d y1 l2 L0 F% H. CM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.# I4 A6 j. @: O p0 ^1 N
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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。& v* T3 m: I: G6 ~9 O. J
) r# f0 A. y9 ^ Y( AM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.! o2 d$ {6 f$ ~# k% Q7 F
; B8 P. `1 l; I/ X/ z! N8 O$ S7 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 V5 v; i% ?3 M M
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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. + o+ c! \- u# M6 D" E' i3 N+ {8 F0 C' ]+ ^ n
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"?# z: H& j* [3 [8 x, Y/ l& g# ~( s
7 F) @+ ~* [; V* Q* z; g7 r9 EM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!! X: n4 k, I5 y& Y; o
/ L& |( b. u" j, \+ UL: 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? : S+ H. Q: n5 T0 n! d, B5 G/ [- H; v
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. * j5 C5 h$ X: V7 q& p5 h, Q# ], H$ [5 T. {! s l6 `3 Z1 c- U
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!$ e. M* J, H B% x0 x7 N- s6 [% J
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!( {! {4 e+ \3 O k M" o
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! : o1 H( f c4 T6 n& e8 T" q / k/ x- h- }6 s9 q e- C w: sM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 D+ V( P0 k; G: i
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L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦? " e( [( V7 n; _3 K( e! k! o1 y: V" S" t" H* z
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." 0 ^8 |, A) F2 a1 L' o0 g% w, ]5 `0 R$ u
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? % G9 l" Y: u* b8 q2 W* f0 Z- {6 g/ S% Z$ x9 Y' N: R5 c% k6 Y6 X
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.! d J* K) v' |9 A+ q3 ^
: Q+ c$ k) T" O( T; c; oL: 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"? 2 O3 { |4 i" B5 _ 3 {9 l* o+ r6 y8 w% BM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 8 [! l+ i, q s- f 5 o! E5 @6 d, ^# J) P5 a: o* v: uL: 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. Q' j& C. M$ W7 @) \
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! ; F2 X2 y5 K- _7 ~2 M: O2 x m: u3 l0 h, b( i
L: 她就是那样的人,上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。! {) j3 z5 S) Q& ?
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. # A; |7 U: @- X! y3 s5 j- P # I) @' a, }# ]* h; g& s% zL: 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? & q. a2 V& I1 `; H1 h0 u0 k0 S & h2 k$ z2 r8 ]9 d* G. wM: 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!5 D8 \+ l2 z2 E$ N) B
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bomb 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。# O& Y' u0 I C8 S/ w
$ j' J. e1 N" R7 X' E# l“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 2 P- G7 w4 ?2 \! U0 b7 S+ } --- I f**ked up my history test. ; O4 X* J" o" |0 q6 w; N 2 \2 `% ^6 t2 T; i* O" j: @; f 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 ' P1 L5 j; l6 s6 `# K k; y. k! [3 a
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! % ^2 q2 X" Q4 a* |5 v Q ---- They f**ked up my order !