[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。 8 B+ ~# M1 c+ c/ \! x7 s2 J- Y' `% \) w# k
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。* ~4 l! Q% U0 L$ ?
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. T% j3 `! ?% {- W1 \: m& ]1 j, r: i6 { q, }( W1 y
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。) r/ z" |8 T$ y
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M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. ! W% k7 t9 X- P- Y% q! k2 ?- w! u
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？0 A: w% i4 `# [1 J6 l9 d) H
! g. e! m: u9 e% _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.4 l9 v5 ?0 p% S1 J( R( D# U
. T! ~1 N( R. {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"? ) H3 J4 n, D7 f) `& o2 u2 ]' U
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!" {0 ]: v- T9 E5 ~$ S
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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？ 9 S8 O3 @$ [' D! x " A' H2 f& w) m3 G; FM: 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.# t; i. k4 Q. m6 A4 }
: c, J: f x$ jL: 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 E% i% t' k+ s1 w
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 6 s2 c1 H9 T: W6 t" p( t v I0 `! } " U" Y) P2 M1 c% L3 ~L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！, o W& e0 K2 l# v. I X' Q5 t
0 m) Z! _0 c2 XM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!5 w$ s/ _$ X" I! @) y7 L
' `; R9 S9 y$ G0 |L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 2 S; |& _4 a$ K- C, T$ e/ a, ^% a4 m# l0 [
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 @( O* Y% Y* v( a
0 |5 P# G7 Z% E4 JL: 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？ # t9 n2 ~6 M% O: V# J8 m & i5 V& Y0 \) X2 W3 b9 Y0 C1 p1 p4 KM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 7 Y6 t3 Y ~+ F( @/ `7 ?1 J6 k 0 w. x7 n2 Y/ {- ]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"？ 5 C* p% L1 e: L( d8 e% { 1 P- g' r+ N( K! t uM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain./ D9 `7 [4 q4 ]; ?
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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 D( Y: i6 ?: ?7 y
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!+ Y) O, Z9 y) U
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L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 t9 ?/ y1 ~) U9 d+ P- \
+ e4 t2 G1 [# x' N3 tM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her." Z0 z6 k5 @# V- y5 c. w: _0 e9 i
. s6 S$ v" d3 n! _' DL: 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？ 8 d1 e# b* U! f4 c$ h7 y1 P/ A! W. @; M6 I k7 M
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 i2 l1 P/ N* Y. _& G; i V
$ n3 Y) z% u3 R' O, }2 s! C2 IL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 9 a: b, v9 L" o& e+ @3 n7 _' q0 F0 a' R# [0 w7 F
M: Ok, ok!( y. M7 q; z& n& }4 T' j; G
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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 n9 u" b% x V6 gAudio as following: / ^7 F, s$ ?/ P/ ?! j1 z0 D
, a: n6 Y) F. g. G! M1 {“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test.# }4 G8 R/ p6 E1 G; [# I
--- I f**ked up my history test. 1 n& f( O& x$ m4 ] 7 g5 Z& j, m. H& j 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 ) j' Z8 {! C+ S" F2 U8 [ m 4 E% Y4 M! m0 p" p3 J' v+ m' c3 L " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! 9 Z; p; f0 T& ^9 J: _) T9 J ---- They f**ked up my order !
( Z/ s3 M# s0 \0 r) F& V ]# ]You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。 + d* m) T3 H5 }# e ( E o2 `3 Z/ N+ C一开始听这话，俺一头雾水。screw ？哦。是螺丝钉。俺是建筑工人，当然用许多 screw，工具包里有许多。可我并没有把 screw 怎么样啊。up ？不是“起来”“上来”吗？我把螺丝拧上来了？没有啊。我没有闲到那个份上。这个 screw up 让俺郁闷了很久。如果他们对我说，You messed it up，我大概不会这么郁闷。
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