5 {/ O: T# A( ^L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 5 u% ^' Z8 t5 |: `2 ^0 s 8 J1 Q* q" J z+ fM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 4 z9 s; x+ w% }7 |8 s# a0 b. N5 U8 w+ a" j
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!& X0 d7 W `4 o9 f7 L
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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!% Z. d* `4 |& _3 }
& z5 v* E$ @& Y9 b8 h( _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?6 t1 S! W" b! q( O. r( F. Y
: h2 X# ]0 D$ @- \/ V* M% i }M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.9 p5 x& t$ ]5 F v 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?! J5 i2 r( i* G" R k9 ]0 g
3 d+ D% n& }3 w7 o% R/ jM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 2 l/ q( G. C/ L9 [. [ , X- U: I# e$ v, y0 w5 T% ]! jL: 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? , ]$ w" s/ v2 B" P. n ' X( Z; e6 K3 r1 P }# LM: 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.! t" S$ \# L% d5 X
1 j% y1 J1 @& `7 Y% j) b8 @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?3 X O7 |6 P* H% L
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M: I aced my last job interview. ' ^" n$ j5 v) l# L4 F7 K & t/ c/ c4 S3 r* G$ I+ jL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。4 j7 F0 L7 r4 ^6 y1 O
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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.& T6 _; Y7 v6 Q. c; ^& V
8 a" E4 m' }8 F9 v, j/ YL: 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 @" t; a ~6 I
2 b6 i- z/ o/ t# u% u' NM: Yes, you're right! + d1 a8 p8 _7 z2 c * d4 C- \! S, x! EL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?6 G2 u" U! j7 t+ {- O. p! p
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?% T4 X" h2 @8 W, x, y9 F
, T, h0 M3 D- c: @0 z9 B+ Y9 h6 XL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 , p- H5 U, {$ s7 p$ @+ B1 `" v7 C6 p8 o" @
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! ' @4 V# w- M. @7 `6 Q 3 Y9 Q) ?7 l1 k+ v5 U$ XL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? `4 n5 S |2 H$ T1 U# ?
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 0 [8 ]- F8 n) K9 q; g% g, G6 q n $ W& V; A9 |8 u& w$ m+ h+ j/ \& vL: 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? + i( B9 S, `6 S5 T3 [# \: j* Q ; C$ p; Y4 K$ w) d6 DM: That's right.& q; x) v( a* j4 O5 f" `
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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。 $ a' \2 ~; S& o! ~# f - G0 x) ?; A" ]- B% e0 N* CM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. }$ N1 J+ y v1 x / x( _' `. r( p/ KL: 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. $ K( J0 e( o$ L' }3 u1 a , l- v4 i: g( N4 y$ }% A% dM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ' i+ b- g1 Q. r$ B) d$ c# d5 k/ c
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。 ' N: ]4 U+ u$ E0 R% e( K$ K. n2 B
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...9 ~! v) v, ]( k/ @, p
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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!+ |! Z$ C& z; J) R. C
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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。 , q: _* K u. {/ P# m5 tAudio As Following: 7 \( f+ s" [6 u2 L$ @5 P! I; i k