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。 q$ ~/ L7 Z1 i+ ~) E ) Y, N4 p1 L' V0 ]5 m8 U1 lL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? % f1 {8 F% a* K! P % E; m4 A+ p* y& L3 G" `3 ~M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. P; A2 G$ W2 d p( i
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!/ y% L2 K- C' r6 p% Q- |5 D4 A0 m, 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!2 E- n8 x& k h' N0 x
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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?1 R6 g S2 B5 `
/ M6 _9 u3 x) \7 y: o RM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. ^6 X1 M3 o5 z! C8 q$ S2 r* Q9 u% w# K* G! `
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?& [5 o4 i; `0 c
* a0 U0 U; E$ N4 h( K- }- x, GM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. * E1 I! a8 g$ }% g& D3 a 7 f7 J9 ]$ j7 O0 d6 z6 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? 1 e/ f, Y/ \- Q! ~8 q, h: \: T( | 3 q2 `2 [. H* B+ OM: 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.* z; s& w8 U1 g% O4 U
- {/ f* v" O4 D& ?/ N( RL: 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? ) C* D) Y5 V2 @) s; B * w/ f: [1 o" I9 j5 c/ X. f0 pM: I aced my last job interview. ! l5 j8 X+ ~0 x# B/ K8 L1 t - w. a" G: g5 yL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。; C: N# c( ~: N" Q. v6 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% h& z" j$ [7 K: r: U # @0 R3 M( n5 |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。) B. C+ |- {8 }. s0 {: X) T
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M: Yes, you're right!- Y' f4 K' ^' \9 k9 ]6 z
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?9 p5 w1 r! J# H$ }( |% D
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?/ ~: R% P) M$ O/ B \5 y+ X4 k3 Y! K4 m
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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"! 3 X9 R5 o9 w6 A9 {5 n/ e: k4 W0 N8 ^, G$ N1 P9 j* {$ I
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? " D: l- @2 F( F ; D- W" M4 a. |& B PM: That's right.. z: V+ P8 E7 c9 J$ O5 {; f
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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。 ( } M4 d+ k+ {* j! o" X4 v. q5 @' {' g T
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. & x0 @& S3 o( f$ L9 K' b6 `7 c8 {( a( K2 \' H# R
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.% L8 z W6 _0 N4 F
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money." E+ G5 M e+ ~1 S0 B2 B/ [ 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。 ; T' `) P- s4 M) R" d' X3 k0 k M+ t5 F3 [1 ~4 tM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...* ?- V+ p( P% _' z7 @! G; R4 I/ z
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L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!$ e! S% `) M/ m
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M: I'm just kidding! 9 D1 {9 C% b8 b/ r q , K7 [8 D" W8 I) J% |7 f' v. B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 q7 J0 _- I# @( I# A9 t
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