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。5 |9 n4 [! m4 ^3 b
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 0 o, c- g( e7 P5 h5 Q, H: c) j! }, f7 i' K5 U/ V" [. B3 E
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!3 P) ?$ O& s/ ?! X1 v2 X
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! ! p4 h' L) u( @/ F! y. S 2 E( K% `- c: m. [% BM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!: [7 b7 [" {" O: _9 P
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L: 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?2 j: W2 ~5 f/ y! |5 P
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. ! l3 W0 w+ M. c9 s7 U: d& R+ s9 J
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?* T5 f3 m* H+ O" X
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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.0 K" F1 P7 F5 M! J1 D$ r- m0 ?5 P
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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? + m! |) s) ^' @8 t$ i& C% b+ G
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.- c0 |1 Z4 m% O4 ~; v% ]
1 t: n& o. ^5 C8 R; LL: 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? 5 m; L W2 _; j3 y! v 2 J' Q. [, j0 Z' Z8 ]$ |) @M: I aced my last job interview. ( C' [2 `3 r2 ^+ c2 U; j ' X- R j. B( J ]5 i* c% GL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。; U- t- Q$ @ x+ Q3 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. & M" n& f8 {- w+ l . ~/ {6 G; h$ ~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 I, G8 `1 i3 J4 D
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M: Yes, you're right!0 P/ L3 Z2 F) |# L3 E* u+ S
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?! j/ K: S0 U( l& r: x6 p
: V+ [3 p; ` y7 C+ s! G* XM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? + W2 I3 K1 M b" j8 @# Q 6 ?* q; u- T( I: o& OL: 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。# d3 b/ ? Q9 p" m9 V
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!+ l8 v l- g( }" a
9 Z+ @9 L) m* c' W7 n* FL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?- D, C! k6 d* G5 S
/ \7 O( c0 u: [M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!) |/ N1 Y( n* U. X
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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? 3 Z" H1 [% X5 [1 a: m3 J0 V( X- y# {+ t; \6 v! B
M: That's right. + `* c0 m2 t; l- i+ C8 { & F& c6 x: u2 xL: 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。 $ @& C9 v) M; ~8 d$ b) D 0 y' S) q8 B0 q8 IM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.# w' V: |: |; I0 E
- o8 D$ N" Q7 rL: 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., w9 h7 y1 j* v/ r; ~
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. * i7 b! ?! b/ g& N; G# I' e5 P+ |, b) X+ B
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。: D( P6 ^/ Z- J/ p# \. R
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ) q. u$ P: l$ |/ j; i. x$ r, q & {* j% b4 ^5 @1 u1 {% VL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! / e) U: g; m4 x8 S9 {$ }+ y2 x& l+ F
M: I'm just kidding! - \- s/ C, R# p7 l+ A) {, B: _+ p8 M% F9 f( I4 ?
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。 9 V* v! c0 `1 D* }4 O' Z% UAudio As Following:: x3 Z( m% J- f4 T. z+ u