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。 9 g) _4 p6 V9 G3 j7 S / `/ d1 l" b8 X: V+ G4 h% m% pL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?7 H5 R- K+ u& Y( F r; p
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!+ y' K, ^2 X3 \2 P+ w. f
8 d9 v% y# |- Q8 jL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!+ M, U. _' j* y, S' K
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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!. n4 L2 _! f; |+ z# y& h4 S
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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? 2 i1 R+ J' W3 ^9 U+ A* C" d2 B0 _3 D
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.% p7 j- I( r9 G/ g* l$ p
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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?/ W5 X: O8 r/ U' A* W
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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.) `7 k/ y+ |: i3 i/ b T+ \
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M: I aced my last job interview. : M( q0 L4 a4 x3 q7 S( }8 H! f, U
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。. I7 ]) F- v* `* e
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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. + \' \! e' `* d. r2 }- @ + |( B: _2 q4 x$ h) H# f9 c) }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。 2 r4 \3 J7 R+ r( x : m; r0 g- z2 _! z4 QM: Yes, you're right! ; n; d4 K2 p% M1 @. {! i % d: V2 j6 A# L" o. |L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? , F( f: g/ k( z$ A: R/ ]/ u3 n9 c$ ^! v. ~, x/ i+ t4 k
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 `& x2 O \! H! Y7 y( h
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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。 4 A3 E7 s9 w- b1 x+ n; p- m6 |3 H0 u- B' s, y2 r
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 2 K' X1 f; v) {* l' D+ A ) E/ r$ V6 a% U+ B; sL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 9 }( k3 w1 M+ Z1 |$ v& N# V5 H+ @- r: V, f# g! V# [
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!7 R/ s" f, H/ [" ~( K
: p- s7 j$ B9 z% B* ?+ RL: 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?" m4 r$ P( d9 Q$ q: L6 X4 m
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M: That's right. $ M4 V- R* t+ G & c7 g I2 B8 b' c1 c! K3 X, SL: 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。" \, B3 q. x3 H& j8 E! _. q/ E
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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. 1 v: i f; S2 |; u- Z8 g/ i- R. C9 L: L, t. w1 ^- p9 |
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.+ n9 ^+ T8 B5 p/ m% `; z
- i8 R/ K; W0 o8 {! BM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. . M p( w/ `+ L. f, M% n7 X6 D6 X ! {, a& U5 K8 o1 R& ]4 \) O7 WL: 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。; V" i) r9 c0 a2 x7 K
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...2 S/ K8 T: I* c
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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!: O1 Y& s% g; M# I# l1 b5 d
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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。 9 M+ x! q" U# O: \0 LAudio As Following: ( {: ]5 D. p, z8 [( w