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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 n. l7 F3 ?5 K3 |. G+ D( d

/ b8 B5 [2 ^* m2 n+ fL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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) K  q0 U2 R5 h2 v9 d/ Z' ]M: 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!. I+ R( z( E$ I: ~0 }5 O
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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!5 o% K8 N* X$ ?, ^* n9 p8 c; @

1 [4 p  n  R& O; G  Y9 ]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?- g" [  |) v% c, ^, j

; ]+ x! ]! g# _9 MM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& V: f$ L7 c' p1 Y6 M, ?% W

0 U' ^! o, P1 Q  t) A# EL: 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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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 \" i- K  t1 ]) Z( T8 o

  f6 T$ C2 N: A8 i3 y- e2 x- NL: 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?% h# p( `2 d6 i+ I$ b
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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.
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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?: h3 t- h4 f& k( L6 t
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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* h& M# z* o6 M$ R/ B* UL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。& P1 i9 u' Q! o) F$ t

+ L  b& ^1 R% y- @6 l3 rM: 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。
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" B5 H8 b3 m2 I9 C6 ~0 n& sM: Yes, you're right!
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) @) M7 s" i  a, nL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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7 V" i8 I! v4 ?8 }5 A3 U. u+ aM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?* I  |, N1 v1 s; N! p% W! \4 X2 H
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。1 k+ c3 Z  @% q+ R$ i( @5 }

3 {( Y9 k+ R9 h( R1 qM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?6 h" d3 H- _) w6 ?2 }* A

/ h; K- x* h. e2 F! B! t1 LM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!; ?5 F" m  D4 \6 I; X. @5 z" P

' j- I' R7 k1 IL: 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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M: That's right.+ x5 K2 x  P5 g1 t- _: x- f$ [

+ x; U: i% t5 c; ?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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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.; v0 V4 }* w- L# U* ^+ m+ P
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 m, A- ~9 v! e- [" J5 [( g2 O) T% k
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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...0 g/ ~  b& `& w
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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!' R# a7 s9 e( L' x/ a( d/ L4 }

9 I  ^/ Y8 S1 ~: x4 }$ RM: I'm just kidding!7 V/ K+ b( ^5 B) F
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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。" }7 U5 D, a* y8 w' [$ X
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