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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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* B) P9 w1 k' u6 i7 h% h2 YM: 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!
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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!# c& q( Y& J* H( P
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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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/ N+ D/ Q+ R# e: S% s/ iM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?& Y! E+ y: j8 C' ]2 a8 }, @" S
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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.! x. x7 a3 ^6 {" }% F0 Q2 M' z. v

. m& |+ U" {0 a0 c  oL: 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?8 U( L; C5 X* j6 S

6 G2 K; h# ]  N# x7 r2 PM: 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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6 l8 c1 d8 r% M- V7 AL: 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?* M4 K, z7 k7 A, s8 s& L+ r' B

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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.
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' f0 [: f2 ]( ^$ Z" ?  Q8 r$ vL: 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。* x7 c6 n7 D9 v( E6 o! f% D
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M: Yes, you're right!$ `9 G8 I  p7 Z' N# |  K# O

# I/ t* S2 g+ L* \: p. M( z" hL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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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) J7 X+ j1 l. y% dL: 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。
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6 ~3 b+ Q. x( D% ]0 F3 FM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!6 \3 ]8 R9 s9 v5 s0 [" T; v/ o  E

* `" h$ U: d. _& s3 uL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?1 ~6 c6 s9 ]' S' c- k# N8 h" D

) B. D) `) Q7 M, WM: 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?/ k* Z3 i" F) B% o
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M: That's right.
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5 i- Y1 p) X. {6 G: k1 ?/ eL: 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。: ?. ~* n/ I" j
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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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* R4 r: _5 M( z  c1 u- UL: 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.7 Q+ b# H' ^# l, Y
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 e; F# A8 L4 W; o
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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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& W8 w' d1 {1 u" G7 i; N8 Z. iM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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+ y  i9 }2 _0 E: E, EL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!2 }" J" @/ W. L* r9 H
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M: I'm just kidding!
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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。9 m2 n$ @0 l9 U5 R! x1 P4 [6 H
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