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。- q4 Y" y( ^ X5 j5 H1 N! N
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L: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？4 F/ J* q2 t7 o3 g# P `- g
. k; r6 i! D) o8 Q& E6 }M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!- s9 j, C( b/ a/ m; E0 n# R
0 C0 H" w( E( b/ {2 g6 E* ^L: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！+ t z' y6 j/ x2 R; U& ]
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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!( v m6 j8 a ]# z- J$ o
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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？ 4 d, t1 c7 z4 l9 R . s! {' k) V: ^1 b+ I; HM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.! D) D/ U+ y2 @7 t5 o6 ^
k0 w9 [* w4 YL: 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？5 p" j/ n4 z, F0 l
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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.4 n/ S4 m- J4 P! C8 c
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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？ & K: W1 ]9 x2 j. g8 H& \' W6 `6 |0 X9 [0 S% m& e4 @% O
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. - e/ J5 i& D! D6 s& r- O* x- c6 _
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？6 h0 D1 r I0 Q3 Q4 N0 p" K0 F8 r
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M: I aced my last job interview.% r. ? E2 R9 r2 C# M3 {( y
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。 # |/ I$ S* g* \4 s- ~, o1 Q3 S* y9 |8 W7 e+ I
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.2 p+ q' R5 F9 z+ @
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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。( i ]4 c! E7 v: k4 u
, ? T- c' O7 j! \; |M: Yes, you're right! 4 E8 i7 T- D8 n# i% f 7 b: Q5 V! V X$ U' C3 aL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？ , p) h+ X) {8 c6 j" Y3 D6 Q7 o1 H" j
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?; C4 G! u$ A7 U: M1 a5 ~* R
+ Y! t7 b' ~, `9 I) jL: 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。4 H J/ B" T- E
) m1 f. N/ N9 [% g+ HM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!6 R8 J6 j' s8 X) w! m; z
9 v6 x: |7 O3 |% l: t5 x) ]6 gL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？ / e5 K3 K# \: U3 J- g 2 V; k. b! A% o3 EM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!9 B3 k, O) t, f; d! D: \& F
- ]- @4 `5 ` Z2 t3 x% N: D7 d0 T. v8 MM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. ( N+ t" N- @6 w/ O" {0 N1 j8 _7 M' \- u! J5 X' 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. . O- L# P0 l* j, r; a6 r" T- Q" e9 e. l' |! u
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; B$ G3 Z0 A' I' ?" _7 H; ~
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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。- c$ h5 X! f; l
+ A4 V e+ i8 d+ x/ W/ F/ {" t4 jM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...7 N# U3 l0 ~# z1 c" o
8 S; ^# p2 i- z3 j6 k) s, e2 w' @L: 你真想要我赚花生，靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话！9 M) P/ ~5 [+ t1 v! a; S$ L: x
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M: I'm just kidding! ' i0 x, d J" p! _6 S3 L/ o; |. Y3 B1 ^) }
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。- S9 w' e, e( F: f) ?) a' q) O. q! {
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