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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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" \- z. x1 r$ B8 gL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?' S5 R2 F5 n7 c7 V: [- l( H
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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! o% g$ l  X9 [5 Y. W8 }L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!; T; H) E( k) E& T; f( L3 Z
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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 v) Q5 h  J4 n

- o: Y0 `. x/ D3 ^! EL: 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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4 u2 B: V3 F2 R1 `! {8 [- gM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?5 t3 a* x8 T1 x! `2 D" ?' b

* u# j* q' U- Y8 c; JM: 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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5 j7 q) F& k7 @: |' {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?0 p! f- v- D! l; Z& t) z
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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./ P% i) j7 _  [+ i
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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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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.
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: F2 K9 W! {- `! u) q$ z: qL: 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!
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' }5 X" D0 v# {9 g: _0 ?) I$ gL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?' B: L) X( \$ `; Y

! @9 W; U0 x- @8 u% ~$ q) AM: 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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0 p0 G+ y4 W3 Z* b8 k# M' s1 `5 ]9 yL: 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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L: 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"!/ \+ f! L1 i1 u" t1 j

, \% b9 x% }+ y1 k! t% i! I5 D9 DL: 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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! O  o" O& G( V7 {4 fM: 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。
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4 O" u6 t, I/ v+ l* B' ]5 m: wM: 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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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。6 b% h) x% G8 ]

  t# p7 Y; |0 M, m5 ?M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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, Y& A0 e7 q# O* P( G* jL: 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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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。$ G7 M0 u5 O7 U' B
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