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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!! s, a; T/ {6 H" t
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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!# k: A& \2 \/ ~# j9 O5 B: o: u
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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?6 f9 B# |' B! y: R( k# E; a

) e' H" B0 ]  f- B  z$ w% gM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.5 Y+ \' \2 C. C, t/ t
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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?
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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.  h* z0 f  \8 c2 \# r, T

+ o3 c1 a* y1 J8 t; ?+ c- IL: 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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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.- n4 P7 c, j4 N0 v. P
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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0 f) @% |! r& I; b+ |, ~7 S) x; W2 [, hL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。4 B! C3 i0 l9 S
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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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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!0 H3 H  h( b4 L, t, J
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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0 b# G( l3 B/ yM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?, F/ }. }. _4 A% \* z2 Z

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* X3 F6 L" U. R; G2 \; f. HM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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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"!2 Z  i5 p( o# W) z* z4 d. |' h  a) e

9 B& d4 e2 L5 o" ~' }5 SL: 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?/ V2 R6 [$ G, M
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M: 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。
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, u& g. U- c8 Z1 C( r' M6 b  k) TM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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" Q; E$ o8 i! Z# o) cL: 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.2 y$ _  I1 H2 i0 U" v& ^
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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。2 ~7 ?7 K1 p/ Y% w; b9 ~

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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!8 R' g) f$ ]: L  K/ K
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M: I'm just kidding!4 o) Z, c! t; S7 z

* n1 K! p0 ~( r4 L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。4 @4 H, t: b  A! Z2 ?. i
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