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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, i! I+ U7 Y

% y) n5 V* z" D! D  hL: 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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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!. H7 J6 y. G% C, m
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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!1 K9 I- F7 d0 x% Z/ q7 v2 v" n6 z

9 [+ c; I( j( C: C8 ]# V. vL: 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.
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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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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.$ w" @( G; W7 b- C* i/ y0 t

1 t' E  d" W' m3 c8 @7 CL: 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?
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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." s- d# Z) u9 j; I$ ?; o' a
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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?+ E% N: O" H% |3 v+ E. U+ A
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M: I aced my last job interview.) P/ ~4 J( F5 t
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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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) w0 v# F1 m3 v. \9 dL: 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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: d$ @( E7 O5 ^* ?M: Yes, you're right!! l/ M) p3 Z% i+ x- f
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: 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。8 w. m# x; c  r- W3 |( ?5 N

3 k7 j  T& y& k/ z9 W3 m5 YM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!, o' t* p% ]2 l

" j# ?% R5 z' @+ HL: 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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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?
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M: That's right./ a/ C& o$ \" V" ^2 P4 N
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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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1 z% O" Q, S4 H' r8 w$ l, v  w2 MM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant." p; `$ r% l1 H/ B- Z7 I3 f" k: H9 p
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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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' }1 R% @& L# C+ g  lM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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& s2 `6 h3 b7 K0 y4 B4 q( pL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!7 m/ _/ L4 ?. H. f
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M: I'm just kidding!
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& b# S  x" @7 M+ |  Q6 a6 |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。, g& X2 w8 g8 ]$ u- ]7 f# h0 h
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