[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。 . G4 ~. E+ }2 s7 Y+ |/ }- F2 J$ X! i7 L. x3 M- {1 R
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。7 P! }) Z, `3 u9 M2 K
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.+ U6 p2 Z1 j/ d2 W
; V: U( q3 `% ?6 m3 ]4 b4 k+ FL: 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。* A( ]+ \% ]8 n: W$ D9 k& U" n
: r s5 \/ z9 p5 xM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.1 I& t" B e+ \/ r) p
# A% {9 ]+ U, m+ NL: 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？/ F! Z- T! |8 y
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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. & d- ]+ T6 O( ]2 O " O* {# Q% [* g$ y# q4 GL: 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 b- ^% k# n, l$ {, R5 l6 v1 {* d# @ `) x0 t' A5 c a- X ?. D* E# ^M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! $ C6 h- L' R7 I3 v/ A4 { L, a + _' n- o1 q2 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？ : o. C" p* \. d * ~ _: X: [& i4 l& f- ^2 WM: 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.+ e8 X+ }. Y+ k3 B; L1 Y. s
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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！ 9 M: p6 [# f+ z- b8 |) \. w) {1 T( M$ O9 J+ t+ G; P
M: Please! Don't mention tests! & E/ N8 @- @' s; T8 M$ o8 y; V4 } e0 W, p$ E% {: x
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！; V( O4 D( y" {- C) Y
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 G- e" c" U$ U# t5 Y& `) C% N
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？1 @% E- _( b/ m5 y
% b, K2 i1 I3 L* |0 _" |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."- l# l8 ~$ t8 v# U7 p
) r& X$ j% L( BL: 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？6 n7 C1 J f2 M! F
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 6 w+ w$ z3 [4 H# Q* z1 V% t% v# y1 Y( d" }9 c" Q+ q
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"？5 }$ n5 y5 h7 C+ A
, f+ s4 N( }1 y& _% OM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ' a7 v2 ?' X0 w: q( @9 S- s3 N* a% a( c! K1 a
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。( c* {- Y+ V N0 {
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!. V% D. z& ?" ? T1 ?! a
' N3 W4 B9 K5 ]L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。3 O' h% S3 T! r' l# E1 P
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.: k$ O* v. e* [3 k0 k& c, O! J9 {
5 u: d4 p" z& L* }) F8 j/ }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？2 u3 D4 w! V+ ^; Y& b9 u0 f7 q1 x
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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! / ?; o3 W" Z2 L" L; \ 0 r1 p. m$ i% u. yL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！' Z, |+ ~% V6 I4 _- e# @
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2 V2 H% O) I% n4 _7 c$ ^* ybomb 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。 2 P6 M2 N1 b0 H2 a " L- k2 J! g4 r, E“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. / q8 }8 Q2 Q1 B- Y; W/ X1 d _% M --- I f**ked up my history test. ' r/ d0 J4 n# ?4 W5 x% F! y" s6 J, F: p
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 1 q+ {6 |' ?0 ?* Q4 h) U; Q1 W; ]+ z8 Z. [' B t5 F
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !% F: T, k: ^/ _4 M/ b9 h
---- They f**ked up my order !
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