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。 6 t5 S) r9 d- n, j9 @2 \ " _, R- K. S) e4 b8 E4 \L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?! q/ O* v9 T2 i: t; J
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! - }% M0 A2 g! e1 V8 g, K 9 n$ W1 b- {' r9 y! IL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!9 u2 q" a% X- \5 b$ L& V
4 h/ S( ]- C6 J# LM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! . Y8 b: E4 s8 ~, h 2 a7 o0 r( |$ L4 K# f. wL: 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?; I% r: u- f5 O1 P1 A
8 L9 M6 Y7 ?. I$ I, [/ M9 \M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.5 x* h& V! R2 @1 Y
" O# l0 M$ u. D% f$ HM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 0 m# n: F6 w3 Z5 ?' w- X* G8 r0 M4 ~. Q0 g
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? % { M- D: C; _" I & o e6 z+ L, |" s. G; F/ p( ]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.. Q+ b, e3 v1 c% P# v
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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?& P9 m' _/ {* s0 Z. w( L6 E
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M: I aced my last job interview.8 O6 p ?2 y. c" A
; `7 L7 M% J3 f) GL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。% k! H: l# p4 |# O8 p/ [! y
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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.; I6 P% o; M+ B& W3 W. \- c
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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。 5 p; O* k. C7 W - l7 o# O& E {. @( y0 IM: Yes, you're right!" x0 b- x4 ]8 j3 M, j! h
# q' b$ K* X- Z) f/ \L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?! ^+ G# f4 K2 Q6 c, K/ g
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? & |7 v3 i1 P1 O0 a% P$ } * n8 b: }; q; q+ x$ HL: 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。 ! c8 G: e( t7 l9 z. s8 M$ ^- f5 f / Z( G, p# a& \+ T( fM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! , q, z: |( ~5 g 3 U4 y0 C7 G) q9 w% ZL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?+ P; I' K1 |) W5 ?3 c3 R
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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"! ; w2 F/ U; W+ X& v. Q. A 3 `, y' _4 ~# D5 N C% s% ~6 N; H. `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? ) H6 n6 M" V5 a. r. v0 G8 I $ `, w0 _6 i4 Y& M1 wM: That's right.4 n; F# M1 R$ t0 k2 ^8 \, P) u7 t
2 w1 l/ \7 A6 n" Z3 @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。# L/ x/ S" s# m4 |7 L. [: A
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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.- t+ l2 D+ S/ |+ J
( ]1 E8 C& g7 u/ D- j: |5 `) I6 ?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. 8 ~/ J& V9 g6 a& D9 P" R4 G5 o$ c9 a8 ?
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ) D& n0 t- V( a; r* G/ p& B3 l) |$ g6 n8 Y% H# P! f
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。 . u$ g' Q. e* i- w3 m( R6 Y. S' C6 T+ i
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... , |6 n. j8 f- S 9 W0 E) y- A2 I, j4 qL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! ! Y% B( g0 m$ J. z 4 k/ y% R( o0 d0 u! |M: I'm just kidding! 8 s" @- H- q4 r O3 a1 ~6 \ ' [2 H! A) T0 ^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。 0 V; i& l2 d% x" I2 c4 `4 g$ r) Z: kAudio As Following:; b2 Q& N" z Y0 T/ }0 {: S" Q