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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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+ r( ^/ e2 C; P) `$ L7 z/ J  dL: 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!+ n$ i1 V7 Q7 r" b( {# N* N6 X
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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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) T% r1 ~3 e: q) k3 l5 @L: 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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- |, d2 U) L0 E1 ?! g2 }+ cM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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" o2 P% P* d/ h- _5 Z9 T( n0 W+ aL: 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.
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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?
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5 ~) ^' G( K. L% j5 u3 LM: 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.4 p' m! P* H6 ]% I8 F0 n

, R3 v+ H0 l2 e$ r' D$ ?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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3 l5 Y  I6 Z' c  F# w, Z; jM: 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。
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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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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。, A3 D+ d# A% d

5 e, s6 D6 C+ Q0 l) V4 s. n- i% O, fM: Yes, you're right!7 Z( D) @; {. \( j

1 A: S: B1 N7 }# GL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?) }! t# M' o7 \$ Z/ R. j

, D  I9 Q: d$ D2 @* c1 }M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?' ?$ T# Q; y$ _5 D" Y
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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。7 c: m. p) A6 P/ m6 l+ b. W

. A: t4 o1 ?1 v5 uM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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/ `5 R4 w$ F7 ]& H  ZM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!: b$ m" C* T% j+ z5 n

& P6 h/ E" H+ `% vL: 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?, ?/ r% F& M/ O1 ^( \
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M: That's right.
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( W* X0 @+ ?  ^4 k; YL: 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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( @  ^) K9 R: ^  N3 V" c3 P- eM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.* w5 L8 e6 H  n7 }% X& j4 S
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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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* {% n! M' l7 ^3 j$ iM: 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。, Q2 b+ p' j( H. l& c+ i( g

2 u% m2 h% w" [  DM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...' X1 `& _9 f6 @# F8 m! S  w* |7 z
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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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7 J  f, [( Q5 cM: I'm just kidding!
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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; D8 T6 P: X& n$ f- J. U
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