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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。# d/ K9 {- v, H( f+ ^0 S" X

7 M4 v: l6 Z1 ?) ]) w/ e* G) j* Y3 yL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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4 a/ G+ x9 a0 y  ^" s7 |L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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!+ I' X$ h+ G6 b* t& D

& Z1 L( x4 q0 v  o& D; ZL: 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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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( `) b5 b* o6 u% }+ U9 OL: 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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9 n" h9 C# s$ j, C. W! MM: 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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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.% B: e6 e3 r. G4 y! \, x4 W/ X) f0 l

. u6 S2 C4 |( }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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.3 Z) j  R- }" c4 q" ~) F

. U( b, R( w. j6 w/ N% ~. \7 r! }L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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# c! h: S- @6 ^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." a% d6 W# R9 @( }  @

0 k! A$ W. T* s3 M8 a( A, YL: 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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( s4 w4 S' I0 ~8 eM: Yes, you're right!  {! e9 n9 e2 L% j) p

. I9 X' V* o4 }9 O5 ?L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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% O2 o% r  _, |1 R) ?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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* B0 p5 [+ O6 [  Y0 ]) PL: 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。8 U( m7 z8 Q/ ]; P+ ]/ S
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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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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?
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M: That's right.
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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。! \1 R' j+ O# z. o
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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.- {6 c" ^) V! I# I
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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.- B9 t+ \. s3 u  z" P6 A
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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。* H  D% a5 p# u8 e
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...& K  l2 `9 O* E9 j% K8 E9 d8 A

* P. m" g9 W' [- Z* \! t6 R5 m# NL: 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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9 D& Q5 e8 ^# `& r7 E6 K# T' ]M: I'm just kidding!( x) _; u2 r, b6 e4 w; q$ r) Q0 O* 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。1 Z. D+ C+ l. \2 ?
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