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。1 F9 r6 }, t1 o/ U$ M
* g8 G& G+ o& d8 FL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ' W q2 p2 e" a7 Q) `3 }; O4 [- W
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 7 q2 c: e4 R. D: S- t3 H( e0 B3 V. `
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!1 L. N9 Z' I1 _7 {4 {4 X
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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!* k. a2 b2 C1 c6 Z1 r' p% t3 h
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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? 2 ]' n. z$ D1 `) @ n& w6 M5 O0 z# l/ e8 r
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 8 W$ U1 L& c" [, O- i) c/ |- {' d* K- | u7 w
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?4 g* N( Y8 G8 A" A0 _: M+ a
+ m. s1 A8 t6 w. P7 @M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.5 \! i- q; s i0 B5 U
) J, ^& Z7 p' ?9 G0 YL: 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? " [# J! M# y* ^0 f% P& @. g, j/ e( D% |" _. D, Q. u: C, f: E5 T
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 l2 b& F/ R0 D7 Y% g
1 ?5 d" z# R+ GL: 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? . g) k+ S" J7 c5 L( K: P$ Z9 e" i% U9 P; k
M: I aced my last job interview. * \8 S- q# \ `2 R- \( |# C L% O* Q1 d4 E
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。- {$ n4 }) s# ?+ q
1 p, V; ^5 L u& j7 f; ^. @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 C; T; R3 j" Z4 A
6 Q3 V& W: t5 S9 C( g8 L/ vL: 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。" C( l! |/ E; j3 @ L
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M: Yes, you're right! " ] n8 O: @: R1 p5 o5 T1 L$ [" z" F2 [4 q; ?) R, G
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 4 d3 Y( i3 L. R& p4 W- [+ h7 [" v6 }/ y8 G* V% N: R; K* P7 x- k4 w4 P
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? ) g/ W# N0 `) E* o5 t, }4 _! N7 X/ d$ M# K% f4 ~! B% [
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。 - C' U! d+ d1 d) Y G, y* l: h+ E1 l- ?1 O% S
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!8 J7 Q6 }. c' f/ y5 E
, f9 |4 l- S9 L& ]L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 6 j" v; M5 M4 j1 k ) u' B3 ~0 K5 I6 I- NM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! , L# _ E0 K5 g8 N # H9 ?) o/ E8 |- sL: 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? 7 z2 x6 p5 ^& F C ( o! y+ b% C5 k2 HM: That's right. , V7 R9 {9 _2 J0 y7 d" L5 M ~ ]* V. ?% ]
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。" i8 K5 t+ y) h5 s3 S j* }. O
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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. 5 Z& S$ T+ ~7 \2 e6 d* Z, |* h; B( h6 R! u* t) X
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.% W: G8 g; _) n4 k5 q* w
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; i$ [7 Z; E! E" {
, F. m/ a6 g9 o) U3 v5 HL: 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。; e L7 H9 E( ?& r) i! ^1 O X
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... $ s) p0 B: g! |/ P" c+ p) C. }$ V% X- [ ~- b0 Q/ u0 G
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! # \3 `4 v* I( c1 Z5 X3 h6 U9 O: C! W6 Y4 f
M: I'm just kidding! 5 D. ~+ C. x) [- U- D 0 O% X$ ^( Q* i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。3 s) w2 ]1 v7 M3 O ?- T
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