[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。1 y3 A0 W" g5 _) U' O( y& |
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 5 t( ?% H% I4 V5 i {8 b; S( |5 P- ]
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 l1 s- g- z4 ~! F5 C) Q
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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。 , `$ ]8 @( ^' R/ A ( ?& O3 @2 B' ^" q" MM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 9 K4 Q1 \, e6 ]( Y* X s2 U# U9 P
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？ 8 g: Q- x6 Y ~! g4 A: w : F0 j8 Z9 o; h1 ^) kM: 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. 7 e) |0 E& W9 h& }5 k% T: u # S/ i0 } e8 v* `. V1 X7 EL: 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"? / h' F9 Y( o0 v3 { ?, `! @# b( ?7 j8 l. n: |( D
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!6 a2 z7 L6 o# n
/ e# C: [- u2 m+ lL: 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: }: o3 z" ~& r5 J: F
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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. - ?2 t, |' b7 O& M% {" _5 `0 U" `/ o# t) i+ x5 J( N% F
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！# A( a' E2 G3 } O9 s2 q4 @" i
; y" s K; S Q+ NL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ : X4 z. j) j; U2 i. o& d2 d. P' P$ O+ L5 M# O& H
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 5 o& d) a9 }) l' h* e5 t) c# V" t! p9 W s% t/ Y. y5 P6 }
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？6 o4 x) N6 r7 ^3 N" J6 t6 X- A
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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." 0 N* z/ b; s5 z1 _$ ?% }/ W3 x& n ! \, w% M2 y* OL: 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？" ]4 j5 m8 W2 O- I
! @% v3 v0 I: H. w1 sM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. / E/ o. E7 Q6 I$ B/ V' P4 A8 x. d2 ^
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"？' k" t- O) {: R8 L- v' s( x
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain., Z# ~. ~( L4 R n1 N H6 }3 y
7 H7 s+ N' o8 R0 jL: 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。 Q6 F* D/ e& B! C/ J5 o, x: u( p8 G: o& A9 w4 I; f b+ S% P
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" R: u$ J! |; s' a) R
, C" D- P1 l+ b' ~% YL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 9 ^0 i j# i+ s1 i7 v& }5 b% q+ q* e
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. " }* _% E5 r' z- @" Y- F: R) P9 N/ O- B/ {
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 B. I& g+ C7 d1 G" j: h
7 t) D/ j# ^7 g$ T. e" JM: 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! 7 M! z' g+ m& N: \! ] - t1 V y2 D+ t# J a+ RL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ & }0 i" z a' B. y1 t 3 ?" \( Z6 _3 A7 s8 YM: Ok, ok! ! j. v2 ]* n% E- q4 B: | - w# R( f" r- B1 v+ T$ x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。 3 z, w$ \ ?1 }6 f2 O1 C, RAudio as following: $ a. ]) ?1 Z' d1 G' F" u
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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。 7 h* V' C% {* H' X8 H# ~( @+ d 4 ^; ]. j0 o! t1 K* g6 l“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.+ p: D7 r7 f. q0 `
--- I f**ked up my history test. 6 z- J: Q% B; u) I1 B, ]# W! n- K- C5 l# U6 m
不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。1 M% Z/ H8 S' y+ W0 G
' u1 v$ l: U- R8 L3 w, P' i7 a " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !. m$ k4 |; \+ m" |
---- They f**ked up my order !
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