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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( ?) v( z# \4 V/ U; S6 ]
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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3 i% p8 [4 c: Q  R( QM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!& s, r) F% |# S/ K) S6 w% E
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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!4 U: M; b& O, b' t" r- H

2 G: X0 j6 G* v9 yL: 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?1 Y' u& N7 F# }- R

* `; T  S6 m! v, ?; [6 vM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?
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* p6 u- r3 c% K4 s- TM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.- \2 d9 a) _- G% Q$ C  t% t
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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?6 E, U& S7 l2 g. V% J2 E

+ O5 @5 e3 }; w; s; O4 d7 \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.
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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?. c6 N8 O+ P( ]7 U
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M: I aced my last job interview.& w% W3 i+ g! |; _% G7 C+ E
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.
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' p. N8 @$ l# D# Y2 A8 zL: 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?! p# C( K4 ~2 W" W
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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?" C; f6 \7 \/ e. m

( `: ?8 x: H& q& h) V6 f( U" yL: 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。( b/ W4 ?9 F2 y$ a$ M+ ]+ y

% O. W) t% c5 p; H# pM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?5 [4 ~; \+ w6 q9 d

, [5 r4 q* u3 ~M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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0 n* ]5 a1 _# j5 EL: 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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# G( a/ ^/ n6 H1 U, ~4 jM: That's right.# v- y4 Y( k8 `! D. W

; \  M2 t+ c4 o3 w8 h$ u) nL: 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。
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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant., }. `% v! N- Z9 o& h/ r7 |
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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.' V: |: f& C9 B( B4 S
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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% @; h5 _8 E; U% L' N9 [M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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3 X) B% G( X2 A+ f5 n. SL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!3 i& I; W7 q5 @% r
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M: I'm just kidding!
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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。7 y! H; _; M8 f* E5 \2 c' Z
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