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。 - F! I) D" K/ z5 W5 g 7 q ^; z. N' z- _4 v/ R$ W* kL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ! @8 q' h% v! \$ T" w1 x # E' O) j5 [2 o5 _M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!( U8 B# g5 r8 a' O, T; m. j! F
6 R( M1 L( {1 A" T" D; K+ UL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! : g' |$ G+ O% B! D, v" \6 P' Y! o) ?- h0 G M0 a6 j l1 |2 H
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! % z' L8 `9 \, t' Q$ {1 f7 F3 p: r/ s H+ y4 b( _# 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?0 D) z5 t* w& ~4 e: g+ I
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. + |7 D1 H( J4 L7 g# R E( E 1 f* {5 _4 b, ^- _$ y0 dL: 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? % @$ s4 v; X( d# _7 F& r/ m2 q# g) [" [: f
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. r$ Z+ U* t: M' l
- _# U: h* U. B* D4 m8 u; LL: 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? * A0 A7 ~% D5 j! F8 t+ {/ A9 S, W; W( l' L# G
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.- ^8 t- l0 A0 _( p% C# G
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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?+ Q T& R" {% [' _
) A8 @9 m. J: [3 \1 C x. vM: I aced my last job interview. * h' ^4 p8 A$ E# R4 w0 L : N0 _- ]/ Q8 yL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。: `) a: b: C! e1 R" 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. : r6 Y: e6 s4 B- P- l) [& r ( P1 z' a/ a4 W8 |% c+ bL: 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。 7 p" D$ g' u6 Y$ C2 Z+ W" l, g4 n8 A# g3 O( w: }" w
M: Yes, you're right!$ _0 O& F1 Q' ? L# \' v, b
! F, {9 c: e# \/ lL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?$ M, p4 k% {0 E5 P6 w( Y! S
% p; J7 a8 B) k4 l$ i! jM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 9 k! O0 \' R u$ P& M1 K1 {6 P1 p5 T% [! S
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。 & U$ \9 s9 d" g/ G: Y. m- Z& O% `4 C" a& C
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 6 F$ p8 T ?2 y% E) e- N% v" c" [# h: H6 g% }
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?4 ?, M, N, h2 R, o* v! G' L- _: E
7 ]# u) T$ o+ [3 c6 ^M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!7 O$ E' ?+ N" }) F" p
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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? 7 H: R( C; v# m B H. ]& o6 W { R0 i/ n
M: That's right. 2 Z( u+ I% c+ ]/ ~, p) t. W" m 0 j7 K) y' A6 `- M* v' 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。 : I3 M+ a+ b D# n- p8 X( K; I/ K6 N) f! g- n& `
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.: L% J7 M1 K# z9 \
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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.4 f1 G W6 i$ W( q
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.5 N6 Q x5 q2 v( g, s
. i- _: ` E; y" yL: 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。 . c& l% @0 R% a. o! P3 J' Q P2 n- { - c1 b7 N D1 O8 V: [M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 2 j: C# O2 f$ C8 ^0 g # h6 X4 A$ F- Q6 v1 @* H; u/ yL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 1 I: @7 c# u0 v( ^! c : L; s9 r/ j9 s5 A OM: I'm just kidding! 2 ?+ i4 y$ H% G. K# L / |& e B; y# \2 v+ L( i8 Y+ W9 m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。 2 L1 B2 [ t# g$ }Audio As Following: 8 v% i3 H1 K+ k