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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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" t* p" C9 W6 y% cL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?' ]  p. R( b# _

$ z, V" ?: S! h& c9 oM: 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!
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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?
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  ~0 N* |: A5 |& M+ N8 {; DM: 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?" }3 s/ \8 c. t6 `
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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./ d5 |6 {8 N* N, Q: P& p
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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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- h) d# N3 C' ?6 o7 m6 kM: 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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0 b0 Y* F( V. T: c. bL: 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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. _) k1 H# s$ A3 k! Q5 ?" d4 F3 KL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。4 [: ~; n! l+ w+ ]: _7 w9 a

: r$ p4 |2 K8 [' \, VM: 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: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?; u( T4 _) y; n. Z+ f2 H, X. {

: ^# G6 `3 i9 n3 c2 R% z) M+ J: ZM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?* }2 x+ Z5 G% c, y. O
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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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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?8 S2 S& A/ O# n$ T

. x# n* G: ?: XM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 D( q3 N) f+ ?8 [9 J" H

# y: y& J7 o! ^9 x6 ^/ m/ UL: 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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9 z: V$ u7 ]4 R, hM: That's right.
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- y. L/ t/ R  r7 U) F& hL: 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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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.! n* U7 e+ H; I" ?- q4 ]# Q

: d7 J' h2 K: ?% I+ W& s+ uL: 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。' ^# h: b/ G( C

* W5 R9 e' s! y) K: `; _$ jM: 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!% N1 Q6 l' {$ ~
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M: I'm just kidding!
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. S# _4 u& J3 o! Y: Z6 O. e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。
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