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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。7 K; Z0 }7 W! u7 |# g

" J% K* w6 ^. E% g, RL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?$ L" l( H* `+ ^+ w2 L# x- w

5 }. x9 s; L3 l& i! ?8 xM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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: z6 c; Q: |8 i4 ^+ {* KL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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!
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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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.$ _2 A% b% Q3 a1 N! _- i7 g

2 E& o. }  Z) n' [; VL: 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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- e5 G8 V  l8 ~$ p) u$ P9 X9 |1 QM: 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?4 a' p9 @/ L9 y; w0 p& U% D; K- _5 _

! ?2 [8 {* K  y7 [# c& 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.
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$ j8 Y+ f3 O+ i6 tL: 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.9 u! M+ k+ s$ R% @7 e! l. C

+ A, \0 q+ K  Y0 m9 \; F; w2 J  WL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。, Z6 {+ S$ w8 G& D

0 a; y% x; L( ~3 a& |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.; y; n9 B' u$ B* ?- m" i  p( s
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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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M: Yes, you're right!( O  a# L% x# r
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?+ o9 ?+ N& T& [' P* m
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。. l( W8 A  L( y0 j$ c
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?( O2 n" I$ r( `
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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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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?2 e7 M" B) `% v

& X8 `7 d8 G' ~M: That's right.
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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。( b7 S; `# b5 V9 k( O( p

' Y; t( x$ q5 V9 V+ iM: 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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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.
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, t0 |' v3 ?7 h8 E; ~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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...+ z7 d- j8 a/ _' G4 {. I

$ y% _) y/ r$ r% x/ b& \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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8 k. p2 w) l, h' ~0 aM: I'm just kidding!2 ^! w1 e% C: s* V$ S7 F2 S
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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。
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