[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。 1 `/ f% [9 V( ]* G9 e9 `' l6 I/ Y7 o8 Z% \; o
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。7 l. Y: \* [& S9 V; o
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 0 K6 |8 }' v6 I: d6 R7 L% `: E7 I; H
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。6 F( P* z; E( }+ d6 K) \% ]% V
8 W% x7 r- O6 L |0 ?3 D8 tM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. # G, B: D* W ?) S ( h! L9 E9 T# S$ M" O8 f3 x4 E/ [4 E1 GL: 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？7 o+ i( G3 }! K# j
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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. ( `6 ^! E1 J- d: J" ]2 b) _% w5 ^! d {3 o
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"? ' L) v1 Y/ h. S* j- p 1 D1 Y( N- l0 ~6 P BM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!( q1 I! j5 v6 f/ z: S/ K: I3 J9 r6 T
. L" n4 y9 I; K; s, cL: 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 B6 ^- b' \6 x" q$ |+ v
3 t5 i* b% \% B! TM: 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. + s' M3 k& e1 j1 n5 F' A3 Z" j- O: k5 `4 U9 K2 s$ N
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！ 9 T5 z# R- Y& l2 g: i$ y5 ~% o$ t. N' {5 Z9 ^5 d
M: Please! Don't mention tests!4 D* T8 h9 G! f' w5 I; } z, [3 Y
. j- Y$ x5 E5 W% \L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！% e, r3 b: E8 o& T2 `. m2 ^
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* H( m! ?! F6 ^. O4 M: E
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ , J3 V& h1 F% M! @4 w( c, M. Q& E7 |$ `! K) c( y) f8 w
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."$ g; n; k8 L1 s# }& k
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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？$ d9 y* r4 y4 M% m7 S
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 2 u! y0 o/ Y/ y) T x8 j6 i1 y5 {- v' ^/ x rL: 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"？6 q8 q, K7 P- B/ N" I9 s
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. S7 _3 n1 Q8 G$ E8 a
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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。& M; C o3 W6 @9 q/ Y8 j/ u
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!1 D4 J% H k$ j* f4 c Q) X
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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。* t+ e0 I4 ~# o8 \5 W. Y0 z8 u
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 6 N" Z! E) K* D- u, J2 g' L7 H" q, s4 ]- F+ G5 ?
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？ $ ]* y) ?7 N8 b3 T( a3 U& K# l3 l
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!5 e, i' y" E& B% G& R2 i, G: ?
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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！ 7 G) f& l4 g, e v4 d5 L8 P2 A" V. R# L; K2 Q
M: Ok, ok! ! |% B p8 P- @( Q$ C9 f- H1 L' {8 {# R( O1 \9 |& v
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。% P, `) G7 h9 F7 @! w
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$ {" P/ t N# j% ^$ i. {: H( b0 J! 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。0 V; m9 {( |0 Y% L0 O- A6 o# [6 d9 B
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. $ D+ D8 _$ x* T. k* O G --- I f**ked up my history test., U" s+ W1 _: g: O7 u: u& a% Q
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 / s6 ]1 F1 p' a, R% r& Q* C, J9 p! }, J 2 G( p' X3 m! u+ i " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !( ?9 D/ I, e% t* u7 q. Q# m9 D. E5 L% F
---- They f**ked up my order !
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