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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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5 R. M/ }; s* p1 b2 Y) _$ ZL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?. U( U; A; w2 b8 @2 b& ]+ ?
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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!
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: D( \+ u1 i) J5 T% S0 G! D. R! |5 \M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!6 E+ S$ l9 L9 ]9 a9 p9 p" x/ ^

/ |8 q8 ?0 C# k7 O3 B( \; O' XL: 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 O( t/ \7 G6 b" t

# ?: X) R: X' Q7 P4 CM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.2 a; c  {. k% `. f
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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?& H& q% Y: E$ y9 J0 B0 j
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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.9 w, @: q; `4 S, ^* X( K6 |) P
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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 O) |2 ?) c' a# o
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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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0 m. Q% ~- d7 H) ?0 vL: 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?# {' K4 E3 v4 u4 C8 `& g+ P

! M6 _  y5 A% ^/ p" ^- nM: I aced my last job interview.
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0 t9 C" u! ^/ JL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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# w% `' d# i2 r! \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.
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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。/ V$ q) g8 x9 ~8 |* a- ~* T7 p+ I

- Q8 u/ B7 B- I# R' xM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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/ n7 @' R8 v7 Q# w9 E( YM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?; N) L2 G) N2 M- @4 W
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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!+ B- v/ h% w' @. q+ X1 q

5 {. J7 t5 Y: G8 TL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) R4 u- b+ }: L6 A8 }& L
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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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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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+ M' t+ X" F( t/ DM: That's right.; b" w' k) g2 i$ g8 z% L
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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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3 ^) r! j+ n! y& i, j1 }3 y" @* kM: 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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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.' }$ J8 I! ^$ L, @6 `6 r

, c4 O, h% t/ p" N6 qL: 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。! F3 u( O& \1 R! g# ]+ f; [4 t
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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2 J; ]4 s- U8 kL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!0 Q: {7 r" I) x; A" B

% N# b! W$ X" @: ~M: I'm just kidding!0 {# L. g( T2 b8 ~( R2 y+ v  @
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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。
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