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。 3 ^( s+ R% S+ Q2 X1 a $ s" d' J. D% LL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ! D ?* D. R- Q4 Q1 Z2 r: {* b9 D* m8 y; g7 Z
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!* Z, @2 J O$ J
5 R# P W4 m' N! d. }L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! ; ]. K4 Z! ~: g o T+ Y' F - u) u8 h7 [" c3 {% e& A/ [$ V# jM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! + t- |2 f* M" {8 I 0 O8 f( {6 f; E; ]: uL: 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? 8 _9 Q7 u7 i* V4 i/ P* q ! I, W6 `# Q% l/ m$ hM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 2 s3 s1 \: @# [; { , V# e7 u* e* T$ ?% ML: 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? 8 a Z' W, U+ |( Y4 d: ^! s! C$ T7 Q. i( ?( I F5 C5 f) x
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.: D3 |6 M: g8 z, q \
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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?" W- ?& E' f9 ?7 o6 ~4 m
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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.1 c# W! E. X' Q& A; r$ P6 J; y: T
+ d0 V9 L+ ?, ^2 N, \% aL: 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?! y7 ]+ [) o. _
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M: I aced my last job interview. & {1 s! [4 f8 F+ _ a, _; \; J# C; E: L" d4 G( [% i: l, D( ^1 _
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。/ I" c1 y0 w! g$ E' g, F( w) A
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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.. X; `, u5 H1 k4 R
" b/ y: H1 D( Z D) n( I( PL: 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。 2 o Y+ o: j# t$ x J( _7 @0 W y7 YM: Yes, you're right!! r4 ~( i; ], t+ M3 O
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?* d2 W; J1 u5 `; j- p$ H) Z
$ Q( m0 t$ N# y; A F, n+ DM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? - d. n4 l! b4 Z, K9 h9 S: P T 9 u% l" b/ k, X1 A8 oL: 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。0 o3 U3 v j J& }
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 2 |6 p1 L" q5 a+ @; d+ \2 J8 F) ?! S; m3 m' p; C: v5 m9 C
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) ^- W" F" u( R3 [0 q# o$ T1 W
: B4 L3 A' e% S0 Z- S2 pM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 0 |4 \' b& R% }: E* m) B" \& c6 h& H- E$ Q0 P/ {: T3 t
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? % s" f3 X) [9 P' E0 G2 M; T2 [8 N- I4 o3 C( o
M: That's right.+ x [5 A6 I9 V( r _+ j: X3 H
: i& U8 e8 b: U' n" A) Y: O( a- QL: 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。 & E0 |+ t) |5 r2 r1 P $ M# _- q& y5 F& F& F cM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. + _; ^( Q# I6 K5 C 5 G! E, T+ k+ X* JL: 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. 8 T& M$ j8 v7 X# M% N" z2 u( h% x+ p
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 2 d' h$ U/ ~7 R0 y9 k# ~7 t+ M# u, q& g( m, P: x/ F/ Z& \$ D
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。5 f' J6 ^1 O" I% x$ x2 ^ V
0 n8 P" V4 g: K" S1 t3 g0 hM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... # @5 ?: a. Z, r8 b( \: q. T1 c( W9 _" b2 Q
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! ' S" R$ E% N5 _! v* {" I/ R- l4 y0 p [7 C w- M
M: I'm just kidding!2 O, _4 w; X0 E& R
# G% B* I. c2 a9 n. ?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。 q. Y2 f. i( ]2 [Audio As Following:7 D$ ^7 }1 b/ G# e. u) S