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。 9 U1 w# u4 B. ^- x! p% @- Y. c* R- U; o5 E) \( [
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ' }; k \7 c) a7 b% M! h! L; @' @, ~, ^4 {9 {5 G
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!+ E2 w+ R- s7 e; S1 i2 o% [6 l
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!3 i. w: D" t* }9 M% V4 b" m
4 u* N# O* |( e) n o0 ]7 T% O/ YM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ( |5 ] n) w. y- h; C" y: a ' X2 i# a2 k$ s# W0 QL: 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?' H* s# s& A" w5 l: @
0 _9 p+ A3 y3 u! rM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.1 o0 y6 g3 N/ c( ]& [) Y
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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? : V! C* q+ ^. | S, l- W9 D8 z8 u2 h/ `* ]
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.6 k1 J8 s! Z1 S& _% O
+ e/ o% o* d( 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. . E7 V' C3 Q' g5 U! f$ ~3 ^7 J5 ?* Q- G2 i5 d* E' n
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?' P' Q) X. L) X. r
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M: I aced my last job interview.5 K+ k1 @0 z j9 a
7 F- J. n! G# a7 O LM: 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. ) B! T7 x- ?3 e- B' p) q0 B% i ! g( i% g' y o4 b1 LL: 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。" P0 |0 T6 r& ~9 M4 o
- I6 `. B( v' c- @4 ~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。 5 Q+ [! Y. H, C) e9 _: o2 F6 Z( [ ' c F8 d; j: y; f" hM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 7 | ^- V8 ^: Q$ P+ x( Q) N, t+ f ) C7 j+ H% r8 q7 a8 z$ ~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. ( I4 B$ m% y* ?( r) `2 t/ a0 X( z( C' i2 X/ v
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. # E& j* u0 h6 r+ o; X# o/ W+ ^ O5 n2 M5 r2 J% F# b& x4 mL: 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。8 m9 L; o6 `; Y. N9 a4 e
$ n0 p4 d+ L6 XM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... & S% ?2 r! q; ^: t, p2 x8 V# e- H( T1 G8 Q
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 7 i$ c. ]9 g. @0 h, {8 T4 v 9 K' [* f; n1 [( k7 N6 RM: I'm just kidding! + n- n! o. x* o4 m3 q+ l1 t2 G# J: N8 t/ w K* k2 a, r
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。 " z* `: M: W* o: @. a* LAudio As Following:+ g) h6 Z! U( g+ a: o