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。 h1 y+ A D, J! g7 B
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?# S* n8 y/ T9 F" d/ m- z% N
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 8 _4 y0 H* A5 e, m8 q U- h, e; U% N9 d7 [
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!. w3 r$ P6 X" S! ~
$ M* Q% K6 e2 z. CM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 9 q s/ U$ q- I! n5 j; A+ I" u9 k' G0 X& B, f& M+ j
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? & Z( Z, l5 D/ f( d; N& q. l. Q3 V4 ?& p
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 1 C- o: |1 E9 F* D S7 d! I' K' E
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? b' q. L& U4 a$ p( j ?1 V
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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. 1 Q' d+ v4 y; \- k# P , c' i& y3 I% UL: 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?/ @! ]- l' n- Y" T
; E# E% e# p" j% a( z1 LM: 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. ' r! ^( x* p7 u6 U0 [( ` 5 O) c$ z& w" jL: 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?# R+ W, q! w6 g' w" H( ], q
; _) y' W6 [: _' T3 L X {. O* Y8 |- iM: I aced my last job interview./ I6 y* m' d: x8 V
+ [* T) T$ y/ _8 yL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 u# B9 }7 c. O
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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. # p' ~" U% U) ^: _- m$ |5 ]. s/ K4 P1 ^- I/ q
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 Q( C/ a/ ]: A/ i' _4 y4 @6 Q L0 I
M: Yes, you're right! 8 R+ n- n9 M1 i2 `0 b9 h7 \( z. I/ d( e5 W0 H# U' I, E3 x
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 6 ?4 D' w& h9 x$ _! p4 c & c; W- T0 g: J9 V; s# a8 \M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?8 }( Q$ ~+ X4 t5 F4 {- P
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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。1 x& N' ?* _" a$ D/ H
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!0 A4 J- i; t. C" X) E/ l
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? & ~0 g3 A1 `( V) A + p; O5 S& r5 m* J4 UM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! $ K- {. r" I5 X9 f5 \6 n s. W! Z7 X" e! V6 _9 Q0 }
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?3 y9 R- m, V0 }; M8 Q! i. e
& G3 w: z3 q7 e# }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; ^# J: ]6 K/ a; Y9 A! y |; w: l# y3 k/ p
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.2 u" x. l0 ?$ E* t+ R9 E+ H3 T
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. % ?. x2 W$ t) H 8 b2 d$ v! T4 |" J* W7 y4 ZL: 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。 " X' |# Y8 F! h( g% u* N c8 R" }, J( U
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..., ?. d0 }6 j2 x# K& B' V: @, a
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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! - G) d4 m$ L* r! R# E 5 o5 F# d! ?. n4 \+ ZM: I'm just kidding!1 e" Y: x& `" L* d; E" Z9 h0 V2 M
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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。 : _7 o) M2 e0 A) _Audio As Following:7 |* b% |# h# l" f8 c" I/ C8 t