埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 3556|回复: 0

流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2010-3-6 13:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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。
( d9 ^) \2 L! b6 O3 m$ `/ w  N4 k2 b. g0 D
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?' e/ i3 ~  {( e

2 ~6 N& a4 Q& X0 oM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
. ~  B# G: x) E8 [
7 {+ A; f% X3 _7 i5 v5 v+ U- @# mL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
$ z: i$ G! {( O0 ~/ j! h8 s# d1 f0 m0 a8 a& x
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!# N9 n- K- _1 t

5 n" B( n/ ~2 o0 B# _" ?% D8 RL: 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?
; S$ ^4 ^) f) S2 \7 h' y* L2 u/ f2 H! K% `! _& o
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense." g6 n* B6 q& o, G- @$ K
& C/ ?" b- v: b1 Y+ p" ^% i8 ~
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?0 T4 u% _9 `/ f( D

/ ^- I1 ?; z% K3 QM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
/ V) P# }! f& G/ {, x" r' {; N7 ^1 w6 X0 M) Q# z! k$ q
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& n' U" G+ C

% O# o0 _3 l2 i; l1 ?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.
! b/ v6 p9 s3 i: F% g0 Y/ e
' |; _0 S' {/ s% ?# C. }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?
9 x8 T  O& x. d; ~$ \4 ]4 ?6 e6 M+ l
M: I aced my last job interview.
" K) Y0 [! R- s- u, d3 J, r- J( i8 U& s* C% x" `% [
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。# t* q( E' }) G6 r
8 e! M2 ^- B/ n% g" w7 k$ |
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.
. Z/ p$ c& w( N8 {4 q& U
6 K- n5 U: S: g; a" @2 XL: 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。" P- _% a& L$ N7 b

0 T8 ^7 L& T, a' X# W+ ?M: Yes, you're right!; O8 f. |9 y" J6 [9 \
. W5 u" a' l( Q% T& @, h$ L
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?- _! g8 J( F3 c
/ l8 |& l9 y6 j- U7 O# W9 P" c0 v
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
' S' u0 x, z3 h5 g! g; Q1 ~4 {
5 m! c$ L. e1 p" ]+ v9 YL: 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 w$ _2 C3 `, Q/ V$ B

, G1 u  k4 w, `8 f4 f2 D2 Y) @. h7 VM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!$ E, }% X& L" j1 b

2 ~2 C$ g! ?8 n9 o' t6 DL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?  c1 s& ~2 F+ ^# v* Y1 R3 ]

; q! y& c1 `0 c& ?* [3 M5 gM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
# q( C0 `" V. k( F6 K( M. I
. i, s8 B* s/ @+ B! k* hL: 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?( T( t) ^' v" ?4 [9 Q
* h  ?0 x# F6 ~. g' ~
M: That's right.# ?' K! g" |3 Z- L
- t. f  z6 y0 o& T1 d1 R: y, F
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。' m6 D% V/ ?2 E3 r; z# o0 C

0 n+ ]# k0 M4 ?! s/ vM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.! B/ k" P3 ~$ Z7 J+ N

: z7 V& q# I* M$ tL: 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.% k6 l  U: ^- H- [9 w5 @$ Q9 s  T
+ n; C3 m6 P6 n# o
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
0 D. G2 `, ]7 J5 o! {" ~
" N8 ~  _% [& p( a. @  u+ W/ g5 uL: 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。- ~+ {: b# h. o; w: c1 u5 O+ a' Z
/ G  C, j. ]0 ~& i& A# E2 }
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...& p' _: P, I" y! I& R  a
8 \5 d8 l  [: z0 l8 T. V: u6 N
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!# G! ~/ V  y. p

0 K, B8 v0 s; K0 t8 GM: I'm just kidding!/ a9 X9 M# ?% m3 w5 @/ K9 X# l
3 Z; I. h1 j9 H: R
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。
3 A8 W/ j) F# ~; G, mAudio As Following:! X, Q$ E4 }! L2 y3 H  n



您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2026-5-25 14:20 , Processed in 0.393426 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表