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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。" c4 |5 U1 e- T+ P+ [0 y+ W; C

# C5 o, E0 d+ p9 a! u. GL: 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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$ f5 t$ a5 g8 N- Y" mL: 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!, \! L3 ]6 C% C* R. v

, c& N' ^% J$ |; HL: 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?2 U+ x2 ^- c( A9 @* w1 N) J
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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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# t0 Y5 S& ~  tM: 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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2 e% ~; ?. @' l; V& ?4 bM: 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.' _. V8 U( q1 r3 O$ v- B* G

1 Z% m  G, j% X5 I9 A7 h4 y) k7 uL: 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?/ ]. \* ?) a! N2 [) }
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M: I aced my last job interview.0 x  M1 i  a/ m; D1 ~
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.' ]9 c- B5 A% ?6 D

4 J  Z* c! Y, B8 d$ jL: 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。% b4 W1 i& @: Z7 ]  J3 F2 M

0 ~2 L$ {2 T3 b# iM: Yes, you're right!) Z6 h( C  T4 K  Y& D9 N4 p7 Y0 U
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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4 H+ N1 E& G+ ^8 A; S, zM: 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。/ a! @  O9 \) K( ?! r3 ?$ L

+ B1 D. y4 b. M& BM: 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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; t: \. z' W9 O( O1 E5 lM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' M+ o) D1 u; M/ 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?
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" g( B! ^: {+ i# b# D4 gM: 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。2 A$ z) s$ U) P' |

, }3 a0 ?: B3 i' L- kM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.3 X2 K- B- V2 G! ^3 `- z+ @

0 B/ S, v2 r% oL: 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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1 F0 I- @9 Q0 R! d  j6 v5 {M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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3 z+ \; T. o/ \* F* z  n6 \$ ^M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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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9 u; c" k3 j: N6 d, RM: I'm just kidding!
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9 |9 E! ]+ z& E1 e# \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 H; I9 c7 x( M4 ~' Z9 @" j! N- C! z
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