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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。" b' `* @3 r8 U
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?& g# D2 B/ B! j! v' X" P& k

7 Y" i* B. {5 ~9 b4 j+ M. |M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!: O5 J/ u! }8 ?5 y) C

. M; }3 }) M) q5 L0 z+ PL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!# P. V0 n0 A+ D8 I5 W

2 V5 A# H: P' B5 VM: 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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- h6 a) j0 b: R" b; P% ?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?" x" Z2 [. J6 I  u. v/ M
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.. }" Y8 b0 _* ^9 G
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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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! i' i7 W: f+ t- 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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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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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?0 M4 |, \6 H. L0 h* s
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M: I aced my last job interview.7 U5 a7 h7 I3 d* p* \/ F, D* I

  p; h/ Z2 m* R: _" X% \9 w2 yL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。  c- _8 M6 d9 V& n7 X( l9 B7 y9 x

" H2 K% r4 _1 l) pM: 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.8 r0 k# D; d  q

% N* I) h  n1 U2 H4 c' ~. FL: 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 I( F* X; S; j3 S0 a8 e* K& _. q
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M: Yes, you're right!7 [- F# G. _% d; x- L
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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( m( e( \% z* p7 O* L( \) E" ?M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?7 ~8 M6 Y3 K& G9 q. A% |
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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。0 x; e- r* ]0 i
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!0 Z# Q9 _$ S2 @; a' K7 E( `

* s# W9 x4 |9 I3 iL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?' ?: M' u" K; z1 [

6 e7 W- z9 G: V" ^/ [( fM: 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.1 o( [: h7 o5 P3 M* y
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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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0 s& Q$ D7 b/ jM: 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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9 D! o2 p6 p( G: g3 _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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! F: ]  W- F5 D- q, t) J2 qL: 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 Y" X: h5 m  C. n# J6 ?0 x
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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!
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, w- \, @. L5 D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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