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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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* T8 S4 b8 w$ M/ dM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!; b* F/ |5 ~. }' A( Q8 h% h

" C. j% j1 k' k" Y6 lL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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( f' c: c" Q0 }9 _* j; _2 [M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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* d2 u4 p% u5 Z2 s+ X  H  pL: 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 L( S. b! _$ U8 r% a" _
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 p# g; b1 m$ p% a- h& @8 K! b

" w0 k# c) b% S3 s0 z- m3 xL: 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?
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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( l4 H" A  D0 J: V% U! E
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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?7 j; x! g/ Y8 i8 L

# F" Z& C: d# G+ H! a2 N: x$ w  o8 [+ CM: 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 ?0 F& V' `7 g3 F- 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?) w; \. _" l% m3 g0 I

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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.  `" V- p- [6 @1 z5 N; I# r6 [) e
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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!, Z  t) L% R4 w3 o$ p% U

. k, o$ \# F6 q: T+ T# pL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?/ l' N/ ~* Y! v8 v3 y+ d
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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?
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. Z# z1 ?) Q# Q. T) Z4 WL: 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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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!' k6 r2 W, E2 j8 Y7 v1 z! C

0 @( C& W! z, G( CL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) m, O0 P5 @, V9 v! e2 |+ o
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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"!1 J8 t3 l1 j6 ^

# s: I1 a9 P; V3 ~; KL: 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?1 W/ _) M6 d( S9 M9 P
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M: That's right.8 o! A# @* x7 m! |: S
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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。$ |  D8 g" r0 u1 V8 g

# U( r7 c' W( l2 O- j, TM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.$ o% W5 |! C& E$ D7 n6 @( G+ P' R
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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.6 |3 x7 T4 {0 I" {: R/ _
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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, c- c' k2 F- M+ @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。8 `7 `1 z1 w( ]" e: g
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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! G% i$ ^# x2 W+ y$ P; _L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!; b; Y6 O8 h, a$ d% ?

; r5 c# o2 _8 HM: I'm just kidding!
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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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