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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。1 K0 ], F! @! o, L2 r
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?3 ~" q" h8 Y& z7 t

, K( k% }- t* I5 |( ]$ oM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 I1 m; o) t  l3 e

. P/ ^  |5 D, ]6 Q4 v0 U, A9 `/ W3 DL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!$ x" h( [5 b! Z: G7 v3 @3 R

4 \4 B/ C3 E3 m7 h. JM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!$ G& k1 J6 h) |8 X( W

, T$ V6 T$ Z7 a  QL: 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?6 r' }; }, x5 @6 m$ S: j+ x* j

4 a' t' f$ d" r7 n7 wM: 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.
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" _, h  A$ e, oL: 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.# z, Q+ M( D. R6 G+ [  H

, K5 o1 ~- K3 E$ G) r! vL: 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.' E- e8 x' h0 f  k% J
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。' q- ?8 ^& r' @  ^5 v
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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。% E* l5 Y1 E: m, a% T) R2 @7 G0 w
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M: Yes, you're right!- y  w6 H4 O5 Y/ M+ A4 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?. n% M' Z) E3 |8 b4 }4 g3 b0 k

4 I5 E; {; f2 t- qL: 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。0 ]3 |( _+ u8 I! L& d7 _7 v+ ^, O

  A9 R" ^/ S) N0 G5 J9 w. vM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!8 E  T7 ?& M  f$ T! g3 M4 i+ b2 B
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?+ K9 a  d4 s  H4 p7 a+ X; B
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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"!' [! n) f8 h' u# C/ X

" G; d( c) g/ }/ jL: 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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5 Y6 N. }5 N+ ]* t1 uM: That's right./ |: }+ b1 g5 M  ^* L: C; A
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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。% f6 ^3 G1 v' `; e" d  z
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M: 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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1 U( M# V+ T; _+ Y( ]" l0 u$ u; XL: 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.+ l; F' [8 [  y# o6 Z- _7 j) ^: j9 I
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.9 H4 A- ?0 |& W+ O' X# 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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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6 e* a# V8 a2 ~* i7 C& t; U* C! DL: 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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) T. N$ @( n8 f$ A) d& bM: I'm just kidding!
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) ?* `  p; H& U% `* Z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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