[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。 6 e: c; W4 ~; D2 ]! p, S: M4 m9 i s% C I
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。7 ?' y0 o6 }1 e# W
1 N: V" S, ^6 YM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. ; p$ n1 Q+ z' ~; o- `# M: J0 P% J1 c7 b8 {% H1 Z
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。 @6 |: N; N/ S9 q" l 8 J* Y3 Q- C7 i6 X' u r( ^/ iM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.; T, O: q* ~- l% f
& R0 M- P! p, {( ^( V6 JL: 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？ ! @( @- w6 P2 F9 p+ r ! N# e: @: [0 UM: 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.8 i# ]5 Y) l( Q
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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"?- N1 n" b5 P2 W1 P. u5 Z
- n9 O- D* _2 ^7 f m" E6 yM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!) K3 T5 Z( k* A# [+ q
/ ?2 E- I4 k% |) m' }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？ ! p% u$ Y. h, U/ H4 G2 { ! ]- V H4 r1 H/ _) B% r4 sM: 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. ! F( b. q- Y4 o8 }2 \6 Q3 k0 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！ & P% h1 {2 n/ G * \/ C: x, E+ S8 VM: Please! Don't mention tests!0 \- Z' [- R6 P
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ) M A% H0 ^& E6 f4 [/ v, I7 y9 P" L2 W- o! D
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!0 `! I4 l. z# [
9 }$ H$ S# t7 F9 q( a2 M" A; WL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？+ ~; p# Z9 w/ M' q4 G) c
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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." . U/ Z! u' A6 j- U1 G1 i- }; b j1 `
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？ & Q( O# N' f* W$ w4 h, @ 0 {1 Z2 q. S$ e# T9 y# I( `M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.) B/ ]2 e. Y1 h
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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"？ 2 s; k2 K" i8 ?7 M j- `; [: p' c2 Q/ ~, Q! v6 c5 [
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 6 Z# P& C4 W& j: ~ P 3 K5 {. W' y1 o9 i$ z$ wL: 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。5 l$ ]& I! I+ G% g
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! + n0 p9 \; N$ I6 ~; h; |) A8 Z1 Z+ D' i2 l3 z) [3 w
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 4 d7 q- z4 O! [3 E H. j- i$ |& I% v8 W& F
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.& Q5 U u# ^8 m/ C" N
* c# j1 ]7 e0 n0 U) ?( E+ JL: 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？ 6 z! b8 u+ J5 g! Y! O) N: ?0 @: x( [/ s& n( ^) V
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! " m& {5 k. T2 B! U3 |5 Q( Q+ }; v 0 ^" S; Q# N) v* iL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 ^* D6 t% i* t Z3 ` S \3 @5 g4 c3 M! Q
M: Ok, ok! ( a, v6 \; x8 V8 |* r0 i* c2 L 4 o4 ^2 k- @7 ]7 z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。 & S! W5 t$ [6 x& b& IAudio as following:& B5 ]# [# Q3 @
$ A' s! ]: U, S“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. * q: y5 L$ a/ {; `2 f$ j; b; u4 q --- I f**ked up my history test. ; [" Z3 h* s( h. \* d ! G) C0 ?& @" e; d! T 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ; R8 q8 `9 W9 l) h5 f, G, B2 {2 Q* P$ y: K q
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !6 G1 p% g' |( e# Z) C2 }
---- They f**ked up my order !
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