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。 " b% G: S. E; ?7 P& i . K( C4 w; D6 ^. z, I7 ?& U6 ZL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?( i9 Z t2 j: F( I* A6 i
% V5 c/ J& z' `* l5 U/ F# ?' xM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!$ r2 ~+ D4 Z* o" X9 ?- T2 Q
+ r! L, J8 Y+ K% d9 e; ZL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! / v1 s* r2 i' I J0 [. r7 D2 g8 K8 {( R, ]; K1 c* u0 r0 }" k& G
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! # L3 S7 J% ~% ~' N. M% i8 l- } D 4 I9 D' q& U" ^! q! OL: 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?! h* r9 V; L. M ?% L3 u6 T& D
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. - g& C1 `. h* _5 ^( w8 C- p0 ]1 u& n; r0 R
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?( ^* n! s) o3 Z; w
- B( v- j3 {) U1 e& o* rM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.8 S9 `+ m) c8 P9 x0 U
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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?- z+ n- I8 M h1 n F3 s
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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. 1 W! Y3 _$ I8 }- L2 ~7 K9 R: b/ @" o& L2 A
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? ! n! F. q4 T1 B- U3 a% i3 ` / z4 r* v! S! e/ @6 r0 Z QM: I aced my last job interview.) M" p9 j: B+ U6 }& l
% ?4 {" [8 [1 jL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 , A( {( v7 |0 _! o5 e/ L) n9 N3 W, u l+ l5 P( o j5 O7 `. L/ q
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. 7 p6 m% \8 d$ T& F, L) o1 _/ E$ [+ j) H* P3 e
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。 ' D; T! r) i8 @9 X7 K% C 9 F! T) Z% s0 x6 U% nM: Yes, you're right! 3 _( t! h* L- q: P" y E, S) }0 ^3 [" b2 `$ o% H5 u" B' H b! C
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?# h" D! Y2 }6 w! k" t
1 M! l' z8 ^2 A: }2 sM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 I- K0 s% y* @; u$ P; p# t# W
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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。 2 b& b" U* P) X# _8 U/ V6 e5 p q, a( B; [% k; S) H6 c, s
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!8 T5 S9 m8 }% F* Z% t2 N
8 @* j; R6 L/ G7 D$ B* o1 ^L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? }8 i. `3 Q% e0 b# Y" y5 F' B8 q8 K* C" s6 W' g, d" u
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 j: A+ N" z8 E! O: ^5 t
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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? n4 z, L1 {0 j% d7 v( d 5 ?; c0 P$ k/ g8 e$ R" GM: That's right. g8 I0 W- e1 e. [! }; w8 l. [; e. f( a2 \. o0 K
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+ c0 U$ `; u- f4 g0 N) z- L9 O; d. C( |' M0 u# B# C+ w4 P
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.& s8 |& i$ c/ t
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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.2 C$ K: Z# S# R; B3 b( \* g7 I
@* _. m; g# q+ F! ^2 cM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.' e- [1 C3 Z3 i5 Q" e3 F' V
- A3 D, J8 p$ BL: 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。 & y+ j/ L- B/ j* \& M6 P* l ! O2 W& |' y# @M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...( r: c8 Z' ~' D" f' v. ~( f* i
0 i- L' e$ F0 q# y7 ZL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!4 M# a) Z0 h {; Z; R7 e3 P2 [1 i
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M: I'm just kidding! 2 c7 K* W; g% \& z. p6 z7 p6 O9 Q4 X s3 ^# V6 A) q" Q
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。/ m- u& d1 g+ k' t# ?# a
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