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流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

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大家可能还记得Michael 这个美国学生以往几次考试都考糟了,这一次情况可大不相同。今天他和他的中国同学李华约好了在图书馆见面。李华会学到两个常用语,一个是:to ace;另一个是:peanuts。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 h) N! b" F$ \6 j% T9 G7 h9 Q2 [- v7 ]

  r8 T8 A! x& j- S, JM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!0 U6 \$ q2 }) ~& t. d0 J7 b, u

% q* E9 R: D" M$ d1 m& sL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!/ o+ s6 D7 C1 c6 I) X, v
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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, ?' ?4 {+ }' }6 fL: 你考得很好,那太好了,Michael!最近你每天都到图书馆来念书, 我知道你会考得比以前好的。你刚才用的是哪个字啊?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.; M6 d6 p# f8 m2 t8 `
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L: 噢,在这里,ace是个动词,过去时就是在后面加一个字母 "d",变成 了aced。这个字是不是和扑克牌里的那张牌A,或者叫"尖子"的那 张牌一样的呢?. V( U7 G+ W& Y8 u" I" g* M: h- Y3 z3 J% J+ ?

& C$ ?5 K9 a+ ^7 t; HM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 t" M0 v1 d. D. V( R3 j! t( b
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L: 对,在玩扑克的时候ace往往是价值最高的一张牌,所以ace就是 指某件事做的很好。那ace作为动词还能用在什么场合呢?) `0 p6 B; I1 s2 X& {6 o6 C- f

4 b7 }7 {: _  OM: Usually we can use "ace" to describe how we did on a test, or on things similar to tests. For example, I can say I aced my last job interview.' o2 v5 B- F  s& C( p$ u; K- v
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L: 噢,一般都用在和测验考试之类的情况,你上次找工作去面谈谈 得很好也能用"ace" 这个词。再说一遍你刚才说的那句话,好 吗?& C# {! Y6 |6 l1 L! t
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M: I aced my last job interview.3 a' G) B( }1 z
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。7 j0 [5 h) X' }8 K5 l% n

6 A) t2 X, H3 w6 E* X# ]' LM: That's right. Li Hua, if someone is very good at something, we can call him an "ace". I can say, for example, you are an ace at taking tests.8 @1 t+ x2 k& Y1 M1 k

' c& t' i: \4 [9 j6 q7 |L: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你说我非常会考试!这也不见得,我考糊 的时候也有的。不过,比你少一点就是了。
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) ~  H) H) ^" Q4 bM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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! O, [0 C; j+ P( T4 W# x" wM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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! h0 d, ^: g3 }. e) q4 zL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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; c) o9 A6 Q1 n: A( U  ~L: 原来你的意思是我的工资很低。你说的peanuts是不是和我们吃的 花生一个字吗?0 C* ?5 V: k' A( ?$ u$ @& ?- k
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M: That's right.
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% v+ p& y' g1 M" ~& [: iM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.% c( k: U/ e! h9 C' `5 R. M

+ Y% u9 G" x1 p1 |3 T+ l, KL: 哟,你一个小时赚13美元呐! 真不公平,你赚那么多钱,而我 只赚peanuts.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.: C1 f  v; b" q( R1 c% {
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L: 赚那么点钱是怎么过的日子呀?我还有奖学金呐,每个月给我四 百美元生活费。7 i  v7 ]# ^$ N+ f' k1 D6 J  F; A
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...( c1 C) H6 ?. f, R; R
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L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
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M: I'm just kidding!0 t; _# N8 A9 t
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今天李华学到两个常用语,一个是:to ace,就是某件事做得很好,特别是象考试之类的事;另一个是:peanuts,这里不是指花生,而是指数量很小,价值很低。今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次节目再见。
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