8 e* O6 U& X- `) sM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 0 L3 d, s- h; ~. C5 Y 3 [2 m3 l' w+ n% uL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! / `- N# J. E0 Q9 J : s! O5 c' v: }% aM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!' V2 d5 G5 x" w* s9 G
$ E. D9 F3 k5 Z0 O: |! G. t8 EL: 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? 9 R+ ^% B B+ ^& ^- X ( Z5 {; ~5 m3 m$ m' B `M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 0 F; p4 P1 P' B 2 y' @$ K) c u5 o* n+ O( e2 RL: 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?* u6 q( j' l! O4 h5 _' Z9 Z; x& g
6 g* ?) j h4 cM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. # R2 H& | Q B8 S! u p0 b1 P) ~' t0 v: a1 U7 D5 M5 D5 N
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?2 G$ l% E+ Z c9 `. j; {$ Z( }! m
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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. 2 r( w+ I! w0 c1 u& \. P1 M# N+ D& p) _9 r8 }
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? + [; V; U) }' b! _( y& B5 r9 W4 n1 L# A( J9 J1 W( @- p% _+ z. h0 L6 m
M: I aced my last job interview. ) S7 v S# H7 ? f7 ] + s& C) s6 m0 P) ?- v, RL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。0 c* b' o+ A7 t
0 C4 p) b7 ]1 c. Z+ s2 BM: 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.# f/ X F, i* Q- ? I
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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。3 P% |7 U) [2 g+ W/ C
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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?7 ?7 }3 E" e- ?* _ |
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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。 & F& k3 A9 u% Y7 b) r: l: @2 O) V4 {5 l0 T7 X5 v
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! Z8 `1 U- o& {5 E* nM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 1 c* f0 r! h( k- F1 c) D+ D8 N- S) n
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? 2 G1 j: k S% ?' T9 H: ` W0 O* K9 v' J, X% z+ S* ^
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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。 F. J8 J( T, k' N5 L. X$ E
& J, Q8 G7 p% a* l- hM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.* ^# L5 o( Z" x) s
- w3 f0 U5 k9 p+ s7 b2 PL: 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. & ~1 i& X. |8 p6 f0 \. }. s% z/ R, u$ |7 a6 ]9 `! Y( n. y
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/ @! t. n0 F! J: B. n4 z0 h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。 " d& O' C" ^ W" i- W/ G6 QAudio As Following: . C6 S. ^' F" Y- [1 k2 Z! U