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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。1 `3 d2 M! \6 G- y

+ G+ D7 u4 N1 p, q5 k) e) SL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?7 }/ a3 j9 m' W5 m' ]8 n
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!8 k* ^; q1 \, b

- p* S( m  A. P1 d' T9 I( P4 NL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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!. {1 R$ {1 f* b! F( F% 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?
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' C, ]% T/ |1 F# ?. t9 O  CM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& }# s# Y. Y4 B4 K( S- B
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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?+ \, o: [4 N( @8 B- P/ X( \7 k
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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.4 f7 G7 `, D. b) s* B) k; m) H, b

( O& v+ i# L8 ]9 w4 cL: 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?" f1 g2 g* c4 l- n
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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.# w) b7 N) V5 I$ `8 ~
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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?: h$ ~& X; R& {& a

; t% h& W0 j3 \  J# [1 P% ZM: I aced my last job interview.
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# W1 n* B4 a: XL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。8 f+ d" U5 A! q& c# R( k* s( a+ r

) A0 Y/ G# E+ ?8 _' D2 eM: 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.& t: y0 c3 {4 j* V

/ e, G6 I! O0 i- T6 r$ n7 o5 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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M: Yes, you're right!( b; @. Z+ v* g0 s

6 g, N' J; I& f2 AL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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) f' |  z, ?" i, O7 \M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?$ K6 E: C' W4 K, W

0 s! q$ q- m4 Z& d! z, kL: 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。
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( T3 N; x( R6 AM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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4 N: g% _% w# {0 j8 vL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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$ E' {* w2 D* E4 |: ?$ V4 r$ ]$ p, B* KM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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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?" i( Y) p% x: o: L; w- G  Q5 B
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M: That's right.( B8 G) u1 Y, @; |" V
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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。2 `, G8 l7 d) E1 t: j) c( h" g
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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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) Q4 R" D9 T9 B# x; ~- D6 KL: 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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! k2 _" V' t* E+ Z" g/ bM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.+ N* h& A$ d+ a0 b3 x# v  T( A
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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。& J" M, P+ x* s1 r0 ]
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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. h/ F% `- D% ]( f6 ?# DL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!6 y3 |8 V/ W4 I& e) i( F, T9 {# y7 u

* P1 G8 Y. K) [, [% a( AM: I'm just kidding!) v* Y2 `8 o, {. m7 G( R( [

" R$ d  x. |3 }1 O  z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。* K7 T: K4 h, r2 ~; z, E
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