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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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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?- S+ E) s  e5 [* F- A
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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% v5 U) D' V; N7 \6 S: p, m# hL: 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!
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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?+ X# v1 F2 V, o( j. E- p
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense." v0 m/ G& P' ~. V' K
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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?. B& l3 I) ~5 U* Y
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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.
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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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- w6 T% P1 u! q9 c+ Y, y4 UL: 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?( v4 a- D/ {6 Z5 j0 D

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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。' y7 t4 N  c3 h; P9 q7 _% S

. a$ l, L8 I1 }$ w6 R; A9 KM: 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.$ F' O& X( s* j& F% ]
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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。% E& p2 c3 M9 p' e6 t3 Q; A
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M: Yes, you're right!
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) M' C- C* L2 X, ~& l9 _: FL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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  g$ C$ |2 q$ i! h9 T  E" @M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?- e/ Z, m* k2 B# K

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3 C# x; Z' J; p# qM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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9 t2 T, ^4 Y+ G: p6 t1 i5 ^# PL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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  b1 G4 r1 S% i# X/ WM: 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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5 r9 A4 A& k0 iL: 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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M: That's right.
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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。
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5 j1 t6 C6 T, n+ ?6 i1 s, t7 b7 R1 ^M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.! j; l' ]5 g# m

$ Q4 c7 [- a( C4 IL: 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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- n0 [3 E5 U; V* x1 j1 ?M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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! v4 I; W# u1 b: `+ v! c# X2 q# |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。! ^; K$ C* J+ A; s  P
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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! e5 p+ e: Q! L5 CL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!* i) o+ r/ V! W) ?, Q$ Q2 {

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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。: ]! Y( |, n: Y0 g, {6 ]! s
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