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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。7 @& w  ~, e4 k7 y2 e+ E

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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. F' F) N- T2 n: k

2 @3 v/ c/ p& L- k& ~L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!+ S6 R. w+ g3 d) e$ O
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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!! ?  Y) ~6 S5 u2 w. b; q. _
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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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, g5 q; _$ o! d) I3 kM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?
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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 x6 P5 G! l% [
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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?5 O/ l1 [/ N6 J# 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.
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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?3 E2 s4 q$ x- H

& P/ O0 t1 S7 @8 Y6 R2 AM: I aced my last job interview.( Y7 K* T+ a- k$ a) s% P

* ?0 C, `: u& X1 }" }4 D0 vL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。! K& t# b3 a2 C+ {9 ~3 n
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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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3 c2 ~% X1 _! V2 ?1 }6 |3 F7 Y6 c7 [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。
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M: Yes, you're right!$ @6 i2 }: r( u# B& e5 ]: d
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. V7 D$ O% L) N8 L* 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?+ E2 S. I4 x  h9 t

4 Z. d" G" e/ c6 b, o% S) XL: 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!. V# [: P, t, @! a

5 S" V4 d  k% {; gL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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( d9 J  q, k0 Q3 b" i  RM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 z: v7 K& w& l

7 V# f, R" J: I/ P; g. ]! R: FL: 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?/ u9 L6 \5 _, b- ]$ o

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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。  W5 u$ i- l( f! T( N
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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.) b& o: t/ j/ m' Q" Q
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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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- s! ]$ Y1 P9 q5 O! N- P4 b* dL: 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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M: 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!
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M: I'm just kidding!; C7 i9 H$ p4 h1 i- Z7 u* R
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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。% |' U' m0 x$ b+ b$ p
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