[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。& ?3 `! ?2 _& L% H
7 f. |4 q4 z" \2 E iL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 2 z2 Q1 m: T* C! I: j# @ + n Z; T8 X; D: wM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ! i6 ^/ T1 w* c, \) n7 E" j6 N. x9 c
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。 - I o( A( w0 ]" P/ h P2 d+ N2 Y# `2 j
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ! F1 l* n3 {. B* } 1 ^1 f8 k8 r8 W6 `; U9 | UL: 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？ ]/ a+ u" w9 L$ }7 z* Q
; {. ~5 Q6 ^, C3 DM: 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. * Y% _* o/ E3 M7 c1 ^2 q2 z+ w0 a4 d5 l- j5 H+ f+ B
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"?% S) v+ v2 @. J0 T( D3 W
3 y3 _. t* J6 y0 X% E* W" NM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ' |2 E) ^% f0 L/ B5 q% ^ 9 I8 Q. {4 x7 e TL: 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？ 5 H8 o. K9 \: b" o' l7 y9 D# J9 H4 ^& G/ z% u
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& N q+ J9 S. \3 V: f4 l& N ! z, @: d( y; C2 M' zL: 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！ h& I$ U2 H; v9 d7 o. b6 W
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! ' `" {6 z4 ]& |, ^. A ' u( @# T% G9 L7 P! E: I! \L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ T; j/ }! B2 a2 _ S ; b2 v! m( h9 G3 w% O0 c' }# u) B9 U, YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!, z8 S( V2 R6 K/ S' A# A
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! c1 w- G1 R y) c7 U7 C$ x& N9 j0 Q& E; b4 _
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." ! @# a# C2 H) s) k% w1 |+ ~2 f- h8 o0 [- j4 R; L# [
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？2 X7 i2 S2 n( \6 C6 u
) G* ]# R1 z3 s- |2 b" CM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.7 C8 U. n# P7 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"？ * n1 r7 y* j) a7 F7 o * y. |' }+ S- B& ^4 UM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 6 O; J! s5 \0 f: K5 v0 Q& K) G1 H! I! {, I
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。7 E; D2 ~# i: D5 B% ?! t6 z
5 b: b2 @# w) K B; q; A! bM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!% V3 m, Z( m3 H6 M j
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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。# C- n/ L( \: Q2 V8 W( M# N+ H! ~
) M! S8 ~1 [+ Y( t% D- g- oM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.+ }0 C/ q5 k8 }9 ^& R3 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？1 A5 o3 X& c7 O5 v
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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! 9 y4 U1 M' Z% ~5 a) | e0 h- b4 i/ ?! y. ], d5 x) Y; f
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 @1 P8 C3 q2 f9 l9 _+ k- x. {. @: E3 a
M: Ok, ok! 7 n5 I8 p" c% F0 A$ d- _# G8 o: X. s% B( P4 F
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。 K2 O+ l/ Q& Z9 C) k5 @
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3 @% {2 `/ d: zbomb 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 u. @9 O1 W
" e; C) h* X# a5 L' r. Y“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.6 t2 J' Z4 v( s" u0 x0 @3 G
--- I f**ked up my history test. + G3 c% O9 F/ d/ A/ p0 O X+ ?6 y
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - C) _* A3 D) n0 [3 B3 K, B : ]3 x3 l n* s _4 a/ p* [! s " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! / v4 f4 K" {+ N& V4 ` ---- They f**ked up my order !
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