[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。$ N; R& t5 ~) i! A P
1 l& r5 \1 L$ p# ~7 A% `L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。/ B+ d- T' n( D: a- H- r
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.7 I0 s! y ?: i6 }" O
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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。7 R2 ^; j3 O( A7 l
5 J/ ~8 d0 H- [ }M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.6 {- G! \; f+ \
+ I1 c* j9 R+ b; P" lL: 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？ 9 [0 P8 U: d* M9 N" m4 R0 |" m. D* ~+ b: o1 N! \) y
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. & M. X Y8 Y" ^2 C8 y$ y, G6 y- I& m, P9 R3 t4 S3 m
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"? ( o6 V! ?0 D, P2 x5 H% h3 V4 Q5 ^+ g/ f3 P3 p
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , s; t8 d: ^1 X. o) I' w3 t: g0 \/ B" S/ @7 i
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？ ; H+ n( c7 Z+ C; i0 W4 K/ P- D1 h1 G3 P$ i* I8 |4 [( C, w- r
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. 5 [9 ^9 B; L- q3 M4 |6 j5 }5 f; S0 b9 z8 U# u
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！; o6 F" ~% @, h% t1 S2 o, P% B
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! ! E+ [) ?, n8 k& v' f0 t ~8 ]* A) J$ @- ^4 M
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！: h! ~# U- w4 U% U) d3 j7 w( K! j
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! - z8 K- E" U; c) g. | ) a7 M1 Y5 @, V, FL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？6 K4 j9 }5 O. \* v- D' O' c
$ K+ h, c. }$ J" A9 s2 BM: 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." 9 T P3 X0 l' a1 x" l$ Y; M 1 N8 k, N: x6 m9 a8 bL: 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？4 h" j6 G8 ^3 ^ ]* A
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something., X) ]" N0 U) S! X0 }6 l
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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"？- F$ S3 L( B& D3 g
, G* Z& S- y: W6 PM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. . H* J/ J' x) T, f9 k9 C2 k! c3 k" B; W) [6 A: X) @
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。( s6 R7 l" _/ @
% P5 [1 i5 S- k/ |4 eM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ |0 X6 q& F" o7 }2 W6 \
# C& r3 Y+ E" i& P8 I3 f' R" PL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。4 {$ ~1 P! C/ l% y+ C
6 b, _& n$ o! q8 ~1 mM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 6 K/ [+ S, e+ E. g% J4 [3 l2 W ! h/ M( @$ f. i+ ^# f1 zL: 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？1 [* y$ g1 |- t3 p" Q! d& |
' r4 E8 F$ B1 V, R) T. L! l* }; _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! 2 p$ r8 ^: {# z+ U( H 2 |. c! ^, f# d0 L: C9 \+ X# PL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ - P) e0 S0 @; f p5 z2 L 5 O2 i! `0 \$ @& |2 iM: Ok, ok! & ]5 S0 N/ x, z7 q, Y" ]! G9 p2 f1 q$ {
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。 $ `9 |7 A5 N( O% m- p' eAudio as following:6 o0 _" O, W, T# ~) ?
' f# {" Q% s# P7 e9 E6 h" ^$ e" Kbomb 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。 5 z, y+ }5 B! C+ c% ] 7 C3 V; E2 m. Z( {0 S- |“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ! v4 U' |- I6 s+ c/ t$ \ --- I f**ked up my history test.; ]* }/ X! H/ Z7 K' Z
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" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! / d) ]; T( N5 e. e ---- They f**ked up my order !
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