% f$ s# K7 V4 C0 j) c2 bL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。2 S J# n" `& y& m7 |- S
$ W1 o6 R( {& l& c4 e$ k6 t/ VM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass./ e6 n& s. b7 u G9 Z
/ M2 @1 g# [, `6 ~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。 & J1 B8 b7 i9 o! k. D$ `$ q/ S. P0 J6 h6 a8 C! H
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. / N- m6 j) V f/ e7 [ 9 d W* ` a7 P* ]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？ # z: `! O6 E S" j9 p3 @- `% Z" L2 h
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." G: Y! G% F2 }
9 R5 ~+ Z/ z& y/ Q8 XL: 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"?1 E3 M% z ~& k9 o- r0 x1 l
* @2 T I6 _; U' |M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 0 B+ p- ]& r$ [. j8 p. i6 M( X, _8 T# @8 v# H4 c# {
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？ 1 u' ]. ?$ q o: q. E/ a! E' C" V 1 r5 O' c) {4 F" P7 q- k8 P) iM: 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( o* ~# {: B8 F% D
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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！9 k, ~& R1 N# @, J* ?9 ~
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 4 D( W3 [/ Y. M2 A0 i6 o# v 2 J( d- D i) V9 D$ h, [+ U- a/ BL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！7 P8 X3 K8 o7 k
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! ; x. Q4 P1 b* _+ F* j0 G + m; I6 t& i/ w- |8 X+ JL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？* N# N# Q8 X9 S# W
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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." 4 S+ F4 ^4 j& b' U7 t) F + H* m/ K( X0 u0 b) 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？* S2 `( \* B7 I5 [
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.0 _: t$ q2 g) x9 V: D" Z: `
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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"？ w9 p2 L# A& F
$ D. M3 n; E) Z& ^3 M: [) FM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. ; |/ |* r; ~1 @7 _! Q& S/ i3 ]( j ) K! f7 Q5 H" b6 J- }. q U; HL: 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。- c& i6 j: R$ x' y
2 Z( u: T: Z( J8 a8 UM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!! R* j' @2 E! `+ r, }
2 s8 G1 ~* q/ V/ Q" p% W* T$ lL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 `+ j9 B/ y' W9 P( Z4 `3 ~" A
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M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. # T# q. u6 l' g) n" m. D. c - {0 K7 f1 Z+ V5 a4 J o$ XL: 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？, S6 T% k2 V- d. L: I; x- V# G- a3 ?
, l2 J( C0 V0 aM: 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! # H4 Y! p: a5 D6 f# i( `5 k& V. e! ]7 x# r3 C0 M- H! J
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！7 m0 _' ^9 L+ @5 O
8 y6 ^* {* _6 ^7 {$ ~M: Ok, ok! 8 H; i9 R2 k/ P4 ? - I# a9 H! `/ W* l2 l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。 p7 f% s; @7 q( U7 F. r
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: o: m6 w! f" \0 |6 H " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 4 ]9 ], v" n+ P( e ---- They f**ked up my order !
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