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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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* f: ^" A$ U" sL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?+ v7 K& o' [. @

4 D8 I' F: A5 p$ M/ ?2 }; wM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% ]+ }% d0 l  w1 H4 z

6 E5 i" u9 }( p  x9 C  oL: 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!
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( y! r/ F5 p' |1 V! S7 OL: 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?/ E0 h6 v! w& H6 z; V% J5 }
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.  F- ~* r2 |% S; Q0 W1 ~

/ {1 c& x9 y, s4 XL: 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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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.3 k# [- h" V+ w8 Z
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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?
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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: 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?8 J( y; I0 v: M7 y# D& G

  r0 ~, R! s# D) `: R: f8 p# yM: I aced my last job interview.$ N% g$ I* L  G' e* d1 O  X

) ]5 Y, h( ]4 h  zL: 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.
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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!- T$ ~7 W5 X! a5 ~

! s. o, J% Z' B7 B; PL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?, F4 A6 m4 L9 }6 O/ o* M* O. I  R5 w

5 `/ \& P5 Q" l' Y  \7 ]/ i) YM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?% a8 w+ w- q; J0 n! d/ }' s

* t) r: \9 T: tL: 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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! `3 [6 v, U1 C( ZM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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: [- Y1 `$ z0 B0 w/ O/ {L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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+ }8 s1 N6 a3 Y/ p: ?8 OM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' m; K6 I& Y, ?( d7 {! ?7 d9 C8 c, {& U
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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?1 r1 H6 P6 C# Y  [( |6 T& Q
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M: That's right." N5 C# ^6 Y) O# j5 ]1 R* Z/ _+ q
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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。
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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.! J( r4 u( ]3 j7 T5 k( V8 J
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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.4 Y& j, m7 R; Z5 O
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.7 ~* X0 P$ D% h! ^5 S9 ?6 t1 I

" ?0 S% C/ U% l3 \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。8 C+ e8 D' J' h2 F; H( p

8 f) S9 J. u$ P6 n  J7 f/ @5 f, q1 s  RM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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!. n( e. b6 M* j0 D# i
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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。) A  N$ e2 d  y8 d
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