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。- g( r5 b: O8 I0 F0 H
8 F$ r( S% ~$ P. r4 YL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?% r5 n) ]3 l' y0 l( p: J+ a# _
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 0 a, q0 \$ ~. R+ f% [! _ ! c( x9 B- q8 c$ RL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! m# m) n; n- w6 l0 N0 D5 u
0 ?4 W* {$ L% I' R4 u$ |6 XM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 3 Q$ I; r0 Z, |: J9 p 9 V1 n' C& J4 _3 U" hL: 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?( v) b, _ N/ J. l$ T" [5 f+ g" J. X
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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? 3 X- y6 A. ]7 r; r) y7 e4 D5 `, f6 E& Q& o; K+ _7 J% X7 c; Y% j( P
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.- k3 B8 x2 B3 d8 E. r' Y
: S3 I' [, a7 \: R; 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?1 {0 ?& Y* b$ J4 m* i, {2 n1 B' u- _
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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.0 c c# h) e& W) N. v2 o$ ?) `
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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? ) x/ e* y) V# Q; X! w 6 {+ A/ k; G3 h& u- o: x* UM: I aced my last job interview.1 F5 c( i6 K) ~( l% v0 l2 o( Q: ~
( C2 e1 s* ]: f* M: ?1 U% I9 LL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 & W0 R7 t5 u/ e8 e * T' u& e2 i, [$ [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 c+ L1 ~/ c: }- d% ~2 d
2 ?0 @ r$ u/ UL: 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。3 G8 f$ ^% }4 W; @! Q6 ?8 A
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M: Yes, you're right! / f" b9 _& t) s o! x9 m8 z S/ y; A7 v& KL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? L# x7 V) I+ v7 O: o2 }9 S& n
2 _, @# `: e1 N) fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? , D M0 ?) D5 U) g4 O g. a F, U! ?( D, v
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。* A+ S% L1 h. O
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!9 [4 P$ `: g( d2 a
* L) u* u+ g$ v/ Z6 G" H1 n \+ ~L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 7 V" I) _* a6 x" ~8 M9 H1 K1 l 5 T( ^5 B% b( I: r8 V% O5 x/ PM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 9 Q, ?' j2 p" Z7 P" C4 l: Q 4 r7 |8 p9 @4 }3 \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?, d8 A+ Z$ Q# N6 @- H1 J6 P
* ^- P9 m' y0 qM: That's right.& D2 x# e, s9 q U& v/ ?: `
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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。 # y: h! f; _4 e- A8 i * ^2 V) ^4 L A0 P# ]; ^M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant., J. {8 l; W j8 N" J
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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.% W* }- Q9 `! D
6 q; W3 n: f; w, P, CM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. & d' g/ D" k: j4 w9 ^7 t8 a- j) A " t* O; f5 q4 s+ Z$ FL: 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。 m/ O& S4 a$ f4 M% R" b1 n/ D) ], b* @ G
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...7 W6 c& F/ V5 N. ^: c, F1 Q
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M: I'm just kidding!' Z# \+ l O* \' P0 `
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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。 ' i; i" C D' U3 T$ z! pAudio As Following:3 M# V( z8 W7 s( W& @; `