埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 3918|回复: 0

流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2010-3-6 13:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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。4 l/ ~7 a- w+ ^' T7 O, @
+ o- ^% c9 b5 K, H$ B- N
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?8 U0 @; I+ U  e* U/ M

; D4 X; b" F, q: k7 g! vM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
: D" x+ ]* y& U0 b# j! I' d0 e" I  V8 i2 w6 A
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
9 D8 b, e& x* E3 h8 x1 R/ P/ i+ n4 h4 C8 x# p- |6 d, Q
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!' D' g+ _" `; u$ d: r( n* i
9 `6 ~+ Y& |6 ^1 [! z
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?$ h4 u. g  h/ b
* x- \; z" {: T# I" m8 y
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
! [& b: x& Z! I2 {, w; h: Q7 I2 x' L; }
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?
+ g9 j/ V5 F5 f- t* Q, h7 o' D# I, s+ c! ]5 A" r
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; Y& {* p( m0 @# B/ Z  W. y

8 u9 o+ ^' |9 c$ E6 bL: 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?0 G8 C8 c6 p  u5 [8 ^2 _: Z9 h

4 B3 Q& N! t: _+ j. A/ pM: 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.8 o* M: x$ P& e$ n* N2 _9 n& U

+ c9 Q7 q: `, B5 }5 H& ?9 F( ML: 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?
* [# ]/ B/ C) Q2 O! t  u( H( ~/ k' Y" v* ~
M: I aced my last job interview.! A- r, K" ?# T' l" A( T4 ^
* ~- @# j! W& _% d. w% y7 q
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
# D  D) P" X4 j8 g* g; i3 d4 G6 w8 ?( W4 I: |" e$ P
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.1 C+ q% j$ |- U8 E: C
" V4 U- `8 ^  a! y0 |8 [0 j  t
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' f2 k3 ^, ^; Z7 K
1 }$ j  X4 h1 J4 f; u1 i, uM: Yes, you're right!
$ r& m* l1 k% S6 }! p
4 u3 Y: ^5 @5 E4 y% @9 rL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
. y1 P( J" E# o" \. C
+ V/ k9 R  C- O/ sM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
$ Z' g1 A; a" v3 m# }' Z9 J
7 N5 y5 b4 @; |2 L/ z; 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。% C2 E7 u8 k- I' O" E5 c, n' b
0 K& Z. f; y/ b+ D" C
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
" [5 q" @" j; B5 D. j
% q" @8 v3 \5 S* |3 S7 f: PL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?7 [7 i# v! Q3 ?. S. E) E

. M7 j* v# t; j9 [( A4 f% t, b$ eM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!+ Y+ G$ a) U" B8 S. N9 b
  K" X3 p: v. ~; f7 Y4 Q' N8 }0 d
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?
& L8 E  L6 A0 \3 d1 o5 A/ o1 t8 B# F8 m
M: That's right.
- \! v. Y: {9 R6 |, [9 g" s' z- }: F( l6 k3 m" m
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。4 Q( X, ~; L7 U! w  y
' d/ R; w6 R$ X. }6 }
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
7 o; Y+ M3 q  S
3 M/ Y! h2 s0 R0 A# OL: 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.8 h% W2 F- ^5 O8 d( V% B
6 i" Z, \' p& r
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
9 [! b0 Y, p+ b5 P& L+ n) {2 c$ }7 {- `- B
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。$ h* t, O0 h# A* t- I& R9 J) A

/ y8 D$ M" f; G& }  K  FM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
9 Z8 U; ^2 l$ E! J( _# L
2 S1 B' p5 a' d# v/ IL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
6 @! v+ g0 J. b- I6 m" v9 g( S0 m& }
M: I'm just kidding!/ L  p7 ^2 k7 `4 V# [, I5 @9 G
3 Z) q2 L# w+ c% n
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。% D2 o2 G! e( s7 l
Audio As Following:
. A: \5 L! ]) R( M$ s


理袁律师事务所
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-8-10 05:05 , Processed in 0.068560 second(s), 10 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表