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。3 i/ s/ k: a" X E+ G: X
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 4 _$ E: }8 Z# h/ v1 k. I% s& q* t9 P
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! : J0 ^) z. ` L6 {3 U# |8 `) f+ g! G# P$ ]+ O7 J
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!0 H+ q$ U( g! m5 X, G
2 [; ] H! Z: t# RM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 0 [0 P9 G& {( O4 A# ^$ {7 G8 x- S; I9 X- X1 {9 b
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? 5 X- v# k. n2 v: l/ d* S" ~. Z( J' y6 u( Q9 N) e4 K
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.# r! S/ ^3 D- H
" w+ J; K8 q2 c$ x0 j& X eL: 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? 0 S' S* ~6 ?2 a - t2 i8 V0 r8 ?" Z+ h7 b6 wM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. & T* V( Y2 D) }5 I- a/ r# J* f + X7 Z( f" q2 i( s5 aL: 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?! d# l- s9 T( ~8 p4 }
5 t! Q' I& S; F6 g$ h" iM: 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.& n( p6 L; D: ]% ?) X
4 X- t7 ~ M) b8 TL: 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?' E. p1 @8 M4 Z' A: O: R: J
" P) F# m% K: H% m. Q j$ ~M: I aced my last job interview. % c9 q9 w$ [3 u! l: }, v% P W 9 s$ Q. S& N* ^8 U$ ZL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 7 M3 i' \: S3 V! y1 S9 k! O : F3 e/ x' U) U8 `* O! zM: 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 i0 R& Y t9 O ]
9 H8 R* a5 K4 w5 M7 h |3 W! dL: 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。 $ j2 V! b! v% o) F I 5 l8 ^9 a+ ?" W; z, {; c/ |+ QM: Yes, you're right! ( H8 Q5 q% g7 O2 \3 Q4 J: @ 4 \; y+ B/ E% h* Y$ tL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?2 l3 w# ?3 o/ f& w2 p+ D$ n% D3 ?
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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 R1 O8 h7 s; c* g6 y1 k; x( x. j: f- |
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。 5 p/ `. m& L+ w2 f3 L Q3 y6 E) c) {, X( ?7 }M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!' _, e" W5 P0 T/ u' Z
0 _" o) r0 X, dL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?/ V o8 N( E& m0 t6 S
8 m7 `; f e/ y" n. ?9 q* CM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! . V7 C6 L d" y) v0 [+ `8 R) \* x S8 L) `, Y/ K
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?+ h" q: O9 b! X6 M% Z. V) X9 t
8 ^% }7 _! j2 n& T: P# YM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.8 b7 ~) f6 S. f$ z- u! d
2 r2 w7 ^& v4 Y ^ f0 E( s: V, NL: 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. ' A) k) b* o% ]$ w ' k4 D: r- @( `% q% |6 A: Y- RM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. " U/ ^/ k4 \# f) F0 G1 e, W D$ Q
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。 2 }+ o7 d; m4 Q' T; B0 T- Y, K 0 [3 n% y. f! j% g4 e [" _M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...! ^8 R0 M; [, N
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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! 4 `4 K8 W6 w( ?. u! N# V9 v/ l# T/ t6 X
M: I'm just kidding! 0 k# K+ K1 Q( D+ ?. M * H+ g/ z, ^! i" n* {" n4 o" c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。 ' b: O# g/ |4 v8 }7 G& ^Audio As Following:% P& g) G3 v. D