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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。3 e8 x3 z7 B* r* S$ a$ \, J

# S1 V; Y5 T, R( gL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 k9 G: w) A" s4 R& j& {: v

  C9 q- D; D4 B0 t. V: vM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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  q2 p+ ^. J% |) H2 ]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!+ y0 J5 C; T& j1 a) k) y0 Y& 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?8 R/ X7 M5 |; g  y* r5 M4 a+ g+ s
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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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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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& W6 W, G5 v2 l' a( v* QM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.  Q7 S+ S; G4 V( i$ a1 b) z

: z& l( c' [9 m: JL: 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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# X5 T2 x( u/ I! uM: 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.
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. R7 w0 C$ ^+ n2 l1 j* w3 ^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?: m5 D+ h/ ^0 {% t/ q. T; S. z

0 g7 V5 ?3 B7 i& k& D0 xM: I aced my last job interview.
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8 C6 f8 l) M# \. ~! N& QM: 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.
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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。" }" D$ K7 g: z, l, \3 a2 }
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M: Yes, you're right!+ f5 n: M9 {3 K8 F" |
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?3 t% a3 Q  S& l6 @8 X$ H1 |
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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?/ q/ d6 h+ r- E# X2 t# f* _- `

$ U. h; j7 m2 k+ [: R3 UL: 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。; C& }( ?" D; }3 r, Z

- H& F1 A* U+ o9 fM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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% I& `( W; ~" K7 c. K$ |5 OL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?: T$ W9 s% R0 J5 p+ k- `. }8 G
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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?4 b6 v8 t( z; L7 {* d! b) n

: r/ S& ], a! }% aM: That's right.
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( Y! n) C$ j7 n. l% ML: 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 z1 d8 n! \' ~" W/ B" V; 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.
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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.
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+ x$ h2 \! O5 J9 s4 E4 \% q' g& {0 tL: 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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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( f: m- ^/ ~. A8 }L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!& Z: j' r- h7 g0 G9 W
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M: I'm just kidding!
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0 }: k( h* \, x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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