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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?) N1 F; ?9 p9 \- Z3 J
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% Y. w5 t1 \1 V  _# v* m0 a

+ I6 A; D8 |1 [" u) f) T+ sL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!$ n3 c4 H# p" n: t7 A- I- y

* Q' B2 z" Y5 e1 q. |- lM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! @1 @- F! \, Z6 a. J; _

, a3 `% e1 D2 Y+ \# a) IL: 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 ?5 S7 W3 r* w2 l( [

6 j9 A, ?, s& b  _8 OM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.1 y$ l$ a( n, E2 o# q

. r& o! J! q! Z- F& h+ r) 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?; x% g* w/ o3 {! ]2 V. P
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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.$ W  a& o( t) ?' U4 y+ A* [

: F$ `8 k' L9 R# U7 A( T% W( J) ], {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./ Y0 V# c: o6 s( m( [
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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?& e! [( W8 l7 z) I5 z7 v7 |4 P
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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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, \1 Y' l  y3 |! l0 A3 F1 A( t; PM: 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。& O0 ?$ X6 @' g. E8 [6 e6 M/ \

. Z% ?6 B' y( P/ z5 O* I; p1 }M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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?, R3 o* Z5 I" N0 v& e

) Z6 @" a( m. d, \$ e: BL: 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。. ?: P+ G& M9 Q9 o2 ]/ P% Q; f

( c/ ]+ R" k1 T: D& i/ X* |M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!& K8 `% m" [3 k: Y

. A8 w6 ?. n3 D6 X. O# KL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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% _5 E: W8 S6 x) q8 s! mM: 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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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?$ W! K6 I7 ?; O! q# Z
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M: That's right.7 u6 r2 f( o% z, H  H. p

8 i+ B( m8 E$ Z% A" L) SL: 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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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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5 G( @- Q+ i. J; j% D0 h, C: `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.. R* K; m: {  }4 o& |8 F

' D0 K, O, |* U6 K6 h) oM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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6 `8 b. G" ]' J. r* v" tM: 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!2 d: ]2 J& M8 G3 c' ?% [! q

9 Z2 y' t2 k" f' s7 ~& {" B# EM: I'm just kidding!
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5 l7 a1 B3 z6 m% b# t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。
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