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。' J. A1 I9 B* ] I; K
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?2 I: E7 F: U4 m
% l' d9 r% ^7 Y; _+ I& s AM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! , y" |: y: J) P8 U8 h8 b/ H# _6 A% C/ Z7 g: X
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! ^1 n m! ^" [) B: V( i! @
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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! 5 V5 T( p) s0 B6 s 2 h( u4 G u p) U& M) D" b! a- |2 pL: 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 b4 J8 P6 l1 z
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 7 ?* i7 n* y/ E- m7 s& C F# C5 z
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? ! b) G/ J8 k" b" d, [1 s. m) V. J$ H [7 V* F
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.5 r8 X; ]( h3 x4 x8 k: Y) {* b
7 N" m3 W. ~/ e2 g3 ?4 J; RL: 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? ( a0 R, ]& @1 w# u5 ^. }; A, I Z+ K& G2 H2 t2 y: t7 j$ w
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.) P) k% R( k7 J/ I( N
( n" @% Z! \4 d1 m; f% M8 FL: 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? - p( ]' q! K# v" }* {" ^8 M) Q( y. b |( u) M
M: I aced my last job interview.7 M! ~! k8 w/ |4 y
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。1 A5 y& N9 H( b1 s5 V7 K1 g: r
0 ], q, \! s% b; d: d6 S. g/ nM: 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. ' D: b6 t# p1 s6 I# X$ Z# d# i9 ^2 y. k$ i
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。: T: c# `1 N3 P
$ m$ ]1 R* _ a# T, UM: Yes, you're right!# W5 G$ l5 |* S, L* R# h" }) E2 C
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? _ l; j) Q9 a; x
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?' Q! S* w A7 n, c) `( a- j) \
' E) K& G9 L9 ]& F! E; B! FL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 . l% a- M6 F0 @0 e0 N$ R* L# V6 _0 R: ~5 A: j
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! " M; l8 L" Q. T5 i8 Q; ?! B2 d7 {) W. G R4 j6 w- Y6 q
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? " E' m8 N- Y" ^0 S' J. [2 ?' F8 y* g6 O! a8 m
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!$ k. u+ t- [% `! E% e' e
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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? # g# L; O" Y) N X9 j. C4 e" W / X. R0 d4 N5 P5 e* UM: That's right. " k0 \) _9 u3 m9 x. |* \ & e4 r+ q5 I' 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。- p' D2 e' U8 p2 V; P" O( D" ]' O
# W3 G6 `" h2 T# \8 wM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.) B: J- k0 L( p$ c" a8 j$ A
. m- k5 G1 I/ pL: 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.8 b8 u9 B$ w* {7 N+ J* d. R
$ s" {1 Q# e$ b5 b* | ZM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.# h y% d5 m1 M
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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。6 e5 Q6 E. ^8 ?
' E2 T+ K; j7 `+ vM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... * H% B# [: I( C# ~2 P9 g, H% E: {; |
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 3 `- O+ s! q' _1 C d* p0 D4 p& h$ m: j5 Y
M: I'm just kidding! / u+ L) P9 }( |4 O2 R3 ~4 R& T6 S1 v; ^0 _2 e2 ]2 @; Q
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 V! C$ Y2 f% P; g: Z% |& C
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