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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。! b/ l& ~& B. w" `) o& c. u: x, Q& m

4 O# S: Q+ w0 ?0 AL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!9 ^! L% @9 j9 w7 H
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!0 v, b! e( C! X/ m2 F$ V' F2 X( r
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M: 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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& u: X; M" H3 nL: 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.. L: s+ k0 z0 @' T8 K. m

5 i( g7 n; ~. V9 yL: 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?* K) n% q) }% p, y$ P

# Y4 I9 c% S6 J: O0 H3 L# i, H. OM: 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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5 m9 q" o& Z8 x2 kL: 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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% S' p1 g1 I6 A5 AM: 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.- b+ r/ o  G) z' K3 e
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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?% t; K( A' N. D
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M: I aced my last job interview.! Q$ u# i& q: e1 ~
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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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8 l1 q* Y6 R6 T0 N5 KL: 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 R4 Q% w" N6 h5 S0 U. _/ s
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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! S9 D' G! L4 Z" |! m9 lM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?7 C3 S, P- p% t3 `
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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。0 N! K, Q7 P" F* R

# v: T1 X  q# W/ ~. t+ b# i4 AM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?/ P6 E) Y! F0 z5 E
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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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! m/ B  ?# u7 ]8 v# dL: 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?. r( l, Z; }3 i. y8 l" v& |" ^4 t

7 u' H7 s0 B* K: L/ F7 AM: 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。6 Z9 `2 g2 k- _0 Q' T/ C
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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.# i) e& c. J2 s6 H

/ H/ F2 ~' g! s1 TL: 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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.4 i9 O+ x0 B' P4 \
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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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...6 [- B* k' h- V6 c3 h8 Q% Z3 M

$ ~4 ^/ n$ H, X- p4 k; j6 hL: 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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: H. u/ S6 k0 k0 q- dM: I'm just kidding!9 I+ a* N1 Z. e( i4 ~
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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。7 [* E3 M( y" U# m, r( `
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