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" y3 F7 ^0 p. p0 d; l
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? - J9 k. I) b2 } " E; f* T$ a9 x& Z8 v5 zM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!+ `9 o6 o7 N, D& ~
, ~6 l' e8 `- h* o% X+ \. G$ UL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! r( b. M P+ t; }
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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! ) ^& V" N& q" @% ~ - v6 T+ L Q* [2 `9 }3 l# dL: 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? $ t: q4 Z2 e: j3 F% |, t, t8 S9 Y7 \$ [/ I4 T* h% l0 L
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.5 j- h3 o. D J$ T2 V
2 |# s! t( V/ nL: 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?. S( v; [4 C# w# l. G1 P
4 a' N7 O3 i" V. N; DM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; e% Z' j7 ]& z- L+ N
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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?# F( P9 Q! s6 l
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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.6 y9 Y" ^, d' a7 K. I' ?1 L9 O
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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?" A5 N, p5 c$ ?0 R
; j8 V; {2 ]: a! f: rM: I aced my last job interview. & P/ q- y, r: f% H5 h$ V8 T" V) s2 b: R# t$ b/ j
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。- J4 r% c2 t5 {
( e% A8 V5 H7 g- L; e. W4 IM: 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.8 |$ H+ V- }3 n: V( q
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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。 ' J( ]" n- G7 l s6 J6 ^ 7 E6 U3 n: ^: ?# D+ |9 z% C/ \+ QM: Yes, you're right!- b1 V5 Y1 s, s
* l7 p2 I5 Q, W' }L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?0 e" |5 j# ^ q) R+ S
3 }% q4 j3 E9 \: R8 d1 hM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? . ?$ k8 f% ?: G7 ^1 }9 k- i 8 s; \/ t! X) j" r2 S) B' }: `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 s9 J; }! l* t% k+ r, ^7 N% N) s' d& a2 {
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 I- d6 s# Y5 G; [ i3 _% r
& F4 L' l% ]/ [. H# d; h- R, B2 XL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? % l, h% D3 f& D6 w1 G3 y8 ]% F. g' O0 P* [
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' p% b/ D9 H1 h" p, j
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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? . x& \* p- O# `) n' I, w$ C5 v& c; ~
M: That's right. 4 t% v; L1 V( u4 ~7 A" c2 t, t8 I( ]$ Z
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。6 N: N6 I' f6 w6 \7 _' R
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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. ( _; E i4 `$ s3 `; D9 o. @; o3 g* k3 _# J- n) ^3 E; D8 n
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., g9 O8 w) U& F* Z) ]0 v V
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.: h7 ?+ q. _1 _$ R
2 X+ ^+ `2 S) V0 k: _6 q2 B! T$ bL: 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。6 W* k/ M, h' x7 z/ q
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...1 k- a& e2 I4 _ [3 r: Q1 J
7 Y& \( u q0 q* jL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!" F) _3 W4 m8 h. D% l
' K9 ~2 H, G [ o lM: I'm just kidding! 7 G5 y* s* I. g; T( g; u# Q* X1 n" E9 ]5 P# \$ G) F
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。 ( `( ]: X! e& G2 A, rAudio As Following: " ?5 ~" D6 [+ o; g+ \" |