[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。 0 Y% [" {; h& I# N3 u. G; G 4 G- R$ o6 |$ UL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 8 t; c# I \8 u @! b, t: i; L, E, e6 T% _5 d6 n. n+ Z5 H
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. . n3 G# R1 Y! W$ [ 8 L! b& W& q, n2 DL: 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。$ q- p' M4 N, d* V0 f
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 7 z2 K5 A/ b5 m% i6 p$ E4 ?! b ! T9 `( q8 P9 b: @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？ , s" K# @6 i+ A! o8 ?& d7 e2 s) e7 r: W; Q( 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. / c. k7 Q% I# B" y. J0 I) Z& m2 y q+ H D2 y5 d
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"? {0 J7 a4 c; e# H+ Q. q9 ~ , }2 g' \3 ?& Q8 U6 m' GM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; q, J& x$ l& P2 Y& E- C. r" i, P# S4 ~) ^
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？ + f8 u3 d; {1 H% A) N% ~, O . u* s& |/ L$ K! Q5 j. i/ X( S0 \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.) B7 _9 N% {9 g N
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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！$ P& W' L# J6 |5 o. V2 C
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!+ |: z# y9 [6 _9 o3 Z. d
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！1 X, @/ H$ J" }. G% K
* ?7 c! k! S, Q) y8 |M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 2 Z1 n1 G. P. H" b; F! ^3 ~# o% [" \8 D( O' [
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ & g' V' T( E6 z7 p% X3 b e; t* m: U1 n, j' ?* h9 {* a. ?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." % `9 U' d7 t" i7 |* H2 _ 6 r% g0 a6 N+ f4 }+ ~1 P( J: Y# {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？4 r6 `2 |* U7 \" P
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 6 E, w- Z) i- n' j7 `. P# _/ e : T5 { t7 k E2 b( EL: 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"？, t k. `/ m" w K) C4 D1 {" k7 N! N* |
: j" y0 Z7 Q8 Y q i% o0 mM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. / r: d" e9 k/ K1 t: h; g $ p0 Y4 t, [5 ^( gL: 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。 " R. C% ^" _# Z5 B n5 U+ N B* f* `# g& J8 Y/ EM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ S3 e% j# `* y, G
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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？ v) ?4 x- S8 h$ t
$ T3 Z( w8 U- x' \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!# R2 i1 B0 F" |+ W, U
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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！4 e3 {* _* u; X8 f+ l& K. _
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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。 , G0 c+ @/ g& a f% dAudio as following:5 z5 O) I; E- O( {4 L, @" _1 _6 R( l
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 3 x) O Z9 q! V$ M8 U# _) p/ \: V3 F& @/ o& k% f3 {$ T5 ?
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! ! q+ c |, ~: D' U9 C ? ---- They f**ked up my order !
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