[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。' B. Z1 g: L# m4 j. ]
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。& p2 g' o0 n, A2 K& H) h+ w" \
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ( s/ O6 N( G& O9 d F, w' X: S ]/ d a7 W% @
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。 , c4 Y. x* w- t5 G! F! g. R' i0 }8 k4 }5 g
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. & E! S/ d6 _$ p* e( l* Y! Z# a$ J7 t' n
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？ ) _( Y G* g1 G. r$ r! L e3 e
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 U/ J0 H `% s 1 i% G7 ?4 t& Q" n' Y9 IL: 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"? + a8 M4 K; @# e' J4 V8 T( Y, P7 j! ?) ]9 ~
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! " { O; @6 Q0 ^6 X- X' i% c" Y1 \) r& ]5 T
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？ 3 p# B* T w4 r0 {) C: Q4 g4 {" H* R$ g' g
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.+ n, _0 [1 ^: q0 x
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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！% N: Q/ C2 o. q1 l" }
1 V7 [' A% m$ @M: Please! Don't mention tests! 3 @+ I7 {- n5 N% y1 ~+ ^$ m2 t5 _" y0 `- O
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ : z: h3 _4 l/ K: J) ]3 b+ k- i( ~! M3 }$ P
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' h% i3 x# L% h: T1 P; j
0 ~' y$ a6 U' F& V; kL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？, U. ~6 V3 v- d$ C5 |7 T
" b) P; o7 h+ ^1 nM: 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."9 M$ t6 Q1 ^2 a1 D* R0 {9 f) { M- x
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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？ 8 ?. `6 q: o) \' S X7 S+ q0 [& ]1 W3 q) h `2 b* h
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.8 m2 M) L+ {% }& k
# P8 [" n; J5 n' 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"？ : Z2 Y: L7 x! q L ?# Y/ g" I, T# O+ \M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain." {0 a1 D0 e. A" T8 ]
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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。 : c: k$ X3 m% @* _! A' |) k$ {$ e" B9 Z- W- h
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!: s3 p6 y S, D; k. w" g* D
v& m+ H7 l# i. t' V- s3 i' f/ u# NL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。0 ?" j* v5 y" ~1 ^9 f
& t, t# U/ L/ H0 N4 ]& \* N5 gM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. , C' }- a' Q7 u ! x" I- R0 |4 cL: 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？! g* F% ~, Q8 \0 k" Z" @7 k( }
: l" d8 a* r* }! t# l) R1 UM: 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! & R9 G. I* h) e9 H" h8 i+ T- B; i# T$ R( [3 T
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: j7 o9 u/ E W/ G7 k9 B) c ! e+ H& S+ c( A. l! b6 {: Z) ZM: Ok, ok!9 V( c: p+ J7 t' }2 f7 \: m
3 B s6 }/ ~7 W" M( b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。 5 C q! L3 j- k* n7 ?0 ]/ M: l9 d, |Audio as following: 7 K8 v( ?5 y6 k3 U) W
( D+ P0 a$ H5 Z$ x$ rbomb 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。 " R1 e. V+ l: ?8 B * K2 ^) c5 y- l) C7 m6 G“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.. x$ `4 ?4 `$ l, ^; Q2 E
--- I f**ked up my history test.9 j8 ~# z) g) I8 p: s
9 ~: g. d4 X, l/ D8 \5 c/ y8 z 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( P2 i7 G/ U( I, o
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !3 t$ V0 f5 G% k1 L( z
---- They f**ked up my order !
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