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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。9 l7 V8 n' g8 }% u2 j) a, _& \3 `

0 R& I5 N$ b0 a1 ~$ r- h, S  e! TL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?7 _+ Y* d) M8 ~7 C
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!3 F& {. E9 O% B( s$ ?5 R
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!, V% w8 U6 H* f0 q

6 ?3 k* d" K, G+ v% O( X) yM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!. c& {7 F& Y' r* V
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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?* z* x  ~7 S" Y" `
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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. o: z5 Z3 \* E% JL: 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?% m9 D$ d9 g. i3 p

- V% ~% u1 F# X1 _6 TM: 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?( u0 l2 ~8 I3 C( 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.+ e6 K7 O- s# u: r
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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?) |, ~, x. i8 S( f6 X' J1 V

6 `8 J- w  a/ s, J! a3 G6 EM: I aced my last job interview.
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. m9 P; s7 O! f) x# w# ^L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。. a8 F5 s; M# s% k

. H  K* G% e3 H& tM: 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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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。; w/ Q$ D4 ]( g# o

+ Q% `7 J  v; T  ?1 ]6 rM: Yes, you're right!9 j! d: e5 n4 U5 C& g1 q4 d
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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?
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4 Y/ f3 T' b# \' cL: 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。; u1 R  X/ ?1 j* M9 [

% k; S8 h" u9 PM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!$ y# \  u7 |0 l# v& E; K! _* R
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?" K. J/ }/ x- b/ i

6 p: i7 D7 w4 S, `. O5 }' ~# gM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' Q% N, f0 I6 i) T! Q3 ?

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) @# b1 P2 {  Z0 u/ tM: That's right./ @5 M2 z8 n/ m4 y" o9 j* U+ ^1 T
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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。
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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.& N$ Y# K. K5 f2 U  B

* b3 P$ j: I. k" [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.& [7 ]7 v: ]3 h" ]( s

: `8 ~( y( c) Q* n: iM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.! g7 w1 D+ {. S, B. q% s' C  L! ^$ k

( H& o; j/ f2 }' T& ^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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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8 n, O% M1 }; C, H" QL: 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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M: I'm just kidding!* V) M7 F( \1 k4 X8 V

# R. b4 b( e1 u8 T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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