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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?: a* ?2 R1 A" x9 u% z4 E  a

  O1 w( F7 v3 I2 T; WM: 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!! @+ Q; ^! V" h

3 a9 @. K4 f% z1 Q' e/ l: rL: 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: G6 K/ {1 hM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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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/ k- k0 j3 y. g$ e1 ~8 I7 YM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.- s2 z7 i- N0 L) l' e! z9 U

& r4 u; u3 o3 h* vL: 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?" u. K# Q5 \6 {: l5 U4 w6 M, M
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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?  A/ C  E: g$ D! X

6 R3 ^3 L. y, y* H: `1 V2 J( _4 L, QM: I aced my last job interview.5 Y0 x3 i" F3 l: P. Q5 }

  u  a& _+ R9 s  z. Q7 gL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。" R% O& ]2 I7 l5 X% w

( K" r) ?/ s8 j& MM: 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。
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& M% _" D, e9 _M: Yes, you're right!2 `8 p8 \" v* I* d
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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?  c; `1 U2 `9 x9 v

/ `" R# U4 B1 zL: 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。1 N+ w" |* G( ~1 Y) p8 L5 I( C- I

) h4 r- S4 q. E2 |- EM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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( M' X+ |+ k8 wL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?1 n9 K0 c/ v! L" _- U3 P" U

4 H, [; R$ `7 Z) I: \: A, gM: 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?2 R$ r* [. p' U

; v/ _" ^" A  [; EM: That's right.
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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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+ {, F( o# ?3 g) |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.6 v: o5 E; N' d! A! {" v
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.2 K6 m: |* l0 I0 n) c) N
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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。, i9 w/ v' H* r8 r+ l/ ^  ~- g3 |

6 H; E$ R# ^( y( O7 ^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!7 W7 |" x- h9 ?

( q# u3 r, \( M( p6 {) b4 M' G8 Q' T( aM: I'm just kidding!' T& }1 V$ o7 r0 R

9 ]* i" k- t6 A# V$ O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。: @; @9 z0 {) }3 v, s* n6 S+ s
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