[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。 $ P, y' S* w5 V! T* M3 S4 w! y/ S/ v' q+ _: I: S
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 % H, C: h3 @' i. `& w6 \ ; ~! L. X- v1 o2 [M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ; l" M2 y% ~6 v4 N' |: J( \- W6 {. y& |5 ^- O
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。 + ?: ]# P. w) w' o1 A+ X # l8 ?: I/ J) i$ F) ^( Z3 UM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.% h' U5 e0 d9 ?) b+ O7 N
- J: Q% i/ i+ @3 L+ TL: 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？ * N. S' L& k( h% O. h+ C K l/ O. S9 S' s% n' L
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. 5 f0 u8 `1 o; ?1 m! \% U! ]6 A! Y3 @ q+ w. R R
L: 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"? ! X5 v, D' w% A. W0 o4 b" y( ]8 |. Q3 Q/ s3 Y5 X# k
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 0 Z& g9 }4 H& P$ i) O* L 6 r* h( r/ m$ Q6 l& G; ?: y. aL: 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？2 i9 p% I6 m7 B! G% q" M0 N
1 M. T2 F0 a0 w I5 W1 pM: 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.. C% [( A! S& [* u- ~/ P
^$ ^- [6 J! ~) d6 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！/ L, t; K3 b8 d
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! $ a7 w4 v& a/ ]9 h* q0 n8 U$ u N& p+ S4 m8 n1 B
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！) q8 _$ y4 A0 M; \- [
* r4 G3 Q9 ^( gM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 8 ^ q6 J9 u+ C3 P( b 3 ]5 ?5 o: ^6 N( }4 D; @ JL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？7 y& f7 {% m& `
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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." 1 ?9 u) \1 m' R& }% \/ \3 `# k+ t# K4 z8 C0 o9 M9 w
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？ ; r" O, g% Y8 l' ~- K! Q* Q 1 E9 J' E: N8 K! X; z/ N% |7 @M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. $ F/ r, @" p2 u/ y4 @ 9 g c, t) Y9 DL: 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"？ ! J$ t$ H2 w/ J, y6 B. G " u' k. z3 s. u4 \ [# {M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.4 q$ M" ^: F6 }8 W$ v
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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。# v+ R: |& r! z" L
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!' P) x/ q) q1 {+ Z$ ?9 H, L
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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。 ; }! F6 |/ h; S* t% \& P+ S! k3 X# y- `8 ?7 l# b' s- w9 ]
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. * U. h9 U& F- S9 u3 t; t$ _) e3 T* Q2 d0 n+ K
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？( d8 [& v' e% \1 c. F0 `
; x$ N9 @. c0 \4 g- b3 s( pM: 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!5 r2 v6 \; z* o) f+ X6 p7 h# 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！ / F9 ^! v% p, s1 S% \; w+ v/ v# U! e+ Z t U6 J
M: Ok, ok! - t% A# [4 ~. B# _, j! l4 ^& s) o) Y/ {/ d; q+ G, ^
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。 ; P% K! _8 e; o6 P& xAudio as following:" e- \% }" I% B- B7 ?
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