流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

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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。

( U$ }' Q' w' W" vL: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？

+ e7 \1 U5 r  z2 LM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!

L: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！

. {) ?. M% N# K" X- Q% J' zM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!

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？
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.

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？
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" @3 z7 G9 _# h3 S" XM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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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？
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6 H# P6 K) L/ c  R# jM: 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.

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？

" w( S; F* O) U% j; G$ RM: I aced my last job interview.
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$ T5 F* m6 G8 n% f8 Z. OL: 你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。

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.

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。

5 x! }& e8 p0 {# zM: Yes, you're right!

L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？
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" @$ k! {' \1 R9 m1 Z" ]M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?

% f( P/ S/ B4 b, L: HL: 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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!

& U* }, N' r" `! b! ~9 Y/ D% }L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？

$ r8 x# o5 C  U. B/ \7 BM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!

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？
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M: That's right.
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" l0 a$ Z/ O+ u; @: s2 k2 v; B, eL: 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。

M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.

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.

. m& {/ g& |6 |M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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0 o2 d7 Y: a4 d4 p% A$ C4 uL: 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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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6 i3 f0 q$ Y( iL: 你真想要我赚花生，靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话！
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9 K4 u' X; j& |. G; N; gM: I'm just kidding!

9 T" E+ v, ]/ {% K" {" h. K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。
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