[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。 . L, R' t1 R. `) }: b! ~# {9 _- p: D i
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 ; B# c" S! q6 y5 z9 E) y 1 d' d @% r% e6 D$ p: j2 M$ cM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. & X+ a2 w$ X; @: Y9 M2 t6 }6 Y6 }4 b* g
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。 ( d" U* s: p' H. Y% i, d& K! R" z3 Y* m$ }. A: y
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.9 `) X7 @2 y! b; {2 S% c4 N
% V* P6 p. n- r7 L, G7 IL: 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？" V7 z3 _; V- A' ]2 R- S
( B5 ^- _1 v" }) WM: 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. ) s |( @0 F9 N5 x# z 0 c: k& _, `) @0 `9 Y- pL: 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"? : S0 b. T4 y7 e4 M5 _4 G |* t. F. |3 i$ t% y. s# E
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! $ {4 ?6 o% {0 k8 B ; T( Z1 K+ R1 Y# {# ~6 eL: 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？ ! I0 [, H& ]. _, l# Z1 ~+ C3 C
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. ^* d! N3 |' T( L& w) V+ r3 _9 T5 R3 D0 W; o4 v2 I2 b9 u* h6 S
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！; S5 U. K* Y8 O/ \. {9 B- P" Q6 @: H8 l
1 z6 e2 I ?" i6 R) W) p5 tM: Please! Don't mention tests!$ C K0 A) n0 j3 W) f7 Y
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ # o; d2 ^3 o" I$ [' u 5 X) c3 s" l9 |2 y7 yM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!* i# t v. k) t3 `* A+ a" ^7 C
) D& q$ f* q- I" K) [' SL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ( j5 g' }7 v/ u) L4 O5 I8 N* p1 n0 F# n: a' m
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."5 ]. f: v7 l! K8 Q3 ~' u6 ~5 A
. v& |2 k6 T, D8 w/ O6 \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？9 v/ q9 `6 G2 {6 b' m2 F" o
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.0 W* K7 e6 z7 @/ S
+ A8 ], j! x, P7 r9 ]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"？ % G; x" j9 O1 R R 7 c) U, V% h L1 C5 R) VM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.% E; C+ b: g! A
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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。7 h& }, O! H' H+ R$ Z0 I" b
5 t* D- p: _& y5 A: n; A" iM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!" O0 P1 P& G; l: }
# }$ g; d0 S, T" vM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.) n- Z' @7 t* L5 ]
n3 _2 N- K0 M" ]8 f9 ?4 hL: 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 v' [2 x% }' Y% j3 ~. d# j( }) O! B L4 O4 G3 E0 m
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!4 M6 \ f* l- E5 L" L' c: y
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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！ , F. H; x$ O% @: u% m$ B! r$ V4 [8 u$ r + _7 a% h. w4 e, L, lM: Ok, ok!1 e% y' Q1 a/ i7 D; C
6 |, n, o5 S9 \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。 + q& {. A+ y+ NAudio as following:8 W) c: m& O) B) N, D9 n3 [9 v0 p4 `1 k
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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。; c r. H5 _6 y3 `9 w% G
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.2 g* d$ h6 F4 s/ Q& t+ w7 C9 L
--- I f**ked up my history test. & \( t9 {, N6 _& [5 y & m4 H5 I. v. D7 h2 u/ n- l 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; V n1 U% e6 M8 h# C 8 V: E5 H. i3 \6 A0 l- S+ f " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !5 l l8 t5 c: a) b, T+ z! o
---- They f**ked up my order !
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