[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。 a! z* s) s- L; a, Y$ B
' d0 A6 I5 ?6 y- dL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。- R' `1 \/ ?5 r# |4 S* o
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.# ^+ w# B9 V" L+ K* X
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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。( Y0 O m L7 C4 t4 B( j- }
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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. $ ^% ~1 G6 g6 }) L 3 }5 \: P* g& z( M* _+ Y* EL: 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？ 1 y; e$ [: w, G5 M$ v% M; h% T9 Q& x/ C
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. ' l8 e6 ~/ b1 P$ _% H9 N, x; y5 I; F/ {$ R8 y
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"?. W' n! B7 d! E: y9 e
1 b$ ]5 p! i& t' ]5 X4 T4 aM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 3 q$ |. L: Y! r* n6 o: Q) j) l: h" Y W) d: G- |2 E# N* a3 @
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？% p; L$ {) Q/ T0 H) ?( F# \% U
9 c1 X( a/ l7 S* h( vM: 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.0 e [( w; h# z
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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！ 0 r3 } j$ j1 j3 Y# G/ @( w, M* Z$ n; o0 p6 |$ U
M: Please! Don't mention tests! ( I4 \' w( @; [$ N9 y, ~" I( z$ E9 F2 s3 X' L+ L7 t& _
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 5 c! M Q" e; t. n6 r% [, N4 z6 t0 p2 c9 N* \
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!8 t2 [8 y4 F: @, } ?
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 6 u: M& k8 P$ i) U* w ' p" [6 U1 c% @- Z: sM: 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."3 f% p- q" }2 O9 \
0 h& ?$ t! V0 T M0 g' IL: 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？ ) r$ S% Y r0 n: S) }7 J* D) B9 }8 l
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ! s0 ?& W1 r0 Z# C$ Q: u2 G; E2 F @% U; s4 p6 g R( q. y: u6 [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"？ ' q I8 z1 Z/ l2 W, X: x; s7 F3 _ . g1 g8 }. d9 x0 a8 ^M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.( M; W9 v( A) w& x1 @
2 e* O% m9 e7 y! \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。 " L+ ^4 t/ w) Z4 R9 z U: [. P5 B x3 F9 Q8 {M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 5 E( Z0 c) B3 j1 y8 y+ M6 r3 l6 S* M; I: f9 k2 U
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。6 g9 A+ X5 W6 K* z$ K+ P
0 i5 Y' Y( t( V: pM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.. u$ e9 S, Y+ `/ V$ h
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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？ * `( g9 t& x" i4 {- K- ]) M* S. v, X1 j
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! ( ~6 ]* Z! p- F* q; S3 R. P + [2 e/ f6 k: @9 J+ n* I$ N9 `% CL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 0 J3 S0 k6 F' f0 L % Z' X3 f( m: W: S" _M: Ok, ok! ' V3 D- t7 a! w0 I* n! z; {' t `$ i! B
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。 + W r7 Y) z+ C+ a! _Audio as following: & a! S6 T+ Q" [+ \9 b. [
4 {+ _: E- F7 b/ tbomb 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。 ) l$ C! U3 G; r ' d* f( G8 {7 y [“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 1 \3 ]- i3 p# n W. N --- I f**ked up my history test. # |8 U9 U( C8 |5 |% X# S 6 z3 s7 o: S' }6 t 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 , u8 F% M4 {) A. h7 F/ w1 \ 3 l; }4 Q2 z( \4 h) f4 D; Y " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! / v- Y3 ?( n* r7 L6 T5 x+ g, u6 Z ---- They f**ked up my order !
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