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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。5 A+ c5 Y6 d% ?5 w" Y  S# R
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?* J% i: @* w) H3 p; Q7 ?

& O; B: e3 g. }8 d: VM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!0 L" E% c, O9 ^* G0 w

# H8 r& \3 `/ ~+ @5 B$ }( iL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!$ F- Q' ~9 R4 F: ~

1 z7 ?6 b6 T+ _) J$ X% zM: 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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) j; L0 M( Y& n  i4 ^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?0 n. E. ]6 J5 ^4 j

6 X, ?4 d% b1 y; ^' w2 FM: 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?9 D7 H# p4 L0 |1 p0 c

1 U% g5 }, w7 y1 o  z4 }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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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?9 P1 V+ h& x' j/ G- D

& }: R4 B; a0 YM: 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.
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! t' O0 }# K9 ^0 dL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 f( k/ A, H" |

4 ^0 ?9 E& t6 x) ?9 n3 AM: 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。  ?' P. i% a, Z1 f
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M: Yes, you're right!
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$ d$ h& V" o( D2 o* ?L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?8 L' {9 o% U1 U6 k# `- M
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。) r$ q2 g# ~7 j3 t; m9 h
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!6 v7 k# [3 a( V  j
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?  h) z9 D8 @1 `* W1 v7 j* A5 {

5 \4 K4 P* x1 o& y; |: n* ?M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!7 I' D% U0 g1 b+ ?, B7 s8 q' Q

: }$ r1 P8 V4 L" b, T9 nL: 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?! T' l9 C8 ^% h8 W3 r

- v0 s1 x( }3 }) ]( z8 g, [: CM: 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。
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8 h. h8 P9 m( K5 T2 W4 RM: 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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( b; w/ W9 |. |- `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.9 F, S* a# q& ~" N" I. Z" F* Z
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; J" {. {; {+ k" ^' j' B$ F' m
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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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..., g* b3 A9 C  \  A9 @9 s) Z$ J8 C4 H

( ?0 |: R7 W, S7 ^: l- AL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!+ N3 ~# d! L4 g$ c

2 K4 y/ G+ z8 q% h6 K( O( {" lM: I'm just kidding!' h  X* T7 r) {

$ i3 D* E8 a* |# ]; n+ \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。% b  h) u6 S* M" T, K
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