[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。2 a' G9 C2 I% h* N7 H, P. d
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L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。2 W# k8 E; J+ [0 V! h1 j( Z
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M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass. 1 g+ f2 ^5 `* _, S. ] 2 d v" H! B# Z3 oL: 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。; G4 G3 C1 N& y' S* Q, O
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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 j/ S" n8 Q/ R. b8 Y& g3 I9 ] 8 t) p" Q! j# I$ iL: 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？ {" U4 `: o0 s' ^ 4 X1 Q* l L& E4 MM: 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.0 e( s4 s+ f$ ]) y1 [# T
6 a. Y/ g3 h Z- Q$ s7 X+ XL: 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"? 1 V8 ?. n4 |. v a& J. U: c- Q8 }M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible!8 H2 }. ~, N8 a. v
@ ^) n w9 [1 Z8 q( SL: 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？ , p* f$ q9 g& N5 q6 ]% u 6 T; |3 ]: B; W+ qM: 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.5 @7 x; P9 s+ G' y! V
4 r' v* O& }7 L! |- LL: 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！. E3 b N! w0 X) V. I8 ~
8 x/ B- ^' F; d) a1 R% lM: Please! Don't mention tests! 7 z2 ~7 O/ M) `) |8 I) r; M0 i) J: F) ^5 M) W$ T1 x6 y
L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！. k/ C1 m6 y2 l+ [: w$ x6 u2 R
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M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!% g: t% Q6 W$ K" @# ?& V7 E$ K
. a, e- N+ K1 C8 Z8 Y3 n. e% WL: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ ' v7 h: i' s* ?3 N: T 2 F Y, |- l, d0 m8 s; ZM: 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." # m& j$ t- q# q9 w- S) O! i. Z; h/ k$ n5 ?9 A4 j
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？ 5 l+ u5 R( f% L5 |' E- A7 i. X# o4 z R, o1 M/ W
M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something. 7 u, S2 \3 n( P9 i7 j& w 1 ^3 H2 v& J3 _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"？7 o# }0 j: Z& G
w; I! l# D' z4 aM: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.( j2 B3 W, ]( x5 l+ B) C) _0 e
% F. k( W! r. [7 R! s2 v) Z( pL: 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。 4 }, {3 X: q2 _/ O. [; q, Q a1 X9 U, d; y: s
M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong! 0 L- I( D! z1 k! B9 @5 ~ 4 l y8 m0 w8 N {/ G- L7 s9 UL: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。; U! Q; i9 z7 c- n# A$ Z) Y+ R
: n( X" h. s9 y, t4 v* S: O% qM: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her. % m) K* T5 v1 L; Z7 L: g' k $ o% o; _1 }3 ^ P# c A2 I! Y: lL: 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？ 2 w4 o" [' M- k! O# ]# W7 Y% p' s! S3 n. a+ ^* h
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! ! @$ F* p) T! Q0 Y: w; O, W k7 ?) N( z' d
L: 这也算什么倒霉呀！没几分钟你就修好了。我先谢谢你了！2 f4 S+ _8 Q# m l( z/ |
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6 w8 Q7 S4 P/ z+ H4 F: t- K“ I think I just bombed my history test. ” -- I screwed up my history test. Z# e' d6 a& @+ T" I5 ]/ u --- I f**ked up my history test. & v, A5 J- c) T Z& B+ d 5 J6 U1 Q, F$ s, M/ f' X 不用 I think..... ，而是直来直去。 - w9 M/ A5 W7 ~9 R/ m1 c: D [ 4 h7 n) i3 a8 ]: W* D " They messed up my order! " --- They screwed up my order ! . b8 o$ w, g5 Z1 Y ---- They f**ked up my order !
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