[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。. h( D/ }% o& u0 s+ V
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。& d8 v, I9 [$ Q/ e6 O
2 k# H9 V; f$ y- |M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.) A: J% S! p& J" B
6 x) M1 ^, A/ N! X3 {8 {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。 " U& O2 T; M. B2 o, L* A/ | # p) b1 Y P1 F* V8 E: SM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 4 e9 F8 \/ }" `, Y3 x0 g1 h" }, b0 }+ o
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？* r. E0 ~& M/ Y$ N7 X/ p B! \
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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. & G- Y7 ]# K+ t6 |# S5 e# L/ d0 m
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"? $ s2 C* \2 k, W; R6 w ! m, @9 E4 l! v7 Y O& l6 AM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!/ A K- Z, @6 r2 D
- `- r( ]! o- z' K0 LL: 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？ + a+ F8 x0 j3 @' Q9 N6 s! @) m0 ]! a3 Z2 M8 `( |/ P, P
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.4 p$ ]1 v: g. o1 T
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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！ $ W9 T2 v- }3 z1 g* W: L0 M2 a$ B- K# Y [9 |
M: Please! Don't mention tests! " c8 w3 C8 j* L0 @* ^2 p W J; F$ j/ r s
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ * j U6 i: S% _8 q! ~" [% y. g! t1 }" M# B ~% g' U
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!9 ~" j$ Q# S% U
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! X4 ~- J0 f5 O. P" r* K% n9 d 6 }* ], P* A& b" `* B6 v9 _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."" N' C! i' s& O6 [) Z
1 U: ]$ K8 q/ l' m9 w6 `3 HL: 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？ ; W4 J+ F6 q) a " R% J+ K" i8 _M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " o4 f% x B& Z! t S- F5 A' s# ]- \, Z% E, }8 d+ M Z/ w
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"？ " g9 C( z) _7 t2 C% X0 S5 Q2 t( s# C6 u6 j; n' N
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 5 i# p7 y$ R2 G# }9 P - C; `3 L3 K+ ^/ F; ?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。 # G4 P6 V* V" L7 }1 [: u& a3 m& B* L( x4 N) B5 R* n1 f" s! Q- s
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!) ?* ?. ]1 [* N- E. i3 k
& d* W6 p4 A [, t" yL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 # u) i/ ]3 P- K+ H* B; w( J& t - @ `: i( } M8 g4 Y+ QM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.: {) q$ Q+ k) K1 G) d4 u' D
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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？4 i8 |3 `- |% ]5 j
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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! 3 H, E8 [+ o) j( m2 l. S& D+ z2 X* k; _& T9 Y1 @: z' y
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！0 G( P4 P7 F1 H/ ]. D/ q
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M: Ok, ok!, X+ M( f8 B- B) _$ G* V9 ~5 }! A
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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。! U7 ^/ k9 y2 t$ J L
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