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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。4 t) @9 G- E( Z6 Z% |  g

1 N3 s4 @0 [; U% y8 T0 T' CL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?1 y; W% ]3 I# l. O- q8 ?! W

2 U/ ?* P+ D5 ?3 A% zM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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5 @/ e! z- I( N! Q  f. x5 R! D% c* @" SM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!  ~8 }  Z  e4 H3 C/ I! s3 o0 B
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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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# _  V4 E! E1 V- I& W0 J0 [M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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8 n1 H' r3 z( g2 F6 b+ ^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?" O( @# O) y* t- o" x' {. g  H

3 L* ^7 R  @1 A; r8 Y# Y0 oM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.% S, `: R' @. s) K- C0 B' J3 i

/ }0 @  |8 ^- ?6 ]7 xL: 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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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.' i3 C+ V' C8 `3 |4 P; T

% i# Y( u- f1 O0 GL: 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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8 D  F( N+ |. Z% g8 s3 |M: I aced my last job interview.
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* |3 x, q8 e3 `0 j% U4 v$ T' J; ML: 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.  [8 d* _6 t' h5 R

! e$ U: I- y( t: h6 Z/ p3 B6 Z: vL: 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。5 z2 w8 }* U2 i+ p( r0 j9 o1 Q

  y1 i9 i- Y( n! hM: Yes, you're right!
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8 u) D  x  [0 \$ ^L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?" ~9 R7 A  E7 c+ Q1 a$ c
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?! m7 x; Z8 N, M0 Q7 \# {0 H
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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。' R; n4 m; ]7 ]" b0 F

5 @4 k1 b4 B1 N$ pM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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( A* f; u6 a( }8 Y! r! R8 Q: gL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?& o; g# I! F- x
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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"!) ]) _; x" r  {/ J1 ^

( v2 K0 s; O- C9 E( zL: 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?, P$ L( d' j' a$ [

) k5 r9 L! B2 e) n" E1 I. Z7 |; o  d# gM: That's right.
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  K" e% {, U3 v0 ^. ~& ?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。7 s! D$ i8 h- x. g% P

( ^* E( h, m8 s# y) KM: 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/ }  g: |2 rL: 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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, O7 F8 ^3 v) a3 ZM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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% S! S5 c- B2 AL: 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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...2 |2 }5 S% `9 B  J
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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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M: I'm just kidding!. g3 [4 g+ [+ w- y: |$ t

' q' n7 t& h+ b9 U9 _  T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。% M0 ]- ]: D0 Y' ~% C, r( D- s2 Q
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