3 ?4 P4 q: G. qL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? # T' |# x" K( ~ 6 T5 _) A" m. h0 `) a" ~M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! + t! C; ~7 w0 \; z: i$ \ b5 t5 `! I+ @- k. O( K
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! M: C: `8 }2 q$ r( Q ~+ C% h
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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!' j7 _0 t0 L, S) L: ]( j: l
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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? - k6 J, v1 ?; E5 z + E& g$ Y# C0 S- ?! r6 i, P7 d% RM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 9 O8 e7 X$ G, B8 v3 D! X9 f2 [" g% q3 D& T
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? ; X8 S, I9 c+ g 6 W3 A( H- R7 ?/ ]) AM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 5 |. V9 U- x+ K6 G5 d$ Z- A. g. u7 y9 ]1 n" e3 C
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?* [1 M1 {2 G" N' k! G0 v
B. [; M7 W% j" Q* b' i# {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.3 y9 t. P4 S6 |5 D F
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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? 5 v4 k: ~: P$ c5 q3 r. K2 l2 ^ * o) X7 ?" R0 j8 i1 K$ l( t. _M: I aced my last job interview. + p9 c' @; g, w. y; S8 V% G ) Y/ B# q: n3 [* pL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 G& f; `( G# T% c
" t0 E+ V. r/ I' uM: 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. 6 P& W u) k8 m4 w2 i7 {( Y : s0 v) n1 o0 e h/ XL: 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。 ) g5 M- K; r, [0 {: t! u* v5 _0 {; w; _) G
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# i. }; M5 M6 q2 h/ aL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?6 P8 D, ]9 ]# u) f
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 9 d+ w- i! x0 a) z3 |# s7 w5 i+ T# D) Q
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 3 ]% s" ` t' s3 O ) Z: N& J9 b7 T0 K: q" sM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 8 C2 y) ^2 x) k' A4 ~4 ]/ J 6 I R- Y9 |1 VL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 5 Q' D* n3 x7 N/ s# L1 k4 W H5 @& r$ H/ D& f
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!8 A$ K2 K: h7 t! W! \
8 h3 d) ?% P+ K% sL: 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? & q/ o/ e* Z6 Z* Q9 e* {! M! h4 K* o5 y' M5 O1 f
M: That's right. ' e5 Z* z V: v3 m+ i7 B& H- [1 {2 y
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。 7 n/ `% P2 s. Z% k ) V% M* g! z# w V4 Y i; Y- g( LM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant." ^2 @: S3 _& @; e" _
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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. " k# q( y O! m! Z8 @ + h9 ?- X5 p& ]/ ]; N) ?/ g! k$ e9 HM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 V7 T$ `: \) _2 z/ d
5 S; K2 u& m3 `4 w7 }, H9 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。 0 H1 |- D8 [8 V9 M& E$ M) j/ y& C3 v5 k e
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...( v+ w+ E3 K8 \; y% [( X0 C