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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。  G* Z/ G: V) \" |
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?0 O, ?, f: e* L: y( d# A
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!6 V2 b9 [: h: [6 |. Q+ ~' ^: H2 q

; ~& H% T+ Z3 Z: [9 uL: 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!. l: |' y( f% n0 _5 y* Y

  i; w7 z9 s$ v: K$ aL: 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?3 c/ q/ B8 L+ O( |

- U: p9 K2 F" V; `4 ^5 IM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.' f, k2 G2 q' N. J
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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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M: 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?2 W6 M  F9 y0 I+ W0 C: U
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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.3 u7 L& }& d& K
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.4 s$ r# O6 r4 j% P  C& n

; E9 h+ g4 R! g8 L% ]/ YL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。: O- R. P1 W! ?" S7 j  m- w% w

/ e+ l, u) C5 e! L7 g! \9 q8 B4 _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.9 t" W' s+ J/ Q5 K6 F& @+ y. [

' @/ z6 U4 g% |2 W. 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。# r  f, i3 T* C# o; k/ q3 _
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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5 {+ ?  d, N9 i6 nM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?) w/ G2 h* K, y6 v- k& D
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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% m) H4 P. q  `. J" U4 x) aL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?$ _! }) ?! R! Y; F8 N

1 H1 x2 S9 d# a" t  j& R. PM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!. D& b' g! g  d( ^/ ]

1 E8 d( o1 |1 |! n& S: lL: 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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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。% E  n7 Y8 S) i- Y
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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./ r0 l2 h' `" Z  C# C% v; Q  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.
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, p+ Q' |; h8 r7 g5 E3 M6 Q# CM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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- }! N7 S  [  O! pL: 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。5 L. ^  i: q+ E- [
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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/ |8 D9 @& L1 b3 w0 l1 m# oL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!  ^: C" F: F9 R$ d

% `5 T5 i( r6 cM: I'm just kidding!
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' {# j3 p' i& E$ s) X8 u& P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。5 e+ r! K5 Y7 H5 f
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