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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.6 d: L1 C0 P; j/ V5 S
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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。) K. m, }- L& j7 v1 j0 U3 `
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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. 3 E6 n7 k. B1 d8 o! L3 A7 s' S * x6 m; l T' ^2 @0 f! q: O8 BL: 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"? & f6 Y; l1 l* B" X$ {- w! w) k" _
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!9 u( K# S6 A2 Q5 {
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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? 5 Z+ @2 Y9 |7 ]8 W6 J7 @& z$ w0 o/ q. X# z- I( z
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. ) Q+ }" s, y8 w4 z2 P; @3 A+ ~; k 4 q8 S/ E/ d: z8 z" Z2 KL: 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! 4 t- e& j2 R5 `, X1 e 8 D" I* r- e( }% h7 V0 f% {M: Please! Don't mention tests! & `% A1 m& u9 S" M5 q3 N( o( z9 a0 e9 h* _6 j' N. Q
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛! , H$ s6 A6 E9 ?/ | 9 L6 S1 C% v4 O$ P, H0 ~" SM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! , E) |: U2 n0 w e1 |9 p$ \: r! w8 h4 A2 I, a$ J* C7 p6 {; R( x' m
L: 你说什么呀? 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦?6 W9 R8 E7 O# x7 e1 n _
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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."8 a; S3 _8 K8 Q$ b& `
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ( l4 {; Y2 A* V; l3 r- x3 L& o& R . e+ j8 V1 ^% S$ ~" y( R- s: q* N; P5 X2 AL: 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"? 5 k4 l5 a( G9 S& f0 g1 |7 H% y % H7 h! U: Z8 M( u% e9 yM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. & Z1 @" R4 {1 a' B8 a ) m9 V, Z7 ]: k0 vL: 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. i2 k& [' p
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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。 9 e7 L9 O+ _/ `( N [8 _& Y 7 f8 W# _! { ?M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 0 }) w% K, n% G6 r8 t3 |' g * r1 m; y! ~& {( WL: 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? : w9 @6 u6 P7 |1 }" \8 [; Y2 ^! d2 P$ P z
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!) l/ [$ I* P+ F1 w# H" u8 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。 . k2 y" k$ g+ OAudio as following: / [4 h& U2 _$ `7 t; n9 Y4 |/ E
$ V% n7 y( C* F" M# `& Sbomb 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。 / Z" W, P+ w- y3 @( I/ h" `6 ^/ X: l6 W2 g4 R
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 3 |6 V4 y( u U/ m) g- x4 ^0 _ --- I f**ked up my history test. - c, U8 @# ?6 M9 d. x: v) E5 q , d2 b9 P* M) m) {1 G 不用 I think..... ,而是直来直去。 . {# A+ o: R' }+ r7 z8 ^( A2 H( Q) E7 A) |/ \1 A
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ' W- o5 ~6 |: \6 S$ X7 D( U ---- They f**ked up my order !