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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。$ G# U- ?8 o# e6 a3 e
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?8 E4 j, w7 G% W5 |" d
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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4 f2 E1 x9 i" ^1 `L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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9 ?+ I! P4 q+ |8 |8 K6 R0 eM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!' @0 v% w& k" S$ Y5 j/ T9 V

9 N" e* A* X0 w+ ~# l1 tL: 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?/ w: B0 L! O1 S% a% N

8 Q; v  Q! m# h7 R: g7 KM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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& ]; l$ Y9 m" [' G6 [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.7 E* q/ q; W9 L* t' p  R

& N0 [& P  M2 X4 @1 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?. p6 t$ C, S- W# ]& S4 t
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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.: Q' W5 a+ W/ V1 ^
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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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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.% u  Y: Z/ q0 ^9 e

+ @; R7 `, S7 wL: 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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& Y% l3 N1 o( |$ FM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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?
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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。; c3 b3 N, ]" W) O

3 X  h/ d, V; EM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!5 ?) J, B! |* \  @4 I0 |7 h
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!" |- Y. F1 R8 D0 U% w2 V, z. ~

0 v' z( k) W4 i1 OL: 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?
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M: That's right.6 G& \; h2 q! l
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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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! c* A. L. F8 |1 `4 y1 h6 a' @M: 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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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.1 F. [6 U3 o4 [7 j! [  `  Q

( A7 N/ r$ ]9 ]7 \* tM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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# E( t6 d/ A/ Z1 IL: 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。1 `8 h9 n* a  I6 {

) Z1 W: t( S+ ?+ qM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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!( g5 E: \7 H4 u' S
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M: I'm just kidding!
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+ P4 D4 m9 ]. j7 g' H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。% F+ r( J- {5 w  a, p5 \) v* h
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