[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 b. p1 u( y" C: K4 a 8 G9 }( Y3 p& w& v. ~3 ?L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。9 y y# |+ o! B8 K6 Q& s
' h0 Z( `. p2 E; c- ]. U NM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.9 `8 w% p0 ]. d2 x: P |6 v! O
* m3 B2 G" Q4 K. L# q. {5 VL: 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。 ' V' l- U; y. Q" s, j) e- M& T4 d2 a9 G
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.6 F( m, t. _# k. ?, P$ |' E# ?1 T
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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？ - |' ?" X4 M" L# ~ : ?# L- R3 L. nM: 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. . H- t1 A- N9 M: z0 s7 ]3 l/ K# q % s) h) `) x! O* c# [7 K8 jL: 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"?6 e5 Q) m1 m9 @' _9 \" e
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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! 8 G; j0 j' O/ k& t9 C/ T% u 9 s0 }5 G# H' @) \& VL: 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？, F6 z1 j9 J) R Q
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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. , b1 Z# p+ O x6 {8 o4 B7 f. H5 F) f4 O( u; u, c/ @, ~
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！% e0 F+ D4 V! n1 z
( X" I, P* w8 F4 b2 q% Z0 @M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 1 y. o( ]3 q# ^: J7 a : f7 S; `3 q; H% I' cL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？6 \( B, M$ x3 z' o/ @6 q, k5 N, O
a6 }. x% X u& X EM: 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." ( \. o; P1 x$ E2 ?* Y 5 w l3 |& ]7 b' m) RL: 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？ + c7 F' T6 a$ t/ H% s9 A* t6 b/ S+ e- Y
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ) U; } I& Q; l. ]! Z , Z+ }! [- u( f! q8 C, r3 mL: 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"？ " ^1 T2 K1 r& H' i* k5 G : O' W0 M/ ^ N. X2 P' iM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. + s/ Z6 n3 e; w* ^9 F- l: x4 u+ `8 z8 [+ v; R7 g" D1 Y
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。. J4 o1 A& T2 ]; {. h7 V% i7 }
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 7 n5 |+ w* U! [! G9 q3 }- C: L8 S, F: H! f7 V* U# O
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。8 a( {2 Y F: i) w$ m# u
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.# O9 z+ E; K9 Z
8 t7 q/ K6 k s: Y. m. [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？ / j: W; u- T3 A l4 y, T4 ^, _8 R4 w$ X. x( }5 {
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!% F2 ]# v# f; \3 e% Z; s/ Z
' _% ?/ E" T, J; t“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. % W3 U" u- }4 z4 G --- I f**ked up my history test.0 T3 N K+ M% X" H
4 z6 T( m ^" f1 k/ o2 k& k5 F* i 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 0 D7 `! D7 Q* r6 Y# m5 ?& r+ |2 e: j+ {) `% `- `! O5 X' z
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! * @" h4 q4 g0 X2 M* H7 |* I7 p/ o ---- They f**ked up my order !
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