[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。' L9 i U- f7 C/ I
U+ i9 y/ Q) d7 V1 [L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 4 \; K. y5 O* z1 D% n2 h4 G $ X% z; C# V4 S9 n- JM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.' ^/ C8 [# a, n5 `+ Z( @
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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。6 Q( e9 d# q# j& B
5 j5 }( A; z7 i$ S4 qM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. \" h* k$ k1 J" j4 {* Z F ~! v M. k5 d% q e- M( 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？$ z8 C, U q8 v G+ d3 \
# {7 k& g! q' _7 VM: 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.4 m8 e7 Q8 i: D, Z4 l. x. T
: P/ M! v# @9 c* J; pL: 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"? . H6 F: x" O" C: ^/ _ c2 p* O* `3 m# I7 h9 U
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!) e1 w7 T: i z1 D4 h) J: N5 C+ h; v
2 e4 K. H2 f5 B' }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？ , {. n7 v2 c4 {7 U# F/ \. j7 m, t% u. S8 B& z% w% v+ u' D7 \
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. 5 G% D8 y% \# m W# h+ `7 b+ b# j( M( b/ @& Q. }
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！: P4 F) ~; G. |5 Q
# L C P N8 ]5 wM: Please! Don't mention tests! : v+ x6 u) z" B0 }7 q& h - a3 {# ^* ~ A9 u' PL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！) S5 [& ?) Y" p! Y
5 `8 d/ c; E$ r9 w9 [4 @M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 4 @2 e; A3 C5 v# q9 u/ D5 ?, U, Z* }1 H5 k! |9 W% y
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？: H0 n7 \- t+ Q6 D0 p/ P
$ T; Z5 u9 V1 J; P0 \- [# w, B# rM: 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." , O& x, P5 H' r 5 Z3 O1 G& K! M. s5 K- x+ o) _9 pL: 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？7 b( [- P0 g! h4 h7 ?* W
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 3 I6 Y; M; D3 J; d$ X2 ^, i8 y9 e- R: n" H/ d7 q' i+ E
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"？& z/ r2 z& R* A
) \' u8 ]5 @& Q0 R% MM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ! ? ]1 Z" U, H/ ~" ^+ F! x5 f* x( G, L, J [: ~) s! ]
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。- y3 U% A; _. n K
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!: h9 R4 I, m; ]1 H' X
* D9 `4 b% Q+ }+ b1 }L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 ' ~: H- f: \8 v# |% g2 w+ s) D$ Q7 \, \7 k9 f( {
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.9 p$ h0 o6 P' L
9 e: I# d# F3 |% S4 {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! 4 V7 @$ ]8 _+ w5 d5 k" [/ t0 v2 H/ A t- L
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！% Y2 Y8 r2 M! A( ]$ _! a# r! T
! K9 t+ ]+ [' nM: Ok, ok! / g* C. E* V/ D$ i% W/ l ! X% Z/ q- J# C2 s- p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。6 H8 W/ i2 u5 p2 V8 o0 D% j4 u
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6 j# k- q" G; y) }& B$ J! a' fbomb 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。% I0 d8 [/ c' l
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. + V3 N0 U7 C* {! u/ O: P --- I f**ked up my history test.9 q& M5 [& b/ t) r4 S! P# F
; F) ]4 x, ]& i$ G 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ( P8 f/ w5 ~0 B& S' Z ; L% A" ]4 W8 r* \& |, E " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ; C: \( Z4 z) D3 ~* z& Y ---- They f**ked up my order !
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