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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。4 r! \# @3 W; ^# G
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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' o/ r$ o1 d" Q- S8 @M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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2 k; g) p+ f2 B3 @L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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5 r0 J+ x1 h. T3 VM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! t: c$ d, q, @( R0 Z9 h0 B: z5 F9 R
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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?: V! B' E7 A' z  \6 W  y9 j/ Y
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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" P, H: u* p  P) ^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?$ J" s2 U* r2 A
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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.* X9 x) h1 Q# T4 F' m  a' [

  |" o) U/ K+ \L: 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?7 V, c% _9 s+ U+ W

1 b6 ]3 _5 J3 {6 u3 r. C# ]' B7 s1 W4 [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.8 J  }9 T. a! v) L6 q. L/ p1 [

) e, q. ]. q. W' ?: p( 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?" `4 s4 x7 ?8 _
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M: I aced my last job interview.( S7 [- ]% i9 L, _! i* h

# e9 {% p9 D# A6 S# a/ ?1 S9 NL: 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.
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% N" W' g! P% |0 sL: 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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* k3 e7 j  X3 b) E5 E: SM: Yes, you're right!. i  B. n. u  C/ N4 G0 w8 c- f
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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( c& Z/ `' T7 F2 \: G7 \: Q3 aM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?8 V: ^9 B. V8 X* x/ |7 m- P' I; o
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!" `' u$ C# D1 z6 T! L" _

6 [2 R, [2 m& j! \2 vL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?% t# O3 O9 L4 z5 U& |1 M  h

8 h; S% d* ]% @6 O+ k2 g3 DM: 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?
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- y& N! K" s. O. t3 O2 `$ q: S8 fM: That's right.7 E( A( N; n2 P4 G
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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。5 o3 b' S0 z+ p6 y) F, \) _' F2 M
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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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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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! I+ `( P2 s2 y8 A2 o/ {; f! W, G0 WM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...7 j+ E" w8 e! d# a5 u1 D( _
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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!
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2 {; {' X4 u) A# e# Z( ]" s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。6 x2 E' ?: q/ O1 h1 s- }: d
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