5 x4 S1 C6 [% [, lL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?# P4 ?; |, Q- O' o' J
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!7 | O7 {1 a7 U- M
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 1 `* S" P1 n; b4 Q; d0 u 6 L4 `9 C, j, g2 f1 G) XM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 4 |5 a; i8 j" p8 q) ]3 P0 s! [& g5 Q s3 k* Y! x4 w( F
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? ! M, L& U- g6 E& Q) J$ z0 \. | , ~; w: b! h8 l# Z7 ~7 JM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.5 |: f/ C- x# |* K, Z y
5 g0 i8 x/ A' hL: 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? 2 h, F- I% ~; T/ C% |5 c- D" K' N, l+ _ ; E" E: @+ M! H ]4 TM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well., c, ]- x7 x2 H8 y! u: Y
: W6 H2 \ u' Q# i; FM: 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. 7 K b& S0 R0 D1 u: Q% v" F1 G% o7 s/ O0 J- c" f$ N y: J4 n
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? 6 l. F: E2 e3 e1 j5 q. c- {" o' K2 Z A* V2 x8 r- c1 B/ u1 g
M: I aced my last job interview. ! C- ?3 L% _& R8 Q, [8 U, w1 P3 M! N0 `+ j. r5 B) f8 D
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ' B; u2 g; O1 G' H7 Y- J1 S5 D7 W9 ]% l+ R0 T
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.2 e y, R- ]# [+ }; D+ T
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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。 0 E4 A6 r/ i4 |% D' i! O. U! n( }( j# D3 ], o O
M: Yes, you're right! ( I- l/ f# s( A. ?8 R- p3 o 8 G0 t; P6 s# O" p: FL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?$ @* J( [! L9 v, B+ q
! t {! W# B% ~; Q6 B oM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 3 W* o3 n/ e5 s, X( h; K# `$ U7 ]- l9 o& P1 p, e( C# I
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。 0 w1 b& P# L, ]) Q% Y& A( q6 |( F& o1 N% b
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!" x/ w+ ]+ z# Y( H
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? ' D) @& ]9 ?1 w$ W" z$ a4 H! f+ ^/ Y1 b3 ^9 S
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!% L+ K& L) Y2 A2 S/ D# e( ?
/ X5 h m; U8 H( B5 J( [0 bL: 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?7 m; H$ `8 r2 G. `
8 a Q* ]7 p+ x/ Y4 Y3 rM: That's right.2 i0 f, f' Z0 N" G# }" A+ {9 n
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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。# t8 @! C9 \; i8 c) ^0 b+ ]
# I v# C( K E3 q/ dM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. ) [# N0 T; Y- {1 G: l6 |9 Q7 U - Y% k9 q2 X. G* m3 R9 IL: 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 y& f2 V% V3 k% H. e+ o, l2 C5 Y9 ^6 Y( n& |
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.$ A {" o* i) {. A [) \1 r; e
: s3 x% }" V, f: A! [# b# Z& v; ML: 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。 . y9 u) p6 @' y+ j! V* M9 j0 w ; f) r6 x: B4 ZM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 2 v3 S8 _' y. i; k' H, C , i! R" O& s/ h, A0 Z+ iL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!4 A0 s7 }) m6 J
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M: I'm just kidding! 7 _. q8 _, G' o8 b* K! ?' Y( Z4 ]/ n6 x: Q! H/ |
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。# R. [* E3 v* B( f1 v. O# n
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