[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 d8 p2 l6 ?3 t! K* E6 s 4 a; |+ a4 d# ]2 ]$ p+ AL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 " j7 f" k0 L4 n' A 4 U7 m: Y- h" |% B& b, D+ @7 q: sM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 h Z" K0 n1 {# F# H
/ z. l2 Q; P' Y8 d: u" E9 zL: 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。 7 G7 W) ?. x# Z! d% m- X2 i; t/ I r6 |' I" [$ A& R E+ S
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.; O0 @% t5 n! e6 u2 a' F' M5 U
0 A# z) L' X) d. y, {, tL: 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？$ O1 S& u# s, H5 F8 l% q* c
! n# z- T1 o( H9 R1 YM: 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. 3 y& y( A+ ]; F6 \: Z/ L2 g - h( J$ \7 _6 A& aL: 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"?3 J8 x1 f; V; g4 V/ U
) q, G% F$ ~% g1 |, P( fM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!4 Y6 B( o# @: `8 w9 }/ D
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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？ - i+ A4 S6 L n4 N8 \ 7 l. L' d9 L( F% g5 bM: 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. & |% `9 s+ {9 j: L7 i2 I4 i* J( W* o6 _) `5 D% Z& J3 T
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！ ! v4 o/ x+ o6 i7 h' x 1 u. f9 L5 ^6 y6 @5 [. V$ rM: Please! Don't mention tests! 2 f7 G( G: u3 N ' {( p4 G, W3 Q9 y! A2 o$ BL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ' o, e2 K! T( z0 Z) L- V $ y& l! l8 w. B, C5 u/ q# I% ZM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ' f- o8 h& C& r; D* c7 l $ m3 s: f) M* G# ^$ Y0 mL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？1 Q$ k. h/ w2 ?+ }3 p0 p. m
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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."# o9 c. w; L* I* O
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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？% n, T3 y6 H1 f. S
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.7 Z8 c0 i y+ Q& u& z
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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"？; M8 t4 h. j, i
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. / E% I8 d0 L' [: b0 A8 m! i3 [. j! ]8 P$ T9 x H" t
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。( v* g7 ?3 F W; z# |7 P" W; N
4 F7 W b2 X$ w; H5 h# @. EM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!$ M2 g9 Q0 M! R+ [
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。! E) \: g2 D* t0 C1 s. i. R
2 N7 ]9 U8 @0 O2 B) f/ r; XM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.% Z" Z7 j% r( F7 Y! y4 q& b. ^
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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？* x2 _9 _( t# M' b# ]# S8 W
0 u2 Q+ m. j" R& L5 ?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! 1 u3 K9 u* [2 o+ y! @6 k & R, G' M C( B' y# |8 F, `7 jL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 2 P" ^6 U% G. d( |. m5 l5 T; F+ t% y. l+ m v z8 Z
M: Ok, ok! 9 T3 \* [, d6 i- x0 w N1 `1 G1 T/ P0 J5 N. [
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。 * ~$ L( s2 g2 L9 oAudio as following:# r2 \" T" p5 j% Y* K
4 C( `3 U$ F7 ~$ Q0 u' B* pbomb 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。 " |$ f$ W; H6 |4 J+ l' ~! y" X7 M; o6 e6 [$ ]7 l) M# B
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! " c1 ^- n# R+ `. `% l- x+ s! J. f ---- They f**ked up my order !
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