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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。& y$ d7 V) r' |/ U# x

( f" F7 n1 Y6 A, p9 p: yL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. Q) H3 Y0 {# H6 D$ g) e

* Z6 ?5 a  @( t6 y$ J1 e; dL: 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!
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" h; Q. H/ A* ^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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.) h% }& e" A/ U

/ l4 O, D1 Y4 d+ @6 e; s% H1 DL: 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., V, ~+ X0 }" [7 G9 F8 x  q3 `( [
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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?
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: C8 h8 a: y6 M( {$ @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.4 ?$ Y: Q4 c2 E6 N6 w5 E6 w

- D3 d0 ^' U9 D9 g, N  }0 T" o* LL: 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.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。$ Y+ m6 h/ @( B9 v& D1 L% [9 E9 H
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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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0 A7 D. ~6 L/ J" fL: 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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; R& Y; P; r+ n/ h: J# mM: Yes, you're right!/ ~% G3 P0 L5 d9 W5 \8 \  y

' p" |- s" S) l, t: L( `6 U- GL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?& x" R5 y1 e; c) U5 l& Y& J
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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?
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. V8 l+ I4 j  m3 z2 S* [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。  W3 H5 ^. |8 M3 f1 o

. s* c" i* r3 ^! i  P/ u. yM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!. a" A9 X. l$ O2 _/ |0 W% k1 T) U

# h; E) a: `1 C1 H0 }L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?' a  n* z0 f) x2 @% D! `- V* v

1 y* G; m( d0 ^2 f6 y6 L3 ]M: 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?0 f- r- V% O4 u8 b( `7 M
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M: That's right.; r2 M9 F8 B3 \# z' \2 i0 f

4 Z2 ?/ d8 O7 L% A" T+ EL: 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。6 W' p7 p" q& w! G' V

7 u& D* p- t) U# U8 k) |M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.# `8 c" h# {# ^" |0 M' t& x
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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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4 y0 p9 E2 H- _5 ~* h9 S: q5 x$ j' YM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.* O5 \$ Z0 `: N" \1 L
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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。% b# _& s1 \9 N1 C" R! X
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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+ y5 B1 ~( w* x2 c$ O* l# a! [0 qL: 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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M: I'm just kidding!
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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。- D, c+ i/ _; c  D- ], }
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