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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。
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, V5 h. P1 a( l* i! \% `2 XL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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: f9 q% v* P2 h9 q* ?% sM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!' V( k6 m  y) D7 o* y* Z
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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, [* J7 L1 I( x  q* t7 N7 T3 Z' VM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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) ~+ x  R( B7 i4 d" v3 k/ M0 p' ^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?% m: }8 g& Q4 X

: }* F5 S* x! f/ rM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 }. B! O, v8 B  X4 r( g

. `; l# V; F7 u1 J# v5 ^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?/ b9 n6 g* ]4 F. _" @

' `1 K3 |0 F2 q6 J3 e) yM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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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?
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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?) U& v! F2 c) A# ^0 k! C+ R: [
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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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! E, W# n9 X/ q8 l- J) ?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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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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( L! ]$ A% |# k% ~: zM: Yes, you're right!% f9 X8 {' D. i2 ~

7 D! b$ n0 @9 Q* w8 v+ Z2 j# pL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?+ R" `- ?/ ^! A! P1 L
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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?% q7 C; S2 L+ ~' C: {' r. Y; t
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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。# b* L( B1 v0 Q) ^# d) o& Y

1 G& g2 v2 c/ T9 p& dM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!% D& C1 {4 Q; J6 k  y
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?# d; q. S$ A/ S
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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"!/ |, N6 v8 ?0 v9 n, w$ Y* z  _3 e

" V" t6 D1 o% AL: 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?/ E  @  B" W8 t# E
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M: That's right.  F+ `  P) |( V" i: ~) b: C9 X0 m
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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。! d9 J: K) A- [& L) u

  Y6 s2 g2 L4 ^1 z( O% JM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.5 r) }8 G1 f& b# h  Z( w

  v5 \. J- @: [% zL: 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.( A0 J7 T; f0 o' o3 X% k
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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0 V3 @% [8 X3 c' {/ L& {& {& nL: 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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0 t8 f% i5 B. R2 I) L+ i: o: EM: 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!9 E) ]+ Z1 \/ E2 Q" G

" m8 }9 A9 w! }/ C' M6 v. a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。- h% l) W* c; r
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