[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。 9 d1 N ]0 B k$ M. ^" @6 R* S/ a, ?3 e- E4 A9 j
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 # R% Z& q% K" Y; `4 Z1 ` . N0 J% \5 U" K0 wM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 7 ~/ U1 t N. m' R 3 G2 @) O1 m2 A# ]3 L; M2 p: 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。6 y) f& p3 |- o* R: p+ i6 Z
' }$ Z+ }" h0 W% U* m# ]' P# bM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.- U0 e% y! G2 \+ O8 X) b/ r" c: P
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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？ , ` ~5 D \) G4 H0 _" F ?' c: `3 x1 D
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.' m2 |# K. x5 s/ C- t
0 z+ Y& Z3 b _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"?* E8 E; X5 M' Z; R
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 5 H6 a- |* f" X; C1 p" x1 }4 m/ K, ~9 C& m$ o7 H
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？ : e! f: Z+ E5 E+ l y$ {) M! o: z4 Y2 A9 s1 f1 B* o1 }
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.7 _" a( [$ t1 e+ G% ~
; G; x: ^# m! ~" NM: Please! Don't mention tests! & n! Z- C+ X9 A5 U) ~9 @' Z# k3 }
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; m6 p+ X; y N! d' {0 t 2 O6 Q2 {9 q) J, n; M0 S1 IM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 4 ^; f# D9 L4 C5 k& P. O- h7 F3 s; ]$ H) f8 Q; g
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ " x T9 ^4 T% B 1 R/ x! @) l' V1 P s( AM: 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."3 g2 l3 [/ u J2 E0 ]+ ]5 l4 y& e6 P9 {; A
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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？ . @+ j9 E) F/ q( Q% m3 r5 _ ! U$ f t& O; w" u: d0 x) r6 VM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. , j- w9 C+ R$ l) R. [2 { }$ b4 E1 W% s4 p7 v4 `* `% D+ @; @
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"？6 y0 G6 m: _: ?2 s) p
2 X @: k* Y1 S( VM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ) H" F( F6 ^, q, d l7 O/ p: N* _$ f4 h8 OL: 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。2 c; _9 a$ U+ g8 W
) U( z; ]" A: f+ M/ X2 Z& A; BM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 3 d: d \$ S* n4 D9 L) y& e3 `6 s: X* [$ g$ m: V, j
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 " t. G1 ^ W; V# K; W7 X6 f8 F6 s5 F. r& g, s$ ~' k
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ' P2 r! G" K' T; A! t4 s) d' `! q. s; K% s" D+ k7 ]
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？ % R$ r% ?" e8 W% m! E9 k) [9 w+ ~7 l/ L6 F
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! _2 [+ ~+ H8 Q [ 3 B: s. t7 t& H( z' o d( T# G pL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 8 p) a1 ~" x' J E: B + a' _- c1 |* W3 q8 x& X; QM: Ok, ok! . ^- @) n3 V6 k 6 o) h/ L# y9 {- @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。 ) e" Q" e: R6 z! i( [/ \Audio as following:3 @+ H) k y& b& J
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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。: E4 O* n+ z+ _: X$ f- G
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. 9 G' S! ]6 Z5 J4 L1 n, ]9 x7 o7 z* } --- I f**ked up my history test.& v# l" @& a' ~- O
/ s8 ^: Z0 n* H @* i 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - ?0 @/ [' p. l2 r, d; H( _- A# l1 N4 Q0 B7 I& x C3 X, o( n/ _
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !8 J+ H7 } s' A+ g: O! y
---- They f**ked up my order !
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