[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。 * L9 P/ c. j& C$ b. X! Y 9 T( f/ X/ M7 v# Z/ Q6 [L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。, F$ |- Y. r. J; |
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass., l% p6 K$ A/ A
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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。 # m; G2 {, }2 }& W0 T ! Q+ J8 X H5 {/ D' TM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. / O7 A! e' c4 q8 m1 J4 ~- I+ N. X8 \6 J$ [
L: 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？ 4 A9 J; I/ G7 l; L2 L, f1 \8 h2 c& I: g; w0 [! t8 M
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. + Y8 d: m8 ~: k& Y* k h* H6 k0 @ 2 W3 q7 o6 ~1 z$ p9 y6 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"?, {" f3 N5 x( v ~* \# \
( I( S* w$ ~( g RM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 1 X& N* C7 \5 A; c9 m% V; U$ {& g: X! P @7 }( L6 U; ~" s k
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？4 W! {- o, F7 \4 X, f& C8 |
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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.+ G1 F& t T2 ^4 S6 O1 j' @
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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！ . u& K6 y9 ^; P- R3 W+ a3 {/ s1 b, K6 M2 l+ t
M: Please! Don't mention tests! . l3 H4 H( O8 C7 ~' B2 |3 Q0 E( J8 j8 N8 D& q
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！, s2 p2 V# a" N6 |8 O
& B3 b8 p/ X4 }: G, s1 LM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!/ e5 T& T0 P1 D- p, n7 b: r7 t
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？7 q) M* d l" f' [
; p. e( f6 W: Q+ ?( }5 C- UM: 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." 1 d3 w& @% O) ^8 u% i. ?2 w6 b# u7 ` 0 |& K8 O; t L% H3 c! ]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？ / i; }7 ^- v& P8 U7 y7 P0 y+ J7 o7 V3 J$ Q9 T
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.% ~2 u; e p4 X3 V. e9 p
9 X ~" R6 `& Y) K6 s% eL: 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"？ " A4 d6 P/ W* r( C% |' u # Z7 h+ G- l9 s3 ^! YM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 7 ^5 F3 i3 v a( ~5 J 8 N- @* Q8 k; y7 Y" a6 S. VL: 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。 ( x& z* G" o4 v( F( R/ U( Y- } ]0 v( e2 h) K7 u
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! - p ]1 o) R( t+ Y: o- y: K: c, G+ M- w5 r; v; a
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。% I0 O* S3 i4 [
; ^/ f' z3 P6 q& B8 d' jM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 4 e/ L4 I9 h* t& e9 A# f! z* w0 R5 C# w5 S6 O8 z
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？ 3 \' p& N S% C5 `: ~4 E# L9 `: n* O6 [& D
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! @( i5 t) r9 e+ c+ v4 Z
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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！% }1 \' o5 b* H% j4 B( |+ m* e- w: J
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M: Ok, ok! ! k" j! ]1 \0 H: ?0 T% ^6 i9 W& W" {2 q! b# e
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。7 g) ~6 b8 p" ?& g! c
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6 l# m. z7 N& F! g; ubomb 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。 * a& t- H" x q2 s1 k7 K$ t5 J% {9 R" C$ E- z4 H$ t
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.7 y3 O/ F: f' y4 c
--- I f**ked up my history test. 7 o2 r7 x2 z' n7 p( C2 P$ c) L* F0 a+ N! [
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 & r4 e' k$ K K! h 2 s1 V* i B* R& T8 U/ p3 q' J " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! - O6 s- m4 I4 N+ s) |( z ---- They f**ked up my order !
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