7 G y7 l" T( G' F3 eL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。. q7 S% n$ N& X* x. J/ {
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 6 m: E: a: N: y 2 u) t0 [* U" b/ Y9 HL: 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。% F. R K6 j' K( h
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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.4 h K; c8 ]: }* }
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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. 2 U8 a: w/ d" p! g" Z8 J) W7 i+ ~/ ~9 F ! ^! w( n1 J7 n5 Z9 dL: 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"? / L8 {$ x; T; I" [; e6 ?) _; Q5 X% ?2 }5 }( g; W) v' \+ I
M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!& u9 C1 K( g$ P( R" I# g' Q$ H
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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？ ; E5 ?# |! k' C4 D8 U8 b: D3 I8 F: C& S
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.9 q" u+ V s; g6 s, I. T. E
+ B ^3 ~' e, r# Y6 L9 z. N$ PL: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ 1 v% |+ H2 x7 X, r2 l( ^& [ , T* z: ~+ ]1 H9 ^6 ^M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!. W: E y8 f, D1 e- n7 s( \3 l. F3 H
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L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？8 u; O% [8 Y) h* N( K8 f, 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."5 n+ C C% G% P$ F# l: w, V8 \
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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？. Z, g& \+ i" e( m% ], d
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M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. . }6 C+ D+ [7 [6 e4 n. r& ?: u z; x) e( o4 C% g% M
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"？ % y: `3 n$ g& X k6 P& P- I1 ?% I/ c+ g5 p4 z' A: X: U
M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain. * C! l2 c* i; M" f0 @ / y- Q/ l8 q: ]% R" T( j* y0 hL: 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。+ y8 Y! ?( b* Q2 |! o: v
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M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!! B/ C1 P( Q# t9 Z" Z& ]
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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。 . V) K+ ~- |1 w: F , \1 `0 |% X; q1 H: JM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. `0 f4 s+ c, _2 i; O6 x
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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？ 6 z7 s7 L+ V) W$ [$ t+ Q3 L+ R- x# x2 V. Y1 {1 N4 d
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!- h& V. y1 G4 N8 }# l. \2 K
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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！; H5 T0 ~: i% ]
! | ~ {# ]' Z; YM: Ok, ok! ; w* R( A1 k+ @* F5 D - o, J r9 M6 b5 W: C4 j5 O$ Y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 f: d/ g: M: F1 m# jAudio as following:( X2 m P7 X, x' a2 q0 j- a
; H4 w: L: y% U“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test." m+ v% h+ w4 _% R' ?# l- F
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---- They f**ked up my order !
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