3 V5 w7 B; o0 l' TM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 N) M. y! T, I/ m2 Z
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!* Z- ^4 q2 Y+ u& j4 x* U8 v! {
: `0 ~9 z# H- Q, j+ ?& d1 iM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ) U' ]' ^4 {( f& g$ V6 F+ w9 m1 f' f2 b6 @
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? 3 S: j1 T$ x9 b, B1 ]8 i2 V* F$ S9 k! F. {7 V/ C- U
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. ( J X9 I6 l; q/ e- ?% w, j! x# j3 V! b3 ^& w
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? 2 q! {4 k ~, O, h. a& t, P0 Z& n$ @" s; F
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.$ T4 ^* P3 c; D1 F. P! @: 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?8 s# @2 G3 ~9 q
! c% q0 ]5 X o, _# cM: 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.0 c( o# i5 J, x. C
^1 w" K/ \% ]& jL: 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?% X8 D7 p4 j8 k! t# O
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M: I aced my last job interview. 1 w0 e6 Z5 j- w, M 7 z1 M: B: h7 `! |2 }L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 : X# i$ [; w" f) ~& c & Y' T. m. A k) P: 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.8 V1 m6 m5 v6 O9 ]9 D F/ G
% j3 b/ u9 s/ sL: 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。/ @: W- w! r! g4 ~& a
. [$ [6 `0 K- k7 T) q @L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 4 p& ~) G! G3 m3 ?5 e. o# F& r* G* l$ x
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?& [2 `/ j; K8 A; E& j. n' `+ q, L, `
! M) R7 ]/ m5 i$ z" R7 k3 cM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!0 S* n* C. B/ D! l
. n0 ]6 l7 Z- s, v4 @5 X2 y) FM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.0 F0 k$ c0 c, q# R
/ ]1 _- X3 c. t+ wL: 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. 5 i; k- G- f1 y( G& H9 X 5 L3 B. b- ?) W' `/ yM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; r% {0 B# [) T
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ' N) ?; w, `9 a4 C" Z3 O3 j . ^( W* e u! ^8 {. F7 qL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!) s4 J' F }$ }+ q' `$ K) R
; E4 Y6 ^- D* u4 I; @M: I'm just kidding! 6 U( l$ h! e, |$ q0 T; I5 q5 |# t! j* M0 z: g
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。" w1 [# _, @1 {9 Z! X) n' c
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