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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。( i/ O0 @0 R" ^' b

3 L$ w; n- ~$ P$ jL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!: L) [7 Q) ]) `& H5 V4 n

! L: m5 C2 v' {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!
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& D' g6 O$ B$ g! v' fL: 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?' X; |: z0 X; Y. M1 T! l! _9 `
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.2 G# W3 a  u& J3 n9 d, n& _

2 G2 ?5 [% Z* ~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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6 y% m4 `. D1 V& i3 Q) `( `9 ^M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 J0 {. M+ N1 k( T( {3 h+ f, C

6 h; R8 v0 w( f' M6 wL: 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 @# h$ c3 T, f- h# V; b( ~/ 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.  \. t2 q; l  l' a& t+ v5 p
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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?  [, J7 M) a& C4 k/ U/ [

' m9 n# y& q* ?$ ~* z# G2 {M: I aced my last job interview.
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, @2 X" n1 z5 }  i2 iL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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6 v3 ~( _% V3 H  c+ [1 k, _+ FM: 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。9 |5 |1 Q# Y( t8 S1 |
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M: Yes, you're right!, D; n/ R4 d3 t0 M( v7 q' m

6 c* d- G1 {: _1 x2 d" d% BL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?( C  j' S( r+ y- Y$ U" Y; f$ K

) C3 k# Q2 T# `  g. Y5 c+ [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: 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。3 U- E% A5 t% W# }8 m

" ^. k5 B1 S3 U% e3 [: ?9 NM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!1 N3 y0 {, j: Z7 x- _

& [0 U! m' M* F- U  rL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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% K1 Q3 y0 Q, @3 B. p5 b2 MM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!3 j: l, Z# V( Z

: S% b7 X" c8 c4 N' V+ `' u* c: sL: 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.  S; m0 _9 Q5 ]7 K! H
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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。/ A. k$ k- |7 J$ o' i6 g5 H

4 K4 e5 I4 l1 w! T9 _M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.# Y* z6 p0 M( S% ?# O

* A5 ?% S# X3 A% ~; KL: 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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.4 G: \0 }' Z! H  a/ S2 Y2 q
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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。8 C# j. n& J  m+ X& M! E3 P/ w2 y) F

/ _* s9 d9 g; A( xM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...; \* b& ?/ |" X( K
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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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/ B9 L! J: R% Z, gM: I'm just kidding!/ ?! y; u6 R# \; C. O3 |% C2 t7 s
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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。: k: E' y  V, E5 @, R4 p4 H& n
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