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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。/ P# [" v2 m3 R6 f" [& O

9 P/ C% M  F8 D) X% K. f2 T! mL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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2 k* h" z' K0 d/ i5 v, e0 N1 j; EM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!& v. Y) P8 b7 E3 r3 p" t
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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!3 s( x, Q4 s# M; l
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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.* _+ A* J! y" ?7 g4 X; @( z
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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?
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  O/ o4 u# |5 ?M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.+ e7 p; e2 |' P: X8 c/ ^! T
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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?6 H8 o9 A) Y2 i: X
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.' \( g2 X: o4 C
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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  d% ^: k+ O1 r5 |. M5 k
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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.3 F  e4 w) d# Y

; _5 N) ^* d/ ^8 F. K& V& S9 ]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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8 H1 b4 S' q3 s* b" j! F3 ]$ l% fM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?3 A! }4 |* C, g3 u! l, T7 d/ A
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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?) \) m1 A, Y" X

7 X  a; n  m" J+ U' h+ JL: 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 ~, y: i4 o1 X2 I8 ?- Z

- Y7 N3 ?! J+ M; eM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!/ j7 D7 \6 D$ p7 e( ~. |$ ^1 b3 P) M
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?6 e3 o' i, t' @3 O' B2 Y- |

4 Q; L" x+ H3 q- NM: 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?( A- s+ |- E$ l8 [7 ~

$ E! F9 m5 l+ XM: 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。  h! g; v7 [1 ?7 S7 D, t2 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.6 a9 j  w$ Z/ W
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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.2 @! [4 D" Q, e! r# R  h5 T2 @7 |

  Y1 t/ G9 h4 O' vM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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, h- E( L7 _. l; Z1 x9 ^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...
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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!
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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。3 |8 k. O3 J  S
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