流行美语23.doc

[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。 L: Michael, 怎么啦？你好象有心事。 M: I think I just bombed my history test. I dont think Im going to pass. 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。 M: No, I said I bombed my test, that means I did very poorly, and probably will get a very low mark. 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？ 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. 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? M: Sounds like it bombed to me. Remember the play we went to a few weeks ago? The actors were terrible! 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？ M: Absolutely! Hey listen, Li Hua, can we please change the subject? I dont want to think about failure right now. What would you like to eat? Its my treat. 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！ M: Please! Dont mention tests! L: 跟你开玩笑嘛！ M: Ah, heres my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger! L: 你说什么呀？ 他们把你的汉堡包怎么啦？ 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. 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？ M: Thats right. Also, to mess up something can mean to break or damage something. 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？ M: Sure! Hey, youd better tell her to buy you a new chain. 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。 M: What? She broke your bicycle, and shes angry at you? Thats just wrong! L: 她就是那样的人，上回她把借来的电视机给弄坏了。 M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You dont need a roommate like her. L: 虽然她弄坏了我的自行车，其他方面她