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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。; j( g$ o. r% {9 d+ h

: G) O. J% V4 \  E# c8 {1 UL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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0 ^* d# k4 ~" }* B/ C8 SM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!  Z- |8 y8 q7 h; u

0 Z2 j4 r7 I* mL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!" z* Z5 K2 U) g

2 e0 x5 D7 X4 l0 KM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!" F/ @% o8 T& |6 m1 C; ^

* M6 z: m0 R( J6 J; i0 J7 r7 KL: 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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, ]3 J" y% H* d! N: B1 k8 t) P+ }. YM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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. }& d1 V" T. y" C# QL: 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?" P" x4 C5 [! ?1 t, i" Z

# y3 v" q$ A; b$ TM: 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?% t9 X! t2 }9 a

) ?; p1 H0 i7 p/ X4 B5 cM: 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.1 R* N' C+ j2 @7 z6 F* X
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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?: w5 n  @( g8 f
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M: I aced my last job interview.; K1 \/ }& f5 f
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。7 d* m3 A4 B$ q' I# g0 @
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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.7 f: r1 V3 K8 g

  h4 T* V; i* v) jL: 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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8 M- G/ \# |5 g' h+ P: l" rM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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  u' E. r$ s' S2 {9 B' j& yM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!+ r& J) ^+ Z0 ?. L6 ]
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L: 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"!  @* u4 j6 K; W2 u3 a- M' A$ z
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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?, D2 a+ `) N. M
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M: That's right.* e% {; f; l# k$ X7 l

; [, i+ j1 [6 T$ _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。% i1 y% i  i4 f- v  r2 G3 X9 [
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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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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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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" ~3 G" ]  t4 K9 @5 b2 }1 QL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!8 F; a) A5 E! b
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M: I'm just kidding!
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% N2 j7 S( b* M" q* K8 W$ f: a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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