3 i; y; {4 U# l \0 ]M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! ! l2 y Z5 I* d4 w9 G , P1 V+ M4 i" v( NL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 6 _0 T: s. m0 Q- A1 n9 M/ N/ Z5 G ; F2 q* r1 W9 N- G3 u6 zM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 9 |% B& h! P! T) i, G % y( J v; t4 t8 p1 \- sL: 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? % k: f3 h; y# C. y" Q& `' \ i8 T; A9 `9 c6 _
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.% l( v, d! @3 J, h
4 O3 ?5 f! u- c$ u- H, pL: 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? + L1 m) Z2 _' q. z/ y8 s' h; @: c! L; ]& n
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.+ @- b" Y' ] A' l$ x
8 V* ]2 L) i; @9 e2 QL: 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? & R& g" a0 P8 N5 K 5 C# |- ]6 x' n x) xM: 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. 6 n3 s& G( h5 Y4 D8 { 2 N& i5 S" g1 @/ H" fL: 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? ( x' P1 O" q0 [+ f: V1 e R / w$ D( e" b% LM: I aced my last job interview.8 s3 K+ R. c9 I/ e$ n
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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.; f% b1 W# d& e' v
. B( Q& E4 v+ i2 V( e1 oL: 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。8 E' ~# @# o# [6 W ^+ [0 ^) r
' L+ d' c( [. A1 B0 R7 F lM: Yes, you're right! ! z/ x* U4 }* } U% T% X# P" L \8 C# a3 ?9 ?3 g, w
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? A* f/ G& b& w . }$ H: u, c6 p: }& ~M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?; C& N( W2 Z* }8 }( v3 ?2 x# ?
$ @0 i+ r+ y+ g0 GL: 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。 $ ]7 o; i. i9 v. K1 L * p! n0 N* d4 R9 _7 O/ ~3 v hM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!: O7 @: o: y2 M3 L" W) \% t. u
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?5 Y$ L* d+ e* l; H( s9 C
2 }2 q: D: W! K3 h- W% }4 J$ |M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! $ k7 `% m$ g3 c: P! \& b: ?3 i8 k8 t8 f4 m: U
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?/ ]! X/ o/ V" C0 O
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; Z* ?( t- ~1 U/ A, y# \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。: f9 B: |- l+ C; T: I/ W B
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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. : L* o8 S# d4 x# x$ A r: ~ 1 }7 L: U& Z3 b lL: 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.; m( p8 Z. W3 n+ m
) t2 i( s' b2 q: }! Z* n. j- rM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 3 g9 o( N$ w- A8 g: ^* U/ a }0 [: i, c) C+ w* ?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。* R8 z9 H2 Q, x( n0 y
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.../ _1 H, Q# p+ o o2 ?/ y; d" V$ b( m
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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!9 a8 s# S& G3 f! w% B8 X
% s( E' j& \0 u4 D0 KM: I'm just kidding! 9 k3 M( Z# R+ x0 ^' K/ `: d+ T9 i- S& q! x( a P$ ]; q
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。' v y; n$ T) a0 H
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