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。 6 y5 p) q$ s5 P! K7 S# Q. i 6 m) {% `- w- ~L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ) W' w! `( U( e / `! J2 P0 c- H, B4 u+ s/ iM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! - c( @. G. t# V( p0 b: P 4 A1 ?7 k- G! i' `. E2 `* \, A5 nL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!& {* M0 E: P' ~9 [
4 [, o) `* f$ _: d+ X; `M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ) D$ u4 e: T8 s1 [/ T$ s. ~ $ i# {9 e h) m3 q* c- ^% ?/ mL: 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?5 L1 M+ e( z1 o6 Y
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. & K1 P8 E4 Z2 E 8 |8 N; Z: i! u0 A1 j( RL: 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?9 _8 R h1 N( n+ E, V& Q
0 I4 m) \! x2 \( w( Q7 VM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.0 ^$ k- B& L( M: Y5 h% G
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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? - S# X# v- _4 m0 F( ? 9 x: C2 Z8 g& [) h- HM: 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. Z) K0 N0 h$ ]; ]4 o " a0 [% |3 [& N3 _6 @! nL: 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? 2 X2 Q4 V9 D+ c0 t ; V9 o1 V5 W) \0 y4 s. m7 R$ hM: I aced my last job interview.' O: g# M2 l. |( ?
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 * {: J7 w; u$ N' H( u; f+ X8 E* [/ y6 A/ h! S
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.5 H% C% ~# Y: y; o" ~
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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。' X+ E$ x6 a: ?4 o' q
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M: Yes, you're right!5 w, U$ D5 H1 A+ b7 ]2 i, e
, {* K5 {! t- {" O, p: MM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? # z2 [9 U6 X& l! D" D8 l( j z4 q2 h! M0 G; c' \$ L' U
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。7 J* N7 h. I& H( ]: H5 f/ ~+ d
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?0 D; N+ m ^. x
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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"! % [' A6 w2 J5 n4 ~% d y) v$ o& z* q( `4 G) X5 D, S% k0 d
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? ) k' z; p, T3 ~6 K* m7 L$ ]& d5 u4 R2 V " M, x" F( A$ n$ T; N9 G2 S g7 [M: That's right.7 A/ g' z; ~ `5 M6 Y5 n! o
' X. x' N7 t" h1 ]! 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。; x( K v4 z' z9 m$ g
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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.! N- {5 {, L% j: W1 X9 \
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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.# O" C7 J9 x3 M* b
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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。7 C, a+ a; ^& Z! H: j
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* _8 G1 w* V9 p- b' nL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!0 \0 `- F/ e4 T; K0 D j2 P
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M: I'm just kidding! / s6 R1 F9 o1 T) z$ J 5 z) V% n1 E6 I! ^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。 ' Y% s. g, f& A: u% b8 XAudio As Following:1 J% ^+ @6 P O# a