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。 ( t& `% o! e4 m" e, Y3 y! O! @/ z 0 z3 C( n8 W2 M R# l$ K: }6 fL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 0 x, S- R2 q" D# }& S$ _ 1 J7 k$ K7 t4 JM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! ~' o8 ^5 U) y3 K
$ p) d- f: W' D/ K1 A1 O6 ~L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!$ i+ d$ A" X& `' W1 H* D
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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! ! M# N9 V+ o2 @% ` V: z( ?+ t- ^( B1 k R/ e
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? 1 {7 q! A% d3 ]/ ^# j 2 J! \# h' Y/ z0 T: aM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. " @1 a1 _, o8 i8 M7 C$ w3 w3 _: z . x( h4 v/ ^- _; ` SL: 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? $ a C$ l. l6 c2 g7 f) |' W |! I x4 V
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. * |" [% }' D. v" S0 H4 \( ?! U
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? ' |3 `* @9 X" q1 e) H& H! p2 |6 r/ F4 v& C; E
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.+ F8 P# ~% I, n. L* i p, [
' ?0 d% ~1 x/ D1 C, 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? & B: q }/ M8 P3 P( o; B( T9 F/ E f c, X
M: I aced my last job interview." b: l' B, B0 ]+ e% N
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。) E# n/ `! V B b
0 y0 q/ u# [/ H; W0 B' ]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. `) S) K4 \( A& g8 ^ ) U( n# r; J' c4 V, H a. S4 s, g* KL: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你说我非常会考试!这也不见得,我考糊 的时候也有的。不过,比你少一点就是了。! t: g; {2 ^1 F# f( Q: S7 A5 S
3 R# x) O) M: r1 m6 i! OL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? ' A6 X/ B2 J1 Z4 d1 ]/ p " R4 H6 s- a3 ^M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?: d4 H% h1 e& ]$ b: \) F+ S' O+ L
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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。& w9 B9 M! n0 R$ ~+ {- _, S( G- V
: [" \; Q, j. \- {/ b NM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!$ G' A( {0 `. ~( B
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? + }/ v4 l) e* w1 E, _ N( R" r, D( [- h0 D6 y5 C8 FM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 w* z6 q: R& y
2 R% O5 F4 y6 ]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? 5 B/ S" w* E W7 z8 m6 b) Q; m
M: That's right. 2 l1 |2 k$ X+ v0 j9 P0 o1 z1 N4 S+ w/ S9 e' k. B
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。 * L4 M: Q: a) `8 i' | 5 x. L; v2 T6 R/ |( L EM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.# \/ t J# F; m# B8 {2 G j3 Z
. Q5 H" c* i( R' {# i, NL: 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.9 f! [1 E9 v" n) h# T
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.# N- A% q' {/ g) c
5 F" \2 v, I/ w5 ^" |. `% m- L, FL: 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。 ) W. f# O2 R/ Y+ x( Y; n, I& ]5 I' v- d" Q* @
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 0 |) Z. F+ @6 A 5 ~1 M& H7 [ j2 t. cL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 1 ?: G2 v9 |! e+ b/ W" o! Q; d8 }" Q, s# D
M: I'm just kidding!1 Y9 I- r' s2 P! _# D( {
) e5 X1 p- U2 p* @+ M. c+ l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。# |& d X- m6 F" j& p
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