[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。$ i q) D. d& Q2 s2 m
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 1 W" i: j4 z, ], @& z' q: [) s# P# h8 W! f1 M! G
M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.0 m7 |6 l( q3 k, L/ B+ h
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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。5 O5 x- r& H/ \$ F
) }( w1 m6 \" X$ N# v: IM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ( T1 ~- B; l* {; `0 R , E# W4 R/ P' u( O1 h# o: PL: 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？ c8 `& X( G |) m) D0 Z/ L$ E! I Q' s- z
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." I' e- o! X* [# ^# @* A% H! Z
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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"?$ g* Q1 q4 C+ C. F9 m8 _4 Z
. F& l& B6 N# N; @0 p: W' TM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!/ f G3 ]; j9 I+ g& b# S) _8 z) G
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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？! J" y: {! `6 l( B1 K; q
P- {4 S1 q# T6 xM: 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 J- ?" M2 B! F+ @5 S
3 a. B9 E# J& B$ @: C3 U; A uL: 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 H D3 m) X a8 a( b L% r, M: K
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M: Please! Don't mention tests!) s N1 W8 S7 I0 Z
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 8 [' ~5 F" O4 K$ q $ U% [) m" A% CM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!' w; {3 c% K7 I- _
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？. Q8 |$ y9 ^9 p t( k1 c, 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 j& F' t/ H) H# Z8 M . N Q, N8 i3 z3 U8 r- qL: 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？ + _, ~( I9 C1 @6 c. b5 O& j) z3 `' D {
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. ) {% i1 q; U4 V$ C; }) E* b6 X : B* Y/ \5 s: O; eL: 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"？2 x( G$ K. h* \+ J+ [( r+ I S
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. % L* k/ A& B( @% N1 l* Q 0 W# c' N4 ^, t% ^, e1 xL: 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。3 U) i; |, c4 y* J, P) c( v
4 J, g# a) y9 S+ z1 G1 |9 s6 r7 ~M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! - w, I0 Y# e, u' P, C' A q) l3 \; ~; k$ Z* v2 J6 c& A! E: XL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 3 v6 R" Q/ o2 v8 s4 Z6 l& J( c6 U* u; g }2 _
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.! d+ f+ z- |+ R G1 i: M: O7 Q. S
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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？ " ]" K2 h' N# h* z7 @! k$ P ' o2 g, @% a- T$ a8 c/ {9 JM: 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! 7 U7 N J, P- H9 i% {) H0 ?$ E# S# r2 _) D' t1 n/ [$ E: V7 K2 x
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！: W/ O; I! U$ q) R( a% ^
; F* C1 J2 |2 V; F8 `: s( Ebomb 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。 ) c7 w! U0 K6 m' ?2 w+ k# K ( k% o( ]. y/ _ B' g( K) `2 B“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test./ o) X4 i$ k- q+ P9 O Z" x
--- I f**ked up my history test. $ e4 B/ A9 K% ]) z 2 P% a5 Y |5 g5 T) X) _, B { 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。( ~/ n" j- @" u, v
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