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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。8 j3 }8 I2 k6 p' r' g; H
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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6 u0 p6 G4 W; X5 bM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!4 u! I8 B" A  L' Y/ y# E! L

4 @9 H; y) b2 J: r3 GL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!2 R* d( D" W/ O" _0 Z9 l4 E

: r6 @& ^: M5 y* X/ |M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!- R4 H9 b( E% q6 J! @: z; F

& T) d7 o: J; i; t! T3 R# kL: 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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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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6 _+ q, F' f& B+ p1 p+ A5 LL: 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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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?
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5 {: c. r  a0 v+ KM: 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?2 M0 b+ r4 F! _4 D' M
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M: I aced my last job interview.' T# g  j/ \7 g* z9 G; L7 n
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。) P, C& Y$ }& e' _' ^0 d. Z) k5 ~

, K8 Q# Z% S) @6 }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.6 i7 s$ f/ n- Q% m" ?. J

! {& B- O4 }2 o5 V/ FL: 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!4 V' Z) ]( ~; M% J6 D7 v2 F9 a& K3 Z' j
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. g, M% }; |, @+ \1 G% l

( G1 e) l- m5 W2 N* T# fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?) W2 h. q, ]( v' Z

. c! R( |: ?2 b/ rL: 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!
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4 p1 v3 ], B: j* N5 r+ E9 K9 P( uL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!$ a( b. Y. C* L5 l+ ?2 Z  z

! ~! A( Q9 y& V8 |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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" e) a" B& J$ u& Q0 Q4 H" K" _M: That's right.
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0 K. n0 J- k) {  F# mL: 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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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.% u, \( p  N$ u1 @+ e" r9 F

! f, D2 c/ u6 nL: 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.) y( g. p- Y' [

1 _: U3 d7 ]# V, w/ @M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.. C8 U: J6 D6 t, @
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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。. o5 |5 N" O& ]+ f0 p9 c
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.../ b$ m5 ^8 ]3 d: o" ^2 j: t& v
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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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' @2 b+ U) ^: V$ S5 S2 G  R9 e9 vM: I'm just kidding!
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5 o+ Z" D' D; l' U7 X" h& u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。/ u% }* K1 |* s; L" ?  D# i
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