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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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# u$ D: j6 u- F3 o, P  b" |L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?8 X3 b# L; ?, r6 B

  v4 ~$ L1 x: W, {4 @6 ]M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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' m; u; Z4 I. r' X( B0 A. kL: 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!
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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?. D8 W+ ~% u0 b% Z3 _6 I9 Z1 j# ^0 ]
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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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9 X5 x" U  X9 E4 ]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?
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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.& o5 p9 ]% n0 Y5 f
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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?/ T$ m. f8 x9 _1 w# m7 b- @
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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., x8 m+ t; I2 Z* ~2 \

( v( }8 s& n1 Y! ]3 F! eL: 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.
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$ y& c. ^" M8 _L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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4 }4 w+ B0 i; f6 ~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.  B9 N- }9 \! m

) t. _$ Q. M: H8 u) mL: 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。( H- W( V1 J- q& C  x: C8 P
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M: Yes, you're right!8 |$ X5 O* h8 _2 S
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?: R% z: m  H/ c7 ?" u7 L1 }# ]) p/ s
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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。! [4 B1 M6 f. U3 s' {' h: _

. u5 f& v2 Y; ~: U! C+ i, C! }M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!4 ^. j# m4 H; a3 j7 v' k
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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! @, M0 ^7 g7 xM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!( e9 e3 U1 T# @' s. x* z
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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?/ Q2 H' u" L6 q4 o
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M: That's right./ s- G6 p0 U* c0 q6 y6 q

3 k$ w4 b/ f, y2 G" N) N: n$ [" FL: 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。. ~& G; A/ w. J
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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.
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7 s6 g4 ^# \8 @6 G" }" f$ F0 DL: 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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& ]) O: Y: K7 e2 IM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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# i* a5 l3 A# ^" o% Y  s) Q, |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。( {& a: c0 O: j

3 m  Y$ ^7 M: d9 t/ F% f2 zM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...& n, P4 J( k2 Q8 \

# M% n/ M" ]& S9 [: ~4 ?' |L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!/ t9 ?7 v/ j: z% f) `2 q% h
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M: I'm just kidding!4 U% Y" h$ t% ?) Z. H
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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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