[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。5 c2 R: S- w/ S; c
# x: p4 U: o# t: M- i) r% M+ GL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。/ \! l) u" ^7 M5 X
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.- d V- B& A* N) k: U
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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。 Y3 V& X. _- Q- H' T4 Q6 y * x* B0 R9 f- c3 F' M, V) CM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark." ^0 l. x9 n6 u$ p, a7 p+ a
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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？ 5 p8 j) `: I- H0 {% ~3 C, U$ V" t/ p: Y& b9 _
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. & q9 w- j6 a; m' j" D 7 c4 F9 t; ?3 K' S9 g( VL: 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"? % P( R% v% C S: k- G8 m5 w% X ) i2 D/ j& I) T# }7 x: p" xM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!( V4 j' Q9 a# j! A
% Z* M0 k) A' o& Q4 W/ ^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？ ! ^. ?. j! b) j7 h" } : t1 s0 ~' w p- u, n0 [2 L* ^5 K3 cM: 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.3 V5 W8 M2 P2 ^
6 I7 ?! R. j: i. A6 @4 NM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ( q' V" X+ u! C* F. C % q! ~$ I A% _L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ( X; o9 H0 X* J + ^! Z6 T# a) u2 m% o. yM: 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."" U b5 W1 c+ Q" H, q* e
$ h" @6 U& a9 P0 ?0 _4 {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？ % P5 Q3 @/ d( v+ |" X5 n5 u: T: h* x# ?: H. f
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., L: f8 s! S" X( `
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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"？! W2 {- D4 y: Q+ J! o- @0 ]" a
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 1 u& ~2 S3 P, y0 }7 r0 K4 `2 Z2 a2 P" b% C. g
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。# t5 A/ y& `, L5 Z' E, q( @8 |
D! l4 _, _ q# W1 QM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!' q% g6 I! }) v
" Z4 a* Q4 |) o. r2 v2 g+ EL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 - H8 C) t6 J. @' C. C |" y) z/ b- p) _0 Y7 }4 \5 PM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. $ k/ J1 O' F# x3 g% I$ S3 @/ A! D5 L+ D/ p8 J) r
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？0 |6 ?' ^' J3 }6 k+ e3 U
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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!$ D. ?% K/ K) m- t, K! o% @
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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！$ e; M1 ]- g* a- E
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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。 . y( i# j& ^! ^" H7 lAudio as following:+ d: p" Q$ N6 P0 v- s0 E
4 s9 E' m$ W( }; M# p' Hbomb 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。' ~& `% P0 W+ v* m1 T
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. M7 K# g- q6 V* Q0 W5 v) V
--- I f**ked up my history test. ) f' Z- N# H# W, J+ b" Y! G, M0 ^/ e6 j9 q4 l
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( W# S H% J0 J8 f
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 u4 K! L7 `, X2 u$ @ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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