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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。# Y) ]2 n4 a7 U' p! ]! H
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?7 w" M" t0 r! m/ P2 X. `

3 N* Y  n6 Z" Q: }  R: OM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!8 _; n# r8 |- r5 y0 h4 @$ e
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!8 B; o, m3 a5 W% Z% K5 s
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!6 ?: n- |% p* h6 J

5 S! O: t" E. e. q3 D0 R- j$ |1 eL: 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?4 q7 o& e/ P( C# [8 c

! A0 `' E) v# u' IM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.4 K* U8 L1 S" T1 R. `

2 O/ x* O, J" ]( BL: 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?1 [3 {6 n2 f! M) B

, m7 _% a' ]2 m2 GM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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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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; E7 d. e! m6 h/ pM: 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.
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" W9 A+ D2 ]( o, hL: 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?3 Q6 g7 G1 t5 p% b3 O. }
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M: I aced my last job interview.: Z( g6 o0 i/ U3 n: C2 s% K
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。$ G1 {: ?6 d% {' [, e

" r; R. O( o/ N  YM: 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。5 p0 ]! g; ^: M5 P: K
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?$ ^/ Y% W5 j, v) ?! X6 r& x

$ G9 ?* ^( R$ b1 H1 U3 uL: 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。
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5 [4 A% W+ _. L$ q# K+ oM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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: p$ K5 W7 r6 s, X0 S- iL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?4 V1 R3 x% _7 F3 q$ B5 |3 i
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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"!
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) ?6 t# o0 {) T) W/ ?2 x( xL: 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?
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2 l( U! c6 A2 m  ]% c: j! e* ~0 |M: That's right.
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7 N) v9 Y0 a# I4 h+ G9 X! |" JL: 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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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./ @/ @+ @% o) [" ^
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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+ X" ~& E; n! ^. I& [) kL: 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。2 ]( P: C7 `  ]$ B& k4 i  n

- b- C9 ]2 m9 W! s( ]1 jM: 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!
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2 i6 R$ S; ]/ b( g% G* n' SM: I'm just kidding!  h* s  e# G) c& H- z$ w
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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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