全网最酷美语怎么说:第10期 搞砸了

 　　Nick:Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching¹ series² "how do you say this in American English."

　　Nick:大家好，我是Nick.

　　Brad:大家好，我是Brad

　　Nick:今天我们来讲大一个词组是，mess up，就是我们所说的中文，搞砸了。搞砸了我们经常说，比如你是个学生，导师叫你做什么，你可能不小心做错了，没做好。比如说工作了，老板叫你做什么，你可能不小心做错了，搞砸了。这时候我们可以用mess up或者是screw up.两个都是一样的，他们是近义词。具体要怎么用呢？

　　Nick:So like. Hey Brad, you know I worked for library before, right?

　　Brad:Yeah, of course.

　　Nick:My boss, one day, he told me like "hey, Nick, are you free right now?" I'm like, "yeah, sure." "Can you help me to like, stay here for a couple of minutes? There's gonna be a phone call coming in. All you have to do is to answer it. And then write down the phone number for me."

　　Brad:Simple enough.

　　Nick:I'm like, "yeah this is a piece of cake. It's not a problem for me. I'll definitely³ do it well." He was like "that's good. Thank you! Thanks man!" I'm like, "sure, no problem." He was right. There was a phone number, I mean, there was a phone call and I wrote down the phone number. When he came back, he was like, "do you have the phone number with you right now?" I was like, "sure. I had it." So I gave him the piece of paper with, no my phone number, but the phone number I wrote down. And then he dialed back. And later he was so mad, he told me, he was like, "Nick, what are you doin'? It's a wrong number. I gave you only one thing. How can you mess it up?!" It's so bad." I was like, "I'm so sorry, my boss. I really didn't wanna mess it up. I'm sorry. It's all my bad."

　　Brad:Yeah I had a similar situation with I messed up the date of my quiz⁴. I thought I was gonna have it on Thursday. But it turns out it was on Tuesday. And today is Wednesday. So when I message my friends, "hey, how do you feel about this quiz-there was a quiz that we'll have on Thursday." And he's like, "I think you messed something up. I found that I messed up the dates. So I'm just so, really, stupid that I to screwed⁵ up my chance to get my easy thirty points. Thirty points I totally messed up the dates.

　　Nick:I'm so sorry. 我之前是说，我之前一个boss叫我去写一个电话号码。然后我把电话号码写错了。他大发雷霆，非常不爽。他说"I gave you one job"，对吧，我只给了你一个工作，一件事来做，你还做错了。然后我（说）非常抱歉。Brad这个更惨。他说他星期二有考试，但是他以为是星期四考，所以他就是mess up the date。就是他搞砸了这个时间，搞错这个时间，所以他就非常惨。他的很简单的三十分就没有拿到。希望大家以后做事都认真小心一点，不要不小心搞砸了一些事情。多一份细心，事情会做的更好。So this is pretty much for this class. Ill see you guys next time. Bye

　　Brad:Bye.

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

2 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

4 quiz   

n.智力竞赛；测验，小型考试

参考例句：

• They are having a quiz now.他们正进行小测验。
• He took part in a television quiz and won a prize.他参加了一个电视知识竞赛并得了奖。

5 screwed   

adj.用螺丝拧紧的，螺丝状的，喝醉的v.用螺丝拧紧( screw的过去式和过去分词 )；拧上去；（和某人）性交；诈骗（钱财等）

参考例句：

• an extremely screwed-up kid 一个十分神经质的孩子
• He screwed up his face at the nasty smell. 闻到这令人作呕的气味，他皱眉蹙额。 来自《简明英汉词典》