4 _9 e0 T1 d6 E1 k9 L, vL: 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 i& e2 S1 }) [% S9 G5 [; k% ^: r& r, S$ P2 q
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! / D$ E1 G6 X: t+ e 9 U g; o/ e. q( ]' dL: 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？ 6 y9 s+ N3 j6 L* l# O. S2 p; {! H: s- U) p) O1 U1 [
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. $ r. Z2 v$ O+ L6 L% N8 }: X2 n- F# {7 B" x! ]2 m
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！" D; Y* Z: U3 Q8 M3 A4 K; m3 Q
" W1 z+ Z* w! S6 WL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！& F) F3 }( E2 t+ g, B
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ) E: f# U; L! }0 H; s+ W* ~! X4 ~" K) n 8 M* J1 Q, A( ?; G& k6 U/ _L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？: D g/ Q5 Q' ]- f+ q
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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." - Q; k6 m& `" e1 {2 x; M( G6 e5 r! K" E% q
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？ 1 d: ] g, l4 ~; V8 ?4 m6 L! a 8 `+ O* t& M3 r9 gM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.9 M( I# L( A, t. ~, k
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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"？ # O7 ^& E# S6 l. | 0 W) ?3 ^4 v2 UM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.8 a9 [1 a3 G+ B& a4 n7 I) `. `1 v
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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。 d8 u4 ]* }' g) s* N/ \$ [. K$ Q
2 |: d" c, E% u: LM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 3 J" R ]4 Y9 H0 T1 q8 U5 N- U7 I- d* N
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 : Q. M" S; M% z! h' N7 E$ _2 A1 W$ e X: b
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.4 {! x. e+ O6 p# [$ 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？ i# ^4 |3 c/ P8 Y2 D / j2 y/ q* w6 `/ yM: 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!# R& M) B, @/ o8 S- N# c( B& {' T! Z, B
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！" ~' b, ^/ G5 }2 e* e
3 x) W6 U9 b' Ebomb 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。 , e# Z. x4 Z& Z U) R& | ' F; ~8 m/ T% r8 ?2 [“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. " x. O N3 ~1 [. E- g4 o --- I f**ked up my history test. 6 C8 k! _+ e' f2 E1 X2 Z. n. d" p* y" W& h5 K' }
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 0 \4 d% q: W) b! ], o; x# Y ---- They f**ked up my order !
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