[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。 8 W/ m* {" X7 o* E: b4 `2 Q + `- C* f3 R9 ?0 K( g5 q/ YL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 6 b% K3 L) U3 V3 a ) R+ X9 I6 h; {/ G8 l3 d' f5 R' pM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. # u! E4 i- p( X. f$ c% a! e+ b9 q5 g3 J % M8 w, T: |: q8 w3 j6 R0 FL: 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。* Z7 t. G4 ^' d+ A8 K
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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.3 k* ?% F& A5 |
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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？( S2 c* y. c$ H2 G! T' z# v! {
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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.9 U8 b2 A4 w( o: a' c, m3 b0 }& A
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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"?5 M. ~& [( v, b5 n8 x% N
* B, k6 k$ D$ RM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!; ~+ r( e% h& g
/ }2 g) ^5 U, f2 x" C4 yL: 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？9 e) `/ S1 Q% i0 g
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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. + @- D* q7 a! E! @) o6 {/ q! o; x6 D" K# E' J9 T) a
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！ 2 Z" D% \, k. N" e* B+ W 6 T& U. D+ n8 w# f- R( Q* MM: Please! Don't mention tests!$ d, Q2 O. [2 f4 B/ ]
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ( f# @$ L0 Z0 D# H# j2 `! b# f8 @- S8 U# u$ o, u! R
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' y" I1 a4 b$ v
* M4 ~$ B$ J& Y# @, W) \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."3 B: J* `: O! M. P4 ]
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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？ * i ^, x+ _1 T' r+ I5 x ! B# s3 n6 g2 F/ P! p/ f, oM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 7 B% J8 q% W3 |6 Y# v6 |% u1 K6 h1 ?& a3 x/ f4 u6 n& h& N: a. i
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"？9 A; O6 U5 c5 z( [$ k
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain./ N! n2 U" \; u3 r* n
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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。 8 _' Z" t+ b, n7 |* x0 q# f " R6 q2 A, l% {3 V; RM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! $ ?. I: n5 Z$ }/ |) }( ~ 8 Q# }) b' f3 G% m2 dL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 1 Y. [ q5 T: D* I. V$ ?- |8 x& ~: h) _5 _' x! @
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. ( n& `8 L5 ?5 _+ K6 v' y $ J, A. _/ T; YL: 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？) X9 ^# Z. M# r6 S
. e3 t7 S* s& A! ]3 NM: 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! 5 v0 j( V, e# f7 N, z0 q" M# O 4 l. @& t# j: KL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 n: N2 ^. N4 n7 ? # _) E& j% f+ f/ EM: Ok, ok! ; x5 Z3 I/ ^" p2 q4 c$ ^0 i" G1 l. O
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。1 @1 N" G/ `# u+ i
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8 u. d' T9 _" c' y“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.( w7 U6 r' g3 P5 [* c+ e/ T
--- I f**ked up my history test.7 R7 w2 t! v4 O
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不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 , l1 \$ u' Q- J) U/ X . _- g+ h+ t' m9 N- y! q " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !) P: A* v7 h" p
---- They f**ked up my order !
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