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。8 j3 }8 I2 k6 p' r' g; H
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 1 s. J7 K9 V* x# s' s9 r3 A A% s) z 6 u0 p6 G4 W; X5 bM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!4 u! I8 B" A L' Y/ y# E! L
: r6 @& ^: M5 y* X/ |M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!- R4 H9 b( E% q6 J! @: z; F
& T) d7 o: J; i; t! T3 R# kL: 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? 5 X" J1 v: T1 L1 z! m4 x5 Z, a4 F' \- k& m$ z" n% M: k2 C: c
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. & J3 M6 V n0 B$ W' o& ^* e 6 _+ q, F' f& B+ p1 p+ A5 LL: 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? ; v' N3 L: H; E8 u1 S: I' P- k: ]5 [/ {& O. s
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 1 L. N: g, r" g9 E6 Q2 a( e x; N5 |2 V" @" y$ q2 i: R3 L
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? 6 v/ ]. `" N |" } 5 {: c. r a0 v+ KM: 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. ; e( ]3 `0 u# u! }* z" k* \! I9 K Q" x$ A8 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?2 M0 b+ r4 F! _4 D' M
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M: I aced my last job interview.' T# g j/ \7 g* z9 G; L7 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。) P, C& Y$ }& e' _' ^0 d. Z) k5 ~
, K8 Q# Z% S) @6 }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.6 i7 s$ f/ n- Q% m" ?. J
( G1 e) l- m5 W2 N* T# fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?) W2 h. q, ]( v' Z
. c! R( |: ?2 b/ rL: 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。 1 G, i. x+ R! A" `! @7 l% t) e% J( W# V3 E# G- a
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! ) N3 y; u7 W3 p, p# S9 q* H 4 p1 v3 ], B: j* N5 r+ E9 K9 P( uL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? / Q6 E: j. |; `' z3 d) M: ]0 N& t4 \
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!$ a( b. Y. C* L5 l+ ?2 Z z
! ~! A( Q9 y& V8 |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+ F2 d' }0 O$ Y " e) a" B& J$ u& Q0 Q4 H" K" _M: That's right. 6 P% Z I# q# ^ 0 K. n0 J- k) { F# mL: 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。 1 x8 U+ z) C: J; j! k3 Z' I' C4 ?# U
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.% u, \( p N$ u1 @+ e" r9 F
1 _: U3 d7 ]# V, w/ @M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.. C8 U: J6 D6 t, @
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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。. o5 |5 N" O& ]+ f0 p9 c
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.../ b$ m5 ^8 ]3 d: o" ^2 j: t& v
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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! . W* z" ~9 a( W5 s3 \ ' @2 b+ U) ^: V$ S5 S2 G R9 e9 vM: I'm just kidding! $ |5 h* Z1 @6 L9 U# K 5 o+ Z" D' D; l' U7 X" h& u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。/ u% }* K1 |* s; L" ? D# i
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