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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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L: 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!
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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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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?' i( J' F7 W# \( A. S5 D% O( I

4 c; B2 k/ D0 H. V1 N6 t/ EM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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  e/ V' w. P4 o* f1 i9 _% J1 ^5 ]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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/ S/ ~2 ]' c( h3 VM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.! [" ]; M0 B, k" [

( A# G$ Q) M1 K% cL: 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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3 W! j/ u3 ?7 n- B2 Q3 R( ?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.$ R% Q9 T/ s3 a! s

! ^% r3 n& E( o* B; S! DL: 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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8 `8 k4 `3 w9 Q) J' w9 o" J' AM: 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。' B, n% u8 |! ?# F$ L1 F& h

8 b" E+ E4 z* J& m2 ]M: Yes, you're right!
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( o3 ^- \- w8 h& i9 EL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?: P" n. @& i# k8 H# y# o% W( m
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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?9 c" R. O* P8 N; C

& s' W  L! u! L1 PL: 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。6 q) ]1 m  D0 G' {

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, `# ]$ T2 N1 f6 O/ M3 j7 y: K1 cL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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5 A3 u0 V* b( H& E$ F! 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.9 I7 w0 ]. W5 b4 D

- Y; Q: H% f1 K3 WL: 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: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.+ i9 o# s6 v7 X3 a6 o
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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 @  I. _0 G  S" L# u# l

4 c0 p9 a! _( k7 U5 n) hM: 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...6 ^2 D/ @$ q% S1 F# a

; e5 L0 e0 h. d3 w: ~% ~* AL: 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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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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