6 b# q% C5 Q( Z2 K0 \M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 3 p* E7 _# z% }' e2 D$ i8 B2 h. i6 |3 L3 |6 \0 Y' {5 ]: J
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! * v2 \- T# E$ |8 B( O0 x0 ? * f; l; Y. `* g* Z2 }5 qM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!) K5 w7 ` U2 i8 t g) Q
8 y3 F- R) Z5 E# f6 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? ) z( N7 t, d( m; Y& P' j4 i( C" I 6 [( g4 D$ o* A1 [. P3 @; Q1 RM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.; }( r' C, M3 x( y" d: `
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L: 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? & E% a( ~& R; k" i. Z% z; r8 b4 `* l. `2 k* A4 X
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 R7 i9 B& K+ c9 W9 W6 f
$ S6 X4 \0 u8 L* }2 w$ b. _% A9 ?7 K# SL: 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? ; b& F4 B0 ?) ?' X, H. t1 A5 D% Y' U/ p
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.+ o0 p0 P0 L! k# g
2 L3 @; C7 l; ]+ b. d; i1 s/ i; e8 dM: I aced my last job interview.' q, N. ~1 i7 o+ P& f# J Z' G- N
$ c+ Y3 x6 @; P; N: hL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 6 W; \5 O4 p6 W! b) {' _5 ~ 9 v% {8 M6 w& S+ H. J* u9 |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. - B0 Z( l* F# z( w, C6 J1 _# M/ B: d
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 w# B& n1 Y" ?. g$ L
, O) W* B1 f, cM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? Z$ ?: J) ?) C& J# }: ]5 U# ]; G( u. ?! y! |
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。 1 x' e i& D. o- m& f! x 1 V3 q5 ^( |5 vM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! + e$ [9 k" {0 z8 x/ w- ?1 E5 F5 j3 H1 D) f5 V' T
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 2 [& h& e$ z# q' r) y# d; r! a) X8 h& q% q1 T; I9 r
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 5 M7 t o2 H$ r9 r& R( l* m) e' v4 \3 _, j5 Q; i" t
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 {( k# {/ \0 n, y 7 {' n6 E! _! ~$ j6 U5 S% sM: That's right. 0 ?3 @7 R7 }; v# r7 X _0 s! m" D' L9 Q9 W+ B7 o/ M
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。 . U8 u4 R8 E/ F6 w: [2 T - Y) u( U) T( f# W$ }. J3 UM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.: W9 [. _; ^( J
& J+ `' p% w' b% A+ U% jL: 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.+ Y6 T7 w, U: W3 \$ R
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. # r$ w* Q5 a ?9 s 5 m4 f- S( c% [) a: { Q1 E$ @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。4 {' n. d% ?" {
6 J8 v i1 e. t y; s- S0 \; ~6 VM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ) C7 ]1 H) z& j, v5 n s8 j. ~* s . J1 r) D% x8 @8 O% I; bL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! + V# b2 J2 j0 f6 U q$ _' _1 [3 K/ I: f; y C* L \. Y( k
M: I'm just kidding! 8 }# o8 `# t4 M+ h 1 y4 }) k6 r+ J$ Q/ L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。 ! B4 ]* v8 s! m% g* ?+ x2 Y; c3 _2 PAudio As Following: % H u! @6 U: p, w- i. E+ M