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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。 / Z9 t u2 p8 T& P+ [4 g" } " s& k% [8 A* zM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ; @/ c$ O9 I4 T C6 S: \7 @ L# W
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？( y& r9 |2 N8 ~, c* h
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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.. y. Z4 A4 d% z6 x: w, V
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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"? ) t1 Q8 u) g7 C' l ( e; T0 D7 S' F9 O4 E8 @' f1 mM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! , Q P3 c. s" g! W$ p 5 \) q& t8 x" Q$ \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？( ?9 O6 o, _9 k$ I7 G) c6 _6 N
! j6 |+ k8 \2 c) k& VM: 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.% |, {' n. b3 i0 ~6 s5 L0 B& _# J
8 i F! C0 f0 f3 {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！ 1 ^; g& B+ p. p! t( v ! ^7 x9 P! u" m1 U( g$ RM: Please! Don't mention tests! / X- n2 F; R$ }) G / N% j V/ }$ p. \' kL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ ; j! P+ N7 Z" ~/ f9 t: F0 j! t2 \4 j1 I* v. O
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!( m' \( U" E- L/ H8 `9 e# }
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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." 0 ]9 ~; P. ], Z7 E0 x( l/ s0 ~ : K1 s/ T1 K/ s- U( x9 ^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？ ! {; [. @' z3 ]' R+ X ! h* w/ J: `8 V# {6 U- B* k- V& xM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ! W" x7 `' x: c. B" A6 j, {$ u# @
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"？3 z7 H" i. J) [
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain./ y. X- O) n8 S) p, V
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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 t6 [- ^: i$ ]( d4 F. ^! z
r/ Y) j% E5 F7 q: q6 TM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! $ Q$ |' K) A$ ^1 F; d' ]- k8 p# w% Z& f2 u- W' {) `
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 3 P0 u+ l3 a9 D . O2 b% T' x3 ^$ s+ QM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 5 V' `. m. H# f3 P( x2 `) j8 U( P# S' A; ^ x' ~8 C; `9 m
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？ 4 b3 @/ K# @+ q" y0 H 9 u# o' D7 U1 `3 Q9 qM: 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! A6 c6 T: J2 G' t! D6 P& U7 ~- d; J/ G2 }% |1 n" Y5 W
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ , E5 E& O7 M4 O6 @7 `; ]0 G D E5 Q. Z9 H% t+ [5 y' Z
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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。 6 _+ M8 Q# ~6 l" Z+ zAudio as following:$ h2 M- ^& |! l: P2 K: P* s: L
, [& M! U( y+ R6 k, ]7 i3 a+ u, Mbomb 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。 . b. I( I4 c) y4 J' T - R5 e8 k$ W8 Z+ r' L; L) c* b, l“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.# \" g1 H4 E; @5 j6 A$ p, [0 Z
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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