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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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% d& m6 R! Y* w$ j3 {L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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  j. ^$ y% C/ h7 f/ X) g. R: `L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!' ]* p! u0 }' b. r! Q

5 `. |9 ~0 O) G; w  \M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!5 r' U( s2 G- @0 D2 G
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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?8 D: v# K! [- E/ k0 p: n6 [

3 J4 a7 P  G( V' RM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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3 W/ L* I8 W+ U9 W) G- _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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M: 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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( b7 C- c( j: B2 D) t. }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?
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2 r  T8 e) o; r* bM: 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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. A4 Q! A$ f3 [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.* Z. m: b9 [0 X+ a4 `- F
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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.( e& k( j! X5 N. O) n4 @
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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。. ]/ q$ w( \( n/ w
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?/ u! ^) `" k4 K( ]
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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' N* w6 c2 M" p' t8 {0 p9 u* oL: 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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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!  l" S' c8 A4 i6 }# Z' q3 c0 I

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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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% X2 U& m! P$ A3 n* N! x* A2 AL: 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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7 o, q# o$ b3 D/ M+ c6 {M: That's right.. W4 l" }. r3 }8 e! t; w

2 U/ T4 \& G  Z0 cL: 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。0 @4 l- @' o4 p3 l7 r: X2 N) a3 \

0 [: l0 r2 m9 P( p5 u3 v+ HM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant., G7 v+ r( }# Y- u" j
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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.$ R7 g0 P  N) p/ M3 M

; d8 \3 m, y: ?+ [M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.7 p0 I; W) g- o) n% P$ G: Z

5 a, e8 S9 n: U0 n# M# H! GL: 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。" W/ h8 C5 ~1 }+ N
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.... G2 o+ e) z& M6 R1 u  Y/ w; p& h
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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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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。5 T4 ?& u' z6 x4 A% Y8 |' k: \
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