[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。 0 w, L3 e& ^7 e# O5 e$ J8 q3 W, G& e1 f( {; U* H) L" g4 y
L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 % b# K' E0 h! `; ^5 K, U6 _) l - b5 P0 D. c( e2 O8 pM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.8 E% F0 [( w& N3 h( a# `% v& x
+ m. w/ b" \" f& e# r* sL: 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。 * P% N T Z& p9 ~9 l W% w- n7 J. V" Y3 |$ d- j1 z
M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark.+ G0 r+ x- K& a+ q( R/ m9 p, H
$ Z6 X6 b3 L3 c+ \! tM: 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.* ]; K6 E/ \# \# h
5 u5 h3 J( X! V: ^4 `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"?8 j' f+ G! z7 h+ k* q) P
# e/ @. p9 Y5 lM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!! u- Y$ O) u5 q& F8 A
$ v- {5 r1 K' v+ jL: 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？ ( L5 D5 a% s5 r* A% e : e* X9 o5 E; G1 m* g$ aM: 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: s/ Y3 }, H9 L' E
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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！4 S# r q0 a- X+ T
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M: Please! Don't mention tests! 5 [# i. U7 w8 I! j; ~& w% \ . H4 r( m6 \& S. ~L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ N, y. r- `- A% X8 v
- i8 @9 m% t, I4 |M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! 3 c3 ^! U7 Z" E' }# F% h' J' b( ~% Q' D) }# P& z& E
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？) O1 s% t0 _/ O, W/ O6 P
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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 r; j+ s+ w2 r) f9 B- H& X7 h) w
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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？ 6 c6 G+ \, e. j9 [) }2 B" T+ a8 }0 f, N" j' y1 e5 K! S4 b0 ^3 t
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. % z6 _ _- o$ ^$ K, ]3 B: P" { # w/ u# p) I2 j& v8 Z# WL: 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"？! E- |- ?' U' ^7 F9 u* k
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.) d& ^3 W+ u) f
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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。 . B# Y$ Q% O9 M% ?" H1 k 3 O. B1 R0 n6 u" ^; V0 ~M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 9 ^! U; y. H8 a+ d" q9 k0 L Q5 v/ t0 G& \% V0 t
L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 $ J$ B2 T4 U/ {1 s- c" n 1 e% Y6 s. j9 j, n3 C) O; D cM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her./ R, g6 a/ S! \0 t" e
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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？ : d0 k6 u$ L+ D3 P/ g8 @( i4 E! D0 G& e+ H1 ?2 K
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!$ c! m5 o0 V8 O$ X+ `
/ ?9 q* j6 L5 i6 k9 ^# l0 VL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！# a8 r4 a c0 M, y, O
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M: Ok, ok! ) ~+ b/ Z" I: y. o7 q7 c 2 m: p- w+ O1 S) [, _" i7 O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。 $ V- K0 \7 A% M$ O. f5 eAudio as following:0 L- ?6 F& X N" {/ c& i/ {
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bomb 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 I8 U( X! V1 B! `. u
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“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. , ^: E2 h2 I0 N- f& \+ A --- I f**ked up my history test. # d% X# d' c# ~ ) `" H3 j0 G$ v 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 " k! Y% M! C: _5 V4 h$ N r. L+ X- Y$ y$ D, m, R! ~
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! + q$ c+ r: W& K. Z/ k1 S3 z% V ---- They f**ked up my order !
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