[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。 & ^, A, Q+ x B+ s7 Y. J 7 y1 u' F( M1 z' tL: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。' M* ?0 ^) r; a- b
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.( y% b3 ^* X! [( l4 E- |
8 n; L/ [9 i" A. L1 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。: D; t: u9 {: L' E: v& G
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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？& N( o$ Z" J# S# \% [4 i
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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. $ p7 i" g, _4 }/ x" Z' W6 [& v" q) F" t- z2 r9 z, 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"? 7 |, S5 k I Y8 i: X: m. C * @) K% E6 D) b9 R1 j) W6 ZM: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! ; G/ b) W( ?. U" l0 I $ F n$ y' e! h. G9 XL: 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？ 2 J7 E1 h- c$ K1 Z7 V8 j0 H d I" I$ Y- W) S6 sM: 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. ( L& K/ i3 c( Z0 C/ m7 H8 Q' M. m- v6 H; D8 C( D |3 I/ F/ p$ g& b
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！ 0 u7 N p+ J( H9 x \* A( u- F# Q4 e @, ~
M: Please! Don't mention tests!: Q* ?" s* e4 A
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L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ % \5 `" I0 u* ]0 B* ~- C ' j& g8 [; J& @) b7 |: YM: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! * |, J' h; D0 y) C+ |0 b0 x& y" L7 n, `9 f. s' _) P$ b
L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？5 O, P5 q; H$ ?9 C- g. V B( [0 t2 Y
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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.", S& E$ ~4 q$ J; c% w9 W4 }
3 o5 Q9 a/ Q9 k. rL: 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？ ! i" G# ^, d/ Q0 v+ F % H- S. L: p+ d6 w" _6 j" KM: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 0 C# i$ ]0 [* @3 v4 o; C: E: b8 E, t v: ?4 F$ K- l: z2 PL: 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"？% M S- A; J4 K6 X7 o% x: Z
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M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.: z) O5 Q0 q* N$ ^. u4 z
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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。 , |# P0 F0 b8 l8 F9 a% U4 J- p7 B3 ? + h. q: i/ m& _" A# u. IM: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! * p# X3 {6 d0 ?* b ; `- p' |- [6 B6 Z" y; GL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。: x7 H2 `' N8 b4 Z$ q" b3 W& @
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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？ ( f6 M0 \5 U1 D" L% L( K# g. e; ^0 n
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!6 @' o4 o+ C: E9 N
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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！' V+ r4 }3 Q; F
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M: Ok, ok! 9 Z9 I- R* Z) @& c" S( F/ { . {% o% m6 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。 : V' [. `7 T# T* uAudio as following:/ k& b, |/ K% Z1 Y( B% [$ q9 u) M
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