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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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: S5 j! B* i! q  C5 o, |) l8 d* iL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?0 h5 o/ B: P1 F9 q0 p4 h3 c
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!6 A2 O9 ?$ }# m) a$ x* K- K

+ j: u( E( E3 EL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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2 A+ S+ \# m4 `) E$ ~M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!# I  D0 L+ a4 [5 i. L7 Q

0 h% Z" N- |3 V' Z& h/ J' c' `2 Y# XL: 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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; q, C4 m/ P1 r0 C! j& SM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense." _7 p* k, i/ a5 I% [

4 f/ Z. }6 a" K# sL: 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?  |4 q" v2 l+ Q  [9 Z2 |

' }4 K  I3 J& [4 gM: 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?8 t4 `7 m! B+ f4 e$ M8 ]9 K

" L0 v  \% u# q' B6 Q* w7 HM: 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.& k; C- @: ]* o8 p

* v: W6 a, i: FL: 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?1 J. l* |$ K( D) u

2 Y' R8 U, v  q/ q( hM: I aced my last job interview.
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3 Q! J8 o" y8 Q& @) NL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。4 S& v3 u: s- Q
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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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. C& t* c1 @2 l- F3 ?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。3 g9 t( q+ I. [$ C

3 j( H6 p& O" i1 l+ KM: Yes, you're right!( y% V/ F+ B- U7 F/ k

$ d% p* w2 ~' V; V: B, J0 wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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5 T- G4 }) \) }- V) f0 xM: 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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) N: u) L5 e( v( _* C* r  d3 BL: 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。( K0 _9 a/ G7 \+ o( {% z: }: t
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?  Y+ S( b% D8 \( x* ?# u2 C
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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"!; B: l0 E3 S3 E! j/ i+ A% S

. f% a$ T' z$ A1 H+ f, AL: 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.
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8 y1 m9 x; k( ^+ B& v; Z% H% yL: 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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# O8 L9 {6 L0 C+ }. M$ N9 jM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant." [5 E& n' R6 o. G
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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.& v3 g; f* Q' M( n
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.' r; l. y$ w6 q& t' y- Y( j
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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。6 W( w% B3 R  {8 n* }; B, s

4 N, ~5 F- A- T: O6 jM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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9 f3 O4 Z! e% {6 ~! ?& @8 RL: 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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7 p- D% J  w) i2 y1 k$ R6 zM: I'm just kidding!' [8 N( N! a8 Z$ j, T$ p

& B+ q6 U; i! _8 z% H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。" j0 }; N' _/ R: \7 C3 k
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