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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。, K0 x7 z, H" j) ~6 b
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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$ i7 E) H( x$ }$ ^L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!% [- G2 T2 [$ \) q* p
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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!
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  z( P* Z4 j# i  y6 jL: 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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3 l6 W( |+ `5 D. x; h4 j  G2 ~' JM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& I! A6 r3 Y2 e3 F; v* S  Z

& w  U6 P/ X% T& n8 aL: 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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2 @# K, d9 V* B4 }% o+ |! X6 M1 zL: 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?8 _8 }' f& F3 a0 O/ }* i

& g: q$ F' _. ?( n* N5 SM: 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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% n* b8 E* I$ V! \5 sL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。! m# e# W4 Y1 j$ p

6 ?+ q" I* A1 _+ pM: 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。# g' a' {- k8 g( f1 N. \
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M: Yes, you're right!
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$ @( N( |4 O7 u+ TL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?4 Z8 p' A2 @$ U7 ^

& n" h7 A. s5 L  DM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?# C' c  N! Q3 J# F) 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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- F, t  ~/ a! f$ K4 eM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?# [  g& p% M  K- c8 A
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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"!/ t0 l7 `2 n8 a& a9 D4 b; T
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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?$ u. p! [* E8 ~2 n' c
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M: That's right.& V& f- J' P! X& V/ ?; e2 S+ 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。) l# ~" O2 m- o) h

$ G! s4 [3 H. B( o3 uM: 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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: t- y; M* o5 L. J4 n5 w# S: ]0 ]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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. d! U9 \2 t) u2 t! t0 ?M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.$ a/ m$ n0 F) n+ E. M* d) J( b

' p% F7 @- h- |" RL: 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。$ q" d$ C- a* R! o/ A$ h8 T

) q1 @: l6 A9 \6 ?, X+ @M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...( |: U! g2 H) u# J  K
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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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: K8 l' V- I. Y0 F; Z/ I! n6 v/ qM: I'm just kidding!3 i0 L, ~  c7 z8 O7 N

; J3 n$ }9 G5 V. f4 ~, U3 m  y3 L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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