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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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) [2 V" S) `) o9 c, X6 z  J$ tL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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4 N7 P& s) H0 D5 s! K% b5 p; O" AM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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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!* _) R( ~# C; Q
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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?, Y" I. _. o3 r, C
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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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0 h) L! H2 W+ c6 v1 BL: 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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! Q4 w' N2 _3 v$ EM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; q! w0 K0 y" s. C
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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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& }7 F  D; T7 NM: 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.- g0 z3 D, O$ I4 Z4 E

' G; N- ^9 G7 S" l% JL: 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?+ n# V, ]$ m8 I) N- J1 H

9 w) ]0 [( q" `& iM: I aced my last job interview.( j3 a; M9 m, X" Q) C# q9 z# W

) l# H- y$ [8 GL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。7 o, b- y, i/ a# `" H

0 k% L# B% g& ?. ]9 sM: 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.$ ?6 U4 J8 P* ]# i  w
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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。6 F9 V0 a) g& [$ v1 z6 x  P
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M: Yes, you're right!+ {4 ~4 }( H: g9 {+ h& v
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?4 u$ ^. ?0 H& ?+ z# j9 \

2 N( l( ?* x, c9 Y6 {4 ^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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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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!. V1 K' B/ Q6 q! B

, w8 R' h3 ?- m+ t+ C1 }0 L' KL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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& h& ~6 _4 g4 J- {! m; Q) zM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!* q9 l& R, T, i
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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?9 s2 }$ P; |1 v- p" Q

3 V/ K' {7 G  @! Y  t" PM: 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。% a  o7 f6 k) n' \. v0 j7 n$ r

  d) ]3 Q* y! ^  S0 _+ V" ]. {M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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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.; Z+ A% R! L6 t. B2 L. i3 G% g4 d
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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! D1 Q" ], r4 Q& S  b# kL: 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。) l/ e4 t0 L+ ]7 }7 c. C) ~8 x
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...* r1 s) K' c: N% n. _2 o; @
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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!
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3 R, v" E7 C3 O7 ?; CM: I'm just kidding!3 `8 N: D/ D* a5 C* w: c
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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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