[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。5 y+ d+ J1 L- C w3 ], u7 F+ g7 A
0 F) Y! ?$ ], g- `: Y- p5 X% T( k% CL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。$ Z6 [; c' D4 i
2 `- c+ o! y0 ~2 c2 jM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.8 m7 t( `+ d* B, u6 a0 q; R& x
( i+ i' K' P8 y/ o% iL: 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! t/ Y6 w) ~
2 i; W4 z$ _/ hM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.. y- S# L3 H9 |5 h r
4 d! j$ K) ]; Y/ A; EL: 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？7 \6 q4 _2 X7 h6 V; b
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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.$ _( ]) w5 C' P6 f! u* I4 u
7 W$ [% r& S8 |0 \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"?+ k% l. e, V1 t7 s9 l& w) ~
0 i( H% l/ \' jM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!1 F8 [2 a, H8 u2 k/ u# L
# u( x7 t# S+ ?! V& v* h1 HL: 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？/ ^6 V( V8 z% }$ x6 Y5 A
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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.- `2 F0 A" F, g/ v$ ?2 M+ ^, o" N
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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！& L8 q6 }* p7 J2 ?0 J: y
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!% `. W7 U0 Q" H( Y" d) Q* c
8 k$ w: G/ x- `L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ " g7 V/ L' E0 R9 B k9 S" } ^5 E! a" G+ r9 V Z
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! " X+ e, ~' U8 Z# O8 |. P6 b7 {* B& k/ |- C
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 5 ]1 Z: m" z' F* g, ?1 w2 K6 \6 y; w. t% i" ?
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 m. X5 M0 V4 O, j- k+ X' A- }6 J- F& {! s
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？ & c) Y6 f6 A. x, N% @# A( U) n* _& z' j& ?; [
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. " W% Y1 R; q+ D$ l/ c% k7 k" z# l! Y5 o: @0 } 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"？ ( |* v9 T. C) Z( C , ?9 `) B+ j1 y% l+ ?) [M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. + Z, z) l- w4 U& `# L 0 v: h! `- [) t& y, eL: 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。 ( ]. J7 s( S& l. [ P( c2 Z+ [% y8 T. ^+ D+ C# j$ {
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * ^. h. ^9 d. q3 c! x* w) [9 n: W- e6 l/ q4 \
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 & q) y& \" C) ?8 v- Z6 n# I8 w. _
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 9 \" w; N9 P* s+ @$ d- l2 E. N6 }! z2 w: {
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？ 3 G- X' M. O- P b4 J) a: J# J/ b* [( \5 G
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! / s. F+ ~0 j$ j" U) Z9 ^ & g2 m# A! N" p, b0 u5 r& L% V: e4 n% _L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！3 [2 J& p3 D/ {0 k5 s- f: I
9 R1 {/ o. r2 Z, m: VM: Ok, ok!$ [4 o- t# V1 Y' p! L
( z j5 n! Y* {2 @+ f8 o5 i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。 : H7 `. I& e. i2 C# y3 uAudio as following: - C) r$ p j- z& X
# P$ ^ f$ q& k% x5 s' a# jbomb 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。8 r3 C _: c6 Z
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.1 A) P$ H) \1 J! j' A! ^
--- I f**ked up my history test.3 @: T2 P+ M, ~8 [
' {4 R' E5 v8 ]! a! r 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 y$ K# F; l6 t & H0 B! O$ f0 U& U* i% ?. x, m " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! & X) s/ R1 i/ D, [ ---- They f**ked up my order !
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