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。 ; v3 \, d/ N8 p3 @1 |3 N1 h6 Y/ E2 Z6 k8 R% A
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ) E9 Z8 r$ w- N# Q( ?( h . q' P/ `8 F; U2 Q. ~M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!8 x, h9 [. a+ W+ \% k( Y
; I+ s5 n, l' }; g" jL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! ! x/ V1 Q+ b8 q1 s 0 S/ Y" h V/ o v; ?9 c2 x% `3 s5 yM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!& T0 q! ~$ l1 A1 { K1 L
~, p. \( Q) \. Q( {! H. i0 W/ q: }M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.) ^$ Z- B- ?8 f* z$ `
5 \5 @! m$ t0 |( ?( I- m5 e$ K# _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? % m) l; B X1 P0 ^ 4 E# s" y4 Z1 s+ i1 L3 ~M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.+ t1 W3 [0 ~" a* a
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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? 0 e, a. N0 ?6 A) |0 S. b 2 U( W0 M( ^! o( Y/ T9 Q( ~, c0 V# E# 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$ c% d9 X S4 i- u; }& P( l3 ?4 \ M- Z4 i9 R' E% Q) S* ~5 ^; qL: 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?7 R% o& u ~" y( j# _
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M: I aced my last job interview.0 n. a/ [. k& ~$ t
3 ]4 P6 y i1 {3 ~( ]5 uM: 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. % h% q. J" h, c$ w7 _( z 9 d; v0 [& o/ eL: 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。3 p% l; _) ?. l4 }6 k& e: u
; i# W, s, A7 a' `+ W% C# ~M: Yes, you're right! ' h0 W; n) `5 @" e+ H* F& E" x. \& Y7 K5 C( ~
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? . b! h; `1 W' K$ m8 ^+ @ : G: w1 |3 y: d8 ~$ hM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 3 p! A5 f$ L& `: b C % G6 i1 `0 J9 z2 h. j- n/ N1 W# 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。" `4 _) E R/ `5 ^! m