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。 1 i* E9 @* O# p+ I ; l! g- p. p- F+ SL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? # q) y. g: b! k) X# L( w3 p" `6 T1 b( d8 z! g+ C8 O# k3 k
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! . y' l) E$ U& a! X / Y% H1 r S, A& y$ DL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! + b2 M$ i! g# e0 Y : n3 L# A' F& v1 N3 f) bM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!( _& H5 r2 I0 p) N, o5 y1 a0 I
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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?- H7 ]1 q: |' @
{5 K8 ?" N Z$ F8 d( a1 IM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.# \: p# a5 y/ t2 C# d
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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? # \! m: N3 `9 N) ~5 B# S, a$ E( D$ S9 j
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.6 F; J: G" E# j# Z6 x. `3 J! U
# g( c! ]$ R" d/ x3 L/ {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? . Y3 R" d4 L2 K; n) ^ ) D+ f2 C% j5 w" g! [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.* C- L+ r- o. i! f% b
~9 Q4 Y V3 t# Y0 O# 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? , @) m$ F% F/ }$ c6 q 2 S' p5 Q$ M8 }6 {! ]1 _# oM: I aced my last job interview. ?. ?& I' r" v2 i) e4 b$ B: S+ q6 Y9 u2 \5 U0 t1 `
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。9 O# f/ d3 w" i8 { P- L* D
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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./ o$ f3 ~( K& g5 R0 v5 X
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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。6 C9 t6 q9 V3 {3 H
) G! F: O% `& I7 lM: Yes, you're right! 7 D; z- [1 H; |4 y7 B7 V C% f7 N; Q: ~+ |( e
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 3 h8 e5 g& h7 ^9 _, X( b3 I I5 O1 W9 U' e' V& [
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?) Z8 c7 @: ^/ F4 O7 z
2 U1 u6 } s0 O: rL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 4 H Z, j& n/ M" t. a" W) k2 c! b% D) A
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! % w7 H# o8 p O( p: `$ m$ o N0 j0 w/ O. b2 w; e. Z( G
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? " [4 s/ s: k6 _ + G2 ]" Z; Z9 N4 R/ E4 UM: 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% w5 ?0 X/ ~ {5 q# [& f
3 K" M! u+ f0 E3 mL: 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?2 _# O0 ~& a& y& E5 u
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M: That's right. 2 N: }! v5 ~8 B3 D; E8 Z& ~: J- G* q+ l8 m2 O; C# P8 a* j
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。! ^( O0 ^ N6 ]* A5 @
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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. ' I, ]+ J: \! S( n, ^1 E) J/ J" C 2 I7 {# t. F0 p7 X9 {1 OL: 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., {( `( z# }, `% ` p R8 L( Z
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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。1 [; r0 f2 _% ]
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... . P/ b0 N1 O" W1 b- N. I' ? I9 {1 x. g; J
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!7 t! s7 V9 w" j
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M: I'm just kidding! a0 `+ I$ f, G: \! D/ {1 _& `9 U; `( P! @: j
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 S: t' t$ ~" g9 ^7 A2 }, a! n2 I TAudio As Following:, @' K5 W; @' j5 @