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。- H3 O( W( g f; Y+ F
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?. l7 D# t1 @% @' r4 j
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! % q. T3 v% M1 q2 d4 r2 O5 {" O* p U
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! $ C( U# w: D; I0 H( M/ K+ Q ; Y1 _. g% J, n0 {% tM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!3 Y- ^% j2 b: y
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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?/ A- ?' e% i2 Y
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. * j, V5 r9 t% D* e; C9 B0 w. r) c8 L0 d/ R7 Q) `+ Q7 x4 A) F% S
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? p/ p) Q- E/ V( `6 E w0 ?6 [; @. S% |' J+ a/ \
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( \/ [8 N7 g/ l9 G# u
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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? / q/ g) a% Z1 I2 A# {" p1 _" y j9 y1 b, j- w9 y9 S7 q4 B) o
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. " `, @6 m/ W; p ) w2 X7 q" i- I4 |9 m! CL: 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?5 Y, i6 t8 \2 S1 t
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。% z9 d& G; { o- C$ m* y
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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.$ Z) C' V5 D4 P+ e3 U7 O5 x
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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。 ) A7 S+ s( \ @! B+ v " ?+ s7 W3 z1 G& v2 Z1 x2 RM: Yes, you're right! 5 Q* Q0 w/ n6 L& x3 Z# Q, n0 c9 x$ z2 Q2 y5 P
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. ^: q6 u$ V* d$ k" H4 r9 G- ~% T
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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。$ S1 L* w9 N2 v
+ O9 |# p4 e/ o& xM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 1 z. }3 E. J9 p- R6 ^) r8 h0 b( h8 @6 p. s$ J% n
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? : q) Y: C7 u) C0 \ : F! [- P/ j) n5 U% LM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!$ b4 P+ z8 A( k7 p- U5 I: ]
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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? 2 \8 e, T. U* _/ d% X4 @8 r" k& M - _" Z0 O6 T; t9 [" r4 y ZM: That's right. / r# @5 n/ J- q+ C' @- g+ q 1 I0 F' @7 v7 h b! `! NL: 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 g4 l$ V) t: w' w7 \: H
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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.8 R' Z/ [5 N( P
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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.) a+ D1 b4 j; l) W& }4 Y- Z4 K
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; B7 K3 U! j, ]) Z5 W2 p- y+ }
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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。 4 y4 z' S9 H7 g1 u8 ~2 O: m( f2 s0 }3 \! \, J
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 0 R& H0 X m# V( M, J7 s0 ^- G) M* C, h9 i! b
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!! ]+ q4 i; X" t# X% p, M
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M: I'm just kidding! ; k2 K; j( @$ m7 g, s, R6 V; R* J7 r/ A( x, E% j
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。 & I7 ]7 k+ K" E" AAudio As Following:. R0 ^2 D" a$ I) u j+ t