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。 . _3 `9 D9 r7 Y9 B + V. B4 L; o! d: }9 ?L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?! e' C* R( i6 \$ X( v
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! : g6 q5 N) [) s; L p" _. B# v( E, {% v) D# e& v! I$ }
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 7 K% K% v8 c* F0 C0 e2 m! [, w# y+ p0 i2 ^1 y- L, N1 s) e9 L
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 0 C( q7 N0 ]1 [, n0 l. j& P7 b( Q+ D
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? 1 U3 j+ {9 B( I$ D9 _$ p6 _) o: T- o) [& Q
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.) K# ^# j2 t5 |
; S/ m5 x {* m) }. X ^, }M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.# z( ]% V5 w5 c) ]" P
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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? ( @. g7 ^; w3 z2 ], L0 [: x+ k% v$ }: V3 Z; p
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.4 q# C" g8 J1 [: g7 M+ Q
5 m' ^' d0 `7 }* z3 \' sL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。6 y o5 o9 P8 o% S9 R% A, ~
* A1 j' v: n- \( @# }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. 0 F* H1 e4 U2 Z" ?5 i ! s( g$ o7 U4 u/ wL: 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。 $ D( r* e6 C! ^, J. ]/ B' H g/ a& c7 |0 b
M: Yes, you're right! 2 f+ N4 \" s, ~+ b4 ?0 ^% J+ c; H& m, d* k$ b1 A; `$ n
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?5 J2 P8 t/ U' E) ?2 N, @% w) u' U
% Y% m/ b0 ~7 Y* HM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?0 X! Y! m! x. h3 b6 F
$ y4 X5 o5 T; E/ o( Y- [M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! $ D1 A3 I0 [" b$ P! ` - B% Q8 M, E8 p1 r! \: @. s2 UL: 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?* C/ [' ~, i9 Y5 ?6 t/ J/ v0 C
% l# A- M0 M9 R- l6 _. LM: That's right. ! n6 m2 b: s* o! p% Z/ i+ o- S, }6 H5 n; F* P+ Y- ~
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。 & f# `( j1 m3 w+ ?3 n4 U* q; j# }, `' B( N
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.# f% Y0 m( n* E5 i6 Q% w
$ d- g7 z' D- G% w! s" ML: 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.0 f8 y/ [7 f" S6 @" V1 ]5 h
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 3 D( q; H! S+ s. P0 e2 f3 A5 x' l3 g6 E
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。 ) h$ p; s0 U$ \1 r) J# O; A1 I4 w% p, k
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 0 C N+ S. b0 z1 Y2 O0 m% F 6 ~) U! i- v/ d) OL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!) a3 i7 C/ e$ C% A
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M: I'm just kidding! - N/ M1 i( S5 G+ c2 k4 Q9 x) z/ R8 G* o; [
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。 % {: i: b" W% Y7 q( uAudio As Following:) h4 x% [% Z! |+ C' e