[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。* s& Y) W ^ L: q
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 - S, I4 B8 X- u8 A( Z% L, V+ a ; A5 M% R6 o1 y3 DM: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.8 B1 N; e1 Z! N; m9 E* q4 d9 @7 D
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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。 * a/ Y) S, q( _8 v* q \/ H4 Q 1 Q- `: m# d+ x4 SM: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. * m3 h$ k2 L% R$ e* s! ? + L; z+ a: @0 ~ y' C1 yL: 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？ 8 e! q/ @/ Y3 M6 K- O; m1 V5 y4 U! L( o8 T1 g0 }9 v
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.+ M5 C1 ^# m" j5 ?. w! j
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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"? 2 Z) I I5 F6 x4 S3 m& q1 M7 y$ ]: U& D; M' A7 o/ c! a
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!" m. L$ r) }' s9 ^& k7 j
! ^* C& t# }' W- D3 k- l8 lL: 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？ , G! x9 V8 r, v6 T5 J5 r3 D% \/ R( ^" V, @. A+ ]
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.! W% f8 z( o& ^6 K* Q
9 I+ q" W' V. n9 w7 W/ S9 z+ V' 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！ M% I" f# c0 C7 Y* M" `& y% i1 P4 X) @5 y, @% ? m, x
M: Please! Don't mention tests! 2 H G% l8 m0 w( h4 W# c3 n) \0 N- |4 m6 f
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！# f6 C! o5 N+ s: F- B
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!! {+ O+ T% A% |, T- 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." 8 G# I) F' o2 o$ x0 s ; k) ?' r; g/ ]' f4 wL: 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？ 4 B8 y% Y$ N* } x% x ; P- d* v1 B K, s* A0 t, \M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.5 z. L2 h8 Q1 w* X4 P3 L* D: e4 k
" h; _+ p5 o8 h5 l3 H f7 U7 mL: 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"？! V5 t+ d6 v) d. o8 |
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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。 1 S7 a3 K7 | f9 k' V( C; A3 J# K8 n% A3 ^& ^
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!9 ~; L5 R/ s9 A, b' B% o
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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。 o: c9 k0 i* N# W* m6 [: m1 t$ `
M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. 2 P: K; j) I% M 9 U5 f4 d5 _9 @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？ ' D b6 g& t% S& O3 ? ( u* R W' ]9 t' R3 dM: 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! i8 n1 m1 g! H" i r3 V ! ?( R# f3 a2 q6 o: c( @8 FL: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！ 1 l5 Z! R8 f5 |7 K v. N; V8 s
M: Ok, ok! 1 [7 _! w6 f0 v- M( V8 j# @" v $ L3 ~0 x2 p, K0 j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。 ( Q/ i6 ?9 q! H# Y7 }4 FAudio as following:+ w- [* j. u% ~- c, P: S- ?1 `
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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。 2 p1 u$ h" d0 y, q+ K8 y! q4 |7 j6 y K, n# G
“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. ' v6 Q; `! z' U8 v6 r. g --- I f**ked up my history test. ! b, h, q# E' p% V4 W * i! g* u- {) {2 X7 _& W 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 9 S, D6 b8 w5 Z& r/ D9 L. p4 i4 q$ [" w. m: o
" They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order !' x- i( b9 ]- y f
---- They f**ked up my order !
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You screwed it up。 工头和工友有时这么说。 . w/ D, e7 g6 C , K! w: {5 S/ E, Z( ^7 b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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