[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。 - Q* s1 p7 \% Q# ^ l9 p# a6 z& G8 [7 U6 T. D; t
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 9 h4 _9 Z, t( c7 Y, E% `: z4 o2 b # ]9 d% J9 q; E0 X8 C' ~' u2 @M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.+ E& k7 u, B# c: q$ L+ @
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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。 / c2 ]& M9 U) U. ]; n6 V! N, t/ C( i
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. . N9 g; O/ A' F" L " J8 D* Y, Z8 N% w& Y1 F' YL: 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？ M; w& N# k) Z4 b
4 M3 C- e5 j0 g- r/ ~/ G1 Q5 I5 ^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. ( }& B7 e; W0 x' j. {% T: X! ]! Z( |; n7 p2 O' v7 Z$ H1 Q- @' {
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"? 7 Z8 [7 P1 {! w' x0 s8 T) J& k* u. Z4 {2 `9 E
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!( |' l1 W! M( o# @% B* b6 p8 \: b
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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？% J5 y3 N8 l j) X6 T) T
( J# P, a- s, L1 k) }# _2 M( DM: 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.; a" d# C9 m& ^+ |* {$ V# E3 N3 j
/ b" U, l2 v. _5 `4 e7 M( i* lM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ) F2 E; N H$ G- A1 C a5 O : ^: |! ~6 {( P [& YL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ! k& }# j6 r+ L9 I, F - r2 X3 X* I$ @* j$ B% V S/ xM: 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."+ c6 a" U( H* J r& R% `# T
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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？! I# L8 d6 X7 v- ^; W9 W
- i' i Z0 |8 H) E' ]M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ! F6 D! c2 x2 s" i3 n) C . f0 \* M u" [5 u' ~- X1 gL: 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"？ ( c6 X1 |6 M4 Q3 f# B6 J: i$ T; o2 `
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.& A" x6 |3 N1 _
+ b% H) G& r. j9 C/ R( ~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。* n: k* a7 O3 a8 k* p* v4 M
3 C# Y- `/ e3 Y/ ]; C7 H( kM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 4 f1 I' x1 \" _! _4 Z6 v5 W1 g 3 s* V$ W O; xL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 w0 { `* B. N! ~. O$ \! T% V2 s
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 1 p: s& k" g2 [, x. I$ q2 r2 h 9 B! u6 Y8 S- |0 U1 OL: 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 u( S: Q) Z0 B( ]
6 [% h0 k! Z" z+ u- K0 ^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! # Z+ h! e; A4 p, F1 }4 p: n/ N/ q' w& s6 o1 {/ d6 t
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！% A% k3 b2 X$ |! f' x! f
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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。' e- g. G r& N( |7 _* ?, |( T& V
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ( E9 R0 ?' V% o1 D6 H6 N1 z7 q --- I f**ked up my history test. N1 h- N I9 O& i5 W: v
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。; d& r( r8 ]6 y" I$ @- V
. b" H6 |! ^0 o7 C9 L " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( _$ s* \6 {1 |& a1 u: p
---- They f**ked up my order !
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