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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!5 ~; G1 n& \) `0 d

1 p1 @# z- }/ J1 f2 T& }; u+ Y0 wL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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: @) C- W& [1 p( m8 l+ GM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!& J& z; }0 R( h+ P
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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?
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# L% j. _0 ]1 R: [5 |M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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* Y# V3 Q& i8 EL: 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?- a% \$ O& l4 g0 q

6 T* V0 Y0 f+ [$ |4 D) h7 @* {M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.' h( o3 O6 z4 C+ R

* Z9 @& L; d( N  z+ v0 @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?9 }1 Q/ u; Q0 I

+ V. N4 Q- C. e! @, g7 R. |. NM: 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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. @3 R1 q* Q' H) 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?5 V( a/ J' z/ f: E1 Q

3 D2 B$ R2 L3 `" LM: I aced my last job interview.; b1 g! I# D  u# z
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。+ }3 h6 @) H! M

5 \, q: H8 J$ |/ BM: 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.; l6 E1 o1 X" i) _( ?

# l$ M3 @  D2 [% w8 k9 |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。' H9 x4 H, i0 s  s# P
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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* Z4 T* f9 K! p- RM: 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。- ^! W8 m. {2 D# X6 b

! D- c) K4 ~) E0 dM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?9 y* U0 X: r# U
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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"!% j- _4 }  [- w
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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?5 P  E, [" z7 Q% R. }
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M: That's right.; |# P; |  k5 V9 l9 }- L( X

5 ]" e5 G. B6 }5 I2 QL: 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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% Z' T+ `( b1 k# @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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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。/ P4 b4 O" |4 Q! r* y

5 q& K$ M) [0 R8 i* _: zM: 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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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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