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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。. N+ l8 y" ?* h0 |0 V
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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0 ^& l' u1 Q7 l& ?L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!! o% m* T; p1 {0 p- v0 V& Z5 R
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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 V/ e" S5 k3 r1 I0 Q# u0 mL: 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?' r* `- q4 |7 W# c
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.7 ~! P& Z# [0 l
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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?
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/ d- ]! `/ n" K* FM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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$ \3 N. M' L7 T2 w* EL: 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?& H$ k5 z7 h- u! V
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M: 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.
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。8 w8 Y" A4 ^; H/ ~' E
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M: 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.
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' n" z+ j1 \5 CL: 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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4 d7 Z$ C: `  `M: Yes, you're right!. Q4 f2 A' o$ R# l3 s& J
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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. \! K. ~$ U% u9 q1 I6 f, YM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?# t$ @. F  r. T- o* N1 m7 z
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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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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?% u8 m. y, F* Y! B9 _, O# Z
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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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# w. A" K8 D  n' o% m1 l+ ?& Z6 uL: 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?
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+ \# a4 {' W# s$ V! ]M: That's right.
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L: 我在想另外找个工作呢。我的同学王燕在图书馆工作,一个小时 就有十美元。
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* o/ S4 Y- L  P" e9 l" lM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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L: 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.1 c$ ]* Y& U, c* N
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.' t0 R0 F8 N/ P
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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。3 E1 ]' T) X  X3 k# G

2 C9 h& W1 X3 y7 W6 ~M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..." t# i* A8 x1 z& E. E. u- H* g
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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!; `" R2 O: k; a4 L- \5 J; p

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9 O2 R) y8 i, J: T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。, {+ v+ c! ?3 m  G/ z, Y' V
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