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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?; p3 f# ^4 x0 W& O% D  ~
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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!; Y# R% F5 K: Z* s( v' J- J

9 i! n1 k. q3 r) [: x0 i+ VM: 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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8 A& k# g( ?) c& dM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& d' p& P. _! i9 x# p4 v
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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?4 o( z5 q: |5 e# N) w0 l/ t- H

% `6 @; D1 n1 c( E  b  V( u- i. oM: 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?
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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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, |6 `: z# K6 y! DL: 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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4 H) T7 y& g% }1 P5 e/ CM: I aced my last job interview.# y, S# _8 w1 ^5 h! E
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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.6 s" `5 I' ^' s/ A0 i# N; D0 X
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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!# s7 P" _; L+ l5 b& W
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?0 _7 N& {* s( M# X+ ?/ c

2 A' }. Q0 p/ D9 p+ q# |. YM: 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。
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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?: x) t4 ~+ u' j( i( M' ?

& a. I6 z: q0 E, S' ]M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!* H( `' V: g, n, J; r2 U, d. ]& h0 P8 M

* w9 T$ B' i! y2 o, R; @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?
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1 Q4 ]" B1 X+ K8 q2 jM: That's right.8 \! X0 S2 q( Q% J1 S/ b8 s* c

+ G4 j4 j" e" O, A8 b, `1 q7 S1 j2 bL: 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.7 b" O% N7 k: s  g& B
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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.7 @3 A- T. W$ s; x$ E% X$ m
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.  Y' u+ w5 y! t+ Q: z

5 z+ c* l" K+ v& t, q( cL: 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。" {" k+ n( T5 q) e+ j& w- E
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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!* {5 l- y% ]7 q, j, t

" @; \  O, u( N1 M! n' F, Q% }) iM: I'm just kidding!
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0 L8 f" D: ?1 s3 P- W6 j- O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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