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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。4 ^7 X& z9 z( m. U
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?6 d& P7 t" E" U3 x7 y

; E8 l2 Z6 _' {" j1 ZM: 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!9 V- o) B2 g, N5 p5 t# }2 t! E

3 G; y; N$ h, r6 a" E/ qM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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* n: V, [7 k+ {4 _( GL: 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?5 J) I, S0 _! X' p6 p* l
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.6 @8 P5 B4 ?+ H4 {9 q) H- J

. l7 J6 ]5 d5 j% U1 ML: 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?* o& y9 ~: z. v6 f

8 r: p( `- Q  {3 M/ l; YM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.  e5 A* K# v1 U! K$ l: g, W0 ?

9 k; H' z9 Q. [( H+ T5 g' H  N9 \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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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.0 e, J, F' Z3 l8 d" u& F+ v

* N; w! ]; r: F0 c4 hL: 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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.+ w0 q2 S; _; E5 p! M% l

, f' L9 P5 K2 j7 mL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。& r. y/ h/ Z4 E
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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.& v5 C1 I9 [$ h' I6 H0 C4 \/ y1 m1 B
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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。
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$ q9 u6 O) P* R' E4 T. yM: Yes, you're right!- W+ x0 g8 Y. Y; A9 Y6 y8 h3 O
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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6 f* H6 a& [# p/ J7 u" XM: 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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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。8 w  N6 b# \  k% F3 B% U
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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% R( r% ?6 H/ `( m8 bL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?: j2 I+ \! k7 D& O% q

1 \3 f4 |/ e5 M  \$ ^) K7 t6 VM: 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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' F& O, a6 V3 }. ?0 }$ q' i7 i" j% dL: 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& x% O! Z# O0 ]; @( ]1 V, ]M: That's right.% M) J% b6 W) L* [: Z6 \
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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.
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4 U6 D$ l* h5 P3 F7 w7 u, e- X1 \% _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.* i: K) E" \4 R8 w- u6 \: k8 {
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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, L2 Z5 i. n  Y, d5 d( }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。6 C4 j" U* G; |/ S! h
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...# Z/ i' ^& p: ~! s% v, l5 T# |
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L: 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!
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: g6 A# i; i& e4 C1 p) H  T1 N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。3 d( O* S% o/ V% W
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