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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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: u' @1 a8 z5 C# yL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!8 w+ I" e+ T7 T, l7 T0 m
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!  L) j! ~0 E/ @( c0 t9 n
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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!9 L7 I- o5 p0 [
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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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& i2 j$ @) K1 ~2 hM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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$ m0 b! K; k. B3 \' v" iL: 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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- F) k2 S! g  @1 d6 {) @9 h# l" l. sL: 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?5 E0 k2 j- B+ f1 h+ {7 d

  F/ H& `, G& T& I* _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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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.& ?' U3 I5 g5 ~; y/ p; H7 Z& Z
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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.! D$ e# u% k9 }8 \3 f
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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。1 M* k* D) p! W0 P! g0 p; F

5 o* Q( w3 M/ {8 s$ a. k/ u/ NM: Yes, you're right!
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9 V; H* X! h& K9 @, R0 m3 FL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. M0 }* p* q! E5 ^

+ S+ z6 Z/ R1 e2 ^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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" R* A# T) y! W7 D+ e; o3 ?& P: tL: 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。0 x5 v" @' U! @. ?
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 L1 v3 q: d' y2 T
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?1 c% q( |, V1 X6 S3 r+ @
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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"!; g0 r7 Q9 L# ]  L' C
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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?: x! n1 r/ [, ?5 D' N. ~/ G
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M: 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。+ H( K# D+ V1 U/ S7 |

) d* M* f' [2 B! N% R9 YM: 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.; I4 v: M( g  S/ w& A( t3 C4 c

) S1 T; P" i% P6 NL: 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...
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$ @' d+ C0 p4 k5 u* qL: 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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" G# Q7 E7 P0 j' QM: 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。9 ?; `1 o- q* @0 o7 u  `
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