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。 ! P) K( s1 n7 t" ~ H& E% S $ M+ A J" N) o3 y6 h7 O; Y5 Q7 VL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?; `& ]6 ^# ~: w2 E9 A8 V9 e1 S
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!1 {# W! @' M4 c( d0 A' Q
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! * E: \3 {9 G5 F% `( r. l% J( f. l' _
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ; i- o1 t+ ?9 B8 ]; R 7 u8 r% f' V" q9 }1 t* pL: 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?+ \6 W I, P6 y. G5 B
5 C+ _, u# x6 ^' UM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. : _4 s y" Z/ x( N K2 D9 r6 T) K. J# X% Z3 A; M( e# A
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? s, O; _* z. `3 M% d+ Y3 N: |+ w
! ]' h4 l* e: O H" U. qM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. # g4 S% \0 {9 c" C; J& v5 R; W 7 f& x+ l0 `5 D3 x, Y8 W# XL: 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? * T5 W9 j; [% A+ R+ j3 g7 W ; g u5 Y4 y5 R* wM: 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.- M. w+ g1 m2 v7 @( [$ f
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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? : I; V' X6 _% y' x9 _$ Z/ w' I8 Q, i, F& @' f: F
M: I aced my last job interview.' W+ Z5 y- d9 J$ U, U/ G
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ( K _8 m5 e) s: Q# d, ]$ J' _& E- \/ ]7 H# A: E' ~0 b
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. 4 y9 B$ x, P/ I: [$ T- M5 f/ C( T! V, c4 k; k8 L
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。 9 d# I: `7 u# A' R) v! l0 i7 E2 c% s( ?: l: W& y' l8 G
M: Yes, you're right!% v; c. B/ K! q" `
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?% s& @5 q+ Y, p# o; M
$ M7 I. l! e6 |2 ]M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?) ?' d$ X p( [6 a! {/ K& e$ L2 r
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! N; i6 z2 F: o+ g, k, f& }- B+ a3 U3 z0 F8 g9 g
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? + s6 H" d0 m3 m1 L + m/ L0 ]8 [( |* C, m: vM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! , }0 Z' H* {1 Q7 O- h5 ]$ R& T0 r% J$ q9 _$ C! e E# _
L: 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? ! b0 O7 S- I! c3 l; n/ o `8 G( v, G- V2 k5 @0 R
M: That's right.: h. c, S3 T( O. O2 U3 g9 k
! B5 e6 G4 W& w4 D( L3 T BL: 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。 7 e6 T) Y+ F# Z, L7 }# F' w* ~" k8 D T0 u z
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. / B9 @$ l8 w. d) L$ q3 `- ~' [1 W" c5 E& p
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.+ E8 Z! a; U! O) s+ r5 r
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.7 x1 c5 \ L# e* O' e: y
+ e9 x# ^% b( S& E+ p* q2 _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。 0 [* v2 D7 ~% Z1 Q 9 j) m0 ~9 l1 l. BM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...# Q- V: ?9 Y& J! s
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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! 1 [, E; c3 S9 v* F5 S 4 ^- v( u3 i3 a3 g( E; K' TM: I'm just kidding! + }$ f. c1 \7 n5 u& [ \. o' Z6 D& g
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。 4 Q0 X0 R" m& n% H4 ?5 e+ X+ PAudio As Following:( e8 A s7 m4 V& U9 R+ ^