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。( `' y$ B% B) R1 c# B' s! i
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ! Y1 {1 I1 n2 v! t7 }/ K6 ~5 K* C' \9 u9 m7 ?
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! " o* H0 h# S; p+ C5 \7 p% |/ N$ _* j3 d, T: L6 i$ n
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 0 V4 U$ V) k6 T0 e# S4 A, J- ] 5 Y9 Z9 N$ }1 L6 \8 ^M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ( h% ~* _: k9 T: d. m7 E# K/ }% M" l$ B+ n* d! s, s' J" k
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? Z3 J) t' m7 v! v$ H
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.; {2 C8 j* ~, E- x& e
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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? 9 u4 m7 O5 m; V n 0 a. M! t" X4 m3 Z* V1 EM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.' z: [. f" {2 D' _! Z0 y) L1 R
; f0 `, N: X) h- EL: 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? * b/ u5 t: ~0 S, s/ Q $ F, s3 B# I. _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. % n2 q I6 X) |$ |( i% i. M3 e5 O! x% [$ j4 S
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?& k8 y x% P+ e- S% q! G3 z
P2 [" U% a4 E+ P( y* vM: I aced my last job interview. $ R$ a3 G9 h0 F# b9 p# N5 s + u$ ?! D5 L# Y% M ZL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ( h3 H0 _4 f$ Q p. b& y0 n + u' }& d. Q G7 ~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.4 V h5 V+ J7 @. a
1 M I( G! B4 \0 _, [8 L' mL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? * k; e9 T% I9 a6 F% n- ~1 b( O# C. N" | D5 q$ ]" l; c0 C0 w4 D
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? ! _# ] a/ e1 c8 E: @, f# _) |1 |) k
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。; i9 F& N9 _+ P# B _' i5 ~/ H2 G5 l
5 W9 O3 _7 H5 l' C: ^' {2 j, L- DL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 5 \1 \2 J5 u( r$ g: q # o0 H9 H* A, H" R! v2 q1 wM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!2 j2 {$ Y6 D6 t# U+ m& e
5 I$ C+ s8 X/ x( D. I% z% tL: 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? 1 W3 x! S6 @6 b- v0 y9 [, D5 @ 8 q, s. r }1 |3 O' L; Q3 W% sM: That's right.7 z# j2 y: W, J. m% a
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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。 # m( n' h6 I) M% N0 b0 X! c4 C- z# O5 }* U( e
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. ! H" a) m `' C% X3 s$ ~" u8 _
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& J0 a+ Q7 L% |4 T1 p8 r. G b) i; ~$ ~
" d' c5 v2 W$ pM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 9 Y$ x9 p) F& E8 o' p & P4 A0 G; p9 ?" m7 V- r' rL: 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。8 j! B8 Y( V1 l% V1 n& v! F
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...; }7 `( r; x: ^# Z+ R9 g4 c
& c( q0 H: N2 M2 wL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! / ^7 f7 a" D" ^* C8 R9 `5 {, G! c' u: x; g* F8 B% K( P
M: I'm just kidding!, \. q# ^( U6 V h" W0 W' w1 R! x
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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。 , ?1 \2 }& g2 l8 R7 `. DAudio As Following:+ [6 ]% @" Q+ T5 k k