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。 / Y/ i- E5 S- T- |3 Y3 m . ?/ T7 U# ^: WL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?- N& n. i0 C2 p" h, p' u
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 3 s4 e2 M) g _- ^& m; _- O; J- \+ v8 h: C& a0 L8 A
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! * W/ W" h) Q% X( k: b) U/ N: [7 s M- `8 y; O' y4 c
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!4 R8 g& b7 i! y. l$ |
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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?3 v. n/ d- ]. E3 d# D+ ^$ h" s
( q' J) E( m% oM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 H$ U. E9 C; q n
4 T' f3 t5 X7 c wL: 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?& F0 n8 s) [$ n2 T) |. i+ H
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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.- \ ~- U# s, h& L7 c; o
% m" h. }1 [/ k! D$ o5 b' {4 ~$ P* qL: 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?; j3 t Y7 S: Y5 j% ^9 b
& s% K; Q# T/ T1 \. 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. 8 e5 {7 y% @; ?5 [% L' y0 V/ @) k I( p2 V/ c& P% y9 Z
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? . F' X, Y* ^1 p! ] 9 ~8 s$ O4 R" ?5 q2 \5 q; AM: I aced my last job interview. 1 _- P" Z" D9 Z0 C4 f# T% W; H: Z. @! g" s$ w* c5 t ~1 C
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ! E9 x2 Z, Z3 Z( U * m% ]) a: i# n, P! lM: 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.8 V; T: E& X9 b' H# h1 Q& u
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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。 W M) K- D/ e; y8 J3 K4 ]
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M: Yes, you're right! ; o0 V, S0 Q1 s: b/ I9 `4 ]4 Z+ T 1 D1 {* ]# }3 D+ pL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? / Y: }& W9 E ^3 [ " n1 a v* t* X [$ T/ R: @M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? - \/ E) W- ^2 x ] P2 u: n1 M I8 z: ?. @' m4 v5 i+ j1 EL: 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。 8 ]5 h, O* `; O+ M3 T* W7 Y 8 ]; h. H: [" ^# a' d ZM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! + p8 s5 s: q e1 @& x9 p( S8 l% f% W- i K. K8 y
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?+ R! s& d( i0 a& r }$ n
/ x5 S) L2 z* z4 ^+ ?; n4 M9 K# JM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! % g2 T% N! X( g' k+ z1 X' T' G6 c7 B* Z# x0 v9 b! l# R
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? 3 O' v: D2 s( v" Q/ a7 r; ` 0 u x: D* n3 i. H2 tM: That's right. " Z, _, {, r" s9 I) E+ h 9 ^& E( b8 _6 a$ ]( @/ lL: 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。 / E- ^. J2 e* M9 C* N# x % }3 P$ f3 o) O' RM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. , f/ o7 i- n( X }! O. U0 `! a K# s1 r6 K. `5 P
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.5 p1 @- o0 } {9 v g8 f h
. @1 q8 {+ J# Y& u/ L1 c5 rM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.9 m' r9 q; `6 P4 j
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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。 / s7 @. ^8 q9 e# S " H! @) q+ g" a' h; aM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...( u% m- s c L3 {
K# m5 Y; h/ X# RL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! ( U& h8 ]) o: E( R& c) {. O $ `# I% J$ I4 W" c9 P- b1 v! @" dM: I'm just kidding! & m* c2 x" a! `5 I2 i5 C 0 D7 f* w" m9 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。 0 s b! o: S. ~. J2 LAudio As Following: / @- |+ X+ }$ C9 L. p