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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。& L% ~9 l/ \( L; B& y3 X+ J
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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!& q$ [9 ^( l* h) @1 z( `9 c0 q; Y

, {6 E) @: r; t; B* X/ rL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!6 ]* k  z0 ]! t+ W- x9 k
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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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! J8 Z4 u" _. ^& BL: 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?; `# o! D) i: h5 @& V

6 R' _( k6 o. _' W5 hM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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- G+ r" |+ F+ F/ K7 F5 X5 YL: 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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/ e0 S, a  W  H$ m! qM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.: x% y/ s- ]2 _: S# [; t

/ w4 |6 U* {% ?% M8 c; A1 \! A# yL: 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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1 W6 K% Q: h6 M& \) R! Q* K* jM: 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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! K' t" ~4 _" h7 p7 R# e) n% P5 CL: 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.9 f8 I, w5 t' e: y
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。- t2 \: M+ C3 \! H8 K
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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.. F! K6 r% S% O3 _6 b( c; P

9 r# z( ~" g7 S/ h) Y- @2 NL: 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。4 A! z; J$ z2 n. M+ Y6 e/ h; u2 }

& j4 z5 D+ d: @8 SM: Yes, you're right!
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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。
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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?8 N& r# x3 F4 {

% _  c$ k1 e4 p0 w7 d4 ~/ zM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!( j: S: Z8 \' Y
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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?, `0 H: P- Z+ i3 j0 l

7 \/ |& d+ L. }  [5 JM: That's right.6 n7 o8 g5 U2 b/ T1 f% p3 i. Z
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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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, M& c4 M' }' m+ a6 GM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.8 z- v* ^+ c: ]6 _$ ]
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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.5 ]9 G, X8 m2 D5 W
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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。# d6 k( \/ e" G5 a8 J
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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!9 |6 g% N4 d9 r
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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。' q$ m# C& ?( t: q
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