[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。 & o* O; I: q3 K! x$ R% M3 p; d, h/ U# L, s3 f, K6 T
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 5 D+ F" W. [- i+ @ $ G+ K4 r7 b) L9 w }M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.2 E d/ ]' N" K. W( h/ H
8 j6 s! v- I" }0 a9 Q9 `& d. v# d+ FL: 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。8 W2 e. H* @5 W- k4 v7 d* O
6 F0 A8 C- h( m0 @* _( z, B! s) EM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 5 q" x' c8 R( c W$ G5 J4 \ o6 H1 p# v$ ~1 `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？ " i- A8 b! B5 j6 k% ]' t9 u, g$ ?% ^6 C$ I2 x: w
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 D+ ]. x3 N# r3 R+ O6 g+ @ J, b( i 4 c! u3 g9 N t0 v& _1 zL: 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 i3 x7 j% K6 B
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " N" E& t, i- Y4 i7 A8 |: B8 B7 S: p' D6 J3 K* |/ E7 E% f' q
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？& f3 F2 T8 L" T; o
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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.7 P# a: V; V: ~. u. F) d5 X) n
1 d8 S8 G. f; Y' I& P( wM: Please! Don't mention tests!) [, E0 ?% ?( S. h; p$ h/ b
, x) P: K' K9 a6 vL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ . }2 L! [2 i) Q# Q4 O7 s: V, @) h. I1 F: A
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!8 `& l, L3 K) y* R. b/ c
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ n9 F' u+ j0 s) X" ~" o 5 }$ H. [( Q% f' }9 d! W6 \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." " F( R+ l0 G* z* ?2 [9 D& v1 E8 ~
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 }& s0 h4 @) ]
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . T9 I& ~" B' ?3 l9 s0 a- a+ S% J0 {3 S/ x4 b
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"？ 6 O: x, a1 ~' q/ ?& |3 ^& t' W# T; F. \. m6 T. s; R6 |$ K
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ( p2 i6 O2 u( f0 p2 |7 G & r ?$ |2 h& ~0 Z* HL: 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。 $ P5 G; v/ I% j! [3 ]2 n- X. ~ 6 F5 M; ~4 a4 sM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! # a" _0 P" s# n7 B9 L, k8 }# v & Z; w x; G+ |# [( HL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。! `1 }9 D7 X/ _# g9 g8 Q
9 o. A/ ]4 v7 [8 Q8 @6 N* ]M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.( A7 p7 B- }( I. h- L
% {5 o H& |. X6 _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？ 3 H9 D. q" h# j9 C* Q; z 1 X/ v+ V' S' L; r, A0 lM: 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- R3 |0 R1 Z8 V: A
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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！ - k* [- N3 @% A) g0 X - }! f' ~, M9 }: [+ @M: Ok, ok! + }4 X+ j+ |4 b7 `$ Z; t$ U ) o$ |, i% K% s* H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。$ H8 t/ G2 M: D& ~ j
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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。 2 p7 U: m' _/ u+ I' u3 ~* \9 R) G+ e' j; j k9 W/ ^* m
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.3 f$ H8 P" O* y5 v8 a9 A0 u
--- I f**ked up my history test.# c* z2 H& n% C+ Q5 Q1 v' c3 D- m
8 O4 s5 f2 Q: d& p. z% t' P 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ! A9 u% b$ ^. e( U* I D # o, _- ]# t2 w# q1 t2 Z " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 Y- a- ^6 x- T# j; U- K ---- They f**ked up my order !
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