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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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7 o1 w$ {0 V4 [" r- T  W) [: gL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?$ |" @6 l& c8 v' a. S# _, F- l
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!  ^4 o! l2 M+ h

/ M! i! }% X& d7 _7 GL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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/ f% l! F% A% f0 ^4 L' NM: 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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0 o2 j- B5 J  i: s5 Q  P* ?: {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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M: 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?* `, y# E* m! F' U2 c
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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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8 b! o8 `/ z1 E& S9 PL: 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 I5 o; V  }) ?6 }

; y* ]9 U. T7 P. 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.
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9 F* q( \. h2 F+ iL: 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?* q- f4 `  U, ^" J, |& j
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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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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!
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; G3 V8 u/ M: C% K6 uL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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" `  d( M2 R" l: Z4 GM: 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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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。9 T' @9 c1 a' M7 s. ]
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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0 w* d2 @* C7 ]L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?1 H" c' B2 \) q' A4 Q: u
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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"!
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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?. ~9 y4 y5 |7 R9 n7 p& T9 k+ K

8 ^- m6 M8 G8 oM: 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。9 j" M0 P) C3 g6 }- q) q& t
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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.
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/ u- E% |/ y0 l% g& M: b3 AL: 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., ^- g/ i6 w! l8 T2 i

$ v0 P; u& G5 n7 B1 OM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.# {: z8 h) f0 x8 [' s* p

- {3 O) H( @8 wL: 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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, e1 j$ x8 L: L1 f9 QM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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!2 q3 [0 `5 G* a* O0 Y0 w1 g9 U
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M: I'm just kidding!
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, W7 c5 k+ o* ~2 K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。" |2 K1 f. X$ w
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