專四聽力第23課：To Bomb；Mess Up

　　Michael這個美國學(xué)生今天好象什么事都不太順當(dāng)。他的中國同學(xué)李華也發(fā)現(xiàn)他好象有心事。到底是什么事呢?你聽了Michael和李華的對話就知道了。他們在對話中會用到兩個美國年輕人常用的說法，一個是to bomb;另一個是to mess up。

　　L：Michael，怎么啦?你好象有心事。

　　M: I think I just bombed my history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.

　　L：噢，你怕剛才歷史測驗會不及格。嗨，沒必要，這又不是大考。Michael，你剛才說什么“bombed my history test”，bomb不是炸彈，或是爆炸嗎?你可不要開這樣的玩笑，現(xiàn)在大家對安全問題都很敏感。

　　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?jǐn)?shù)低，這我都聽懂了，就是那個詞bomb用在這里有點怪。我想，這就是中文里說的考試考糊了。那除了考試外還能用在哪里呢?

　　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，還可以指電影，或話劇太次，沒有人要看，賣座率太低。我上星期去看了一次電影，劇院里沒幾個人。后來我才看到報紙評論說這部電影太糟了。我能不能說：“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：對，你說幾個星期前去看的那場話劇，有幾個話劇演員簡直是太糟了。That play really bombed!我說得對不對?

　　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.

　　L：你不要再談這種喪氣的事情，沒問題!要請我吃飯，行，我吃沙拉和三明治。不過，Michael，你真是得省點錢，要是老是考試不及格，研究院會把你開除的!

　　M: Please! Don't mention tests!

　　L：跟你開玩笑嘛!

　　M: Ah, here's my hamburger. Ack! They messed up my order! There are onions on this burger!

　　L：你說什么呀?他們把你的漢堡包怎么啦?

　　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，你叫他們不要放洋蔥，他們忘了。所以，to mess up就是做錯了事，對嗎?

　　M: That's right. Also, "to mess up something" can mean to break or damage something.

　　L：噢，to mess up something還可以指把什么東西弄壞了。昨天，和我同房間的學(xué)生問我借自行車，等她還我的時候，自行車的鏈子 斷了。我是不是可以說：“She messed up my bike”?

　　M: Sure! Hey, you'd better tell her to buy you a new chain.

　　L：對啊，我是讓她去買新鏈子，可是她說都是我不好讓她差一點沒 出嚴(yán)重的車禍。

　　M: What? She broke your bicycle, and she's angry at you? That's just wrong!

　　L：她就是那樣的人，上回她把借來的電視機給弄壞了。

　　M: She messed up the TV she borrowed? You don't need a roommate like her.

　　L：雖然她弄壞了我的自行車，其他方面她還是很好的。嗨，Michael，你能幫我修自行車嗎?

　　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!

　　L：這也算什么倒霉呀!沒幾分鐘你就修好了。我先謝謝你了!

　　M: Ok, ok!

　　今天李華學(xué)到兩個常用語，一個是：to bomb，另一個是：to mess up。