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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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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?* n2 w3 ]+ Q. S) C1 l
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!: K+ ~7 ~# H; v  R$ A8 l
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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!: W3 j  M  i, `* J: ^
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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?! M! h  L6 J8 q0 Y) U

% ]/ v8 `6 K- `' B+ 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?
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3 {2 @& g  o2 O9 A7 J' L& mM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.3 Q% F4 O! j! d* b# S( D3 }4 `

$ G8 v5 k7 P! {" Q! a1 G- uL: 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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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.
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& l% X# J& k: V; d& o, R8 Z  ^' fL: 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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- P2 @& h; ~+ [, E2 ?3 c; vM: 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。
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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.& e5 @! D. t2 p) z' J1 @5 b2 ?! E1 V

: A$ ~6 H# h6 u" X$ [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!2 V+ l) G( C$ S5 b1 B- z3 ]

, {; z; R& u( I( Y% W- AL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. ^  A2 G9 R5 ?, L) ?0 v
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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?5 [3 ^3 m; c' `) S  H

' E, L: |. z2 X+ J0 n& {4 M$ AL: 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!! _" t7 f' f4 {8 |3 z3 Q0 ~

$ _( g9 U+ D- s1 y) }L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!( Y) Y; m+ Z0 l$ U8 g* @

* T, \, r" W6 B, k$ ML: 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?% R8 V3 _/ v2 y6 X/ l+ ^: g

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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。3 z3 s+ o) o# ]% P7 u$ t9 ^
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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.1 K) ~, n2 A# b" y
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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.
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9 b+ G3 Z4 q  XL: 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。* ^2 g: \. J+ o: c6 l1 r) }

. `$ i6 L, |* iM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...+ [8 r0 O" u! V- W+ B3 a

' f$ N+ B5 C- BL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!' a+ S6 y* v9 H- g* y
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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。9 N6 x, p9 Y4 X% d/ t. l
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