1 {; v; b0 M/ GL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 i) k2 N% ?1 x" T( K* E/ g& L8 s
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. , U. f* l' u) |; B+ R; H 0 A' t2 i0 ]& |8 C3 `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。' T. a5 m. n: Z/ X5 ?
6 f& d/ p7 E; W& IM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 9 j) T/ ^6 u9 L% y8 H2 |# r' y% H, ~8 h3 B& W8 z6 z
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？ , f! h" ]( f" V/ H' i( U" g" L 8 g8 x2 ] w/ _' bM: 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.( U6 L8 j# f' ], _8 Y% e6 ~% |& @: i
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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"?: p6 K5 R. ]: I) E
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M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 3 f5 W" K8 {% p, @6 |6 ~8 A 0 O4 V H) ~0 W6 t8 D- PL: 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？0 f! _8 r8 N8 y, N4 d$ n. \$ `+ Z
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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. : v0 i$ L* J- ]. b; e& t3 ^2 z2 Z! M
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！3 K. H; I) t7 N7 _" F+ v, D
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& v3 E4 e4 E. ]) iL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ , f( F8 e4 C5 B2 T; X0 M% e* \: f6 y4 K
M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!2 k2 w; `! M' g: R( u" K
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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." 7 I `# K! i' K/ U ! w9 [: c5 v* a, b& N8 b, FL: 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？$ }( T$ E; Z. v/ k$ ]' w" `: H
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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"？ & Z7 }" z p' h$ ?! w0 k$ _7 U$ b# i7 D4 V, {/ b
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 3 g9 b8 S+ z7 m* E) m/ h I 4 `: b4 z {$ b+ A* \; ?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。 $ T/ ?2 z1 i5 a. T2 l; d + |. Z0 L z2 H' ?" bM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! - ~/ K. `: H1 _% p0 a* o 8 ]( a$ L9 o3 f5 J* I2 g# XL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。! g( i5 d3 g$ x: n& J2 w# }
% s6 B! t2 C! GM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 7 M4 d% G% Z7 h! A% G8 {: P: ?6 [+ m3 Q$ Y" K, G% m+ h/ o
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？ 2 y. S" |1 N2 n" n2 t6 J- a- h- T+ s4 h& 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!: ^4 I( X- L. H! {8 x* {7 F
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L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！) E6 B) c& K, q2 a* [ B$ f
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--- I f**ked up my history test. " G) V. F7 h A" U' _ $ r8 K* n- ^" S& l6 Z 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 5 v. ^0 M2 k$ q9 Z" [6 p- z) Z+ \2 w1 M3 y
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 ^5 D9 w+ z" C2 k8 \0 y8 N& k ---- They f**ked up my order !
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