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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。, d( x! d  }4 n& G( e
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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5 \: j; _6 ~7 s& H6 nM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 i& C( C1 @1 L1 V' X' @

2 T/ ^+ a4 ~# bL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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$ ?" e5 F) `( w' x) I2 I$ `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?6 Q+ H. v0 s; ?6 r8 l6 `5 T6 z% I

: ?1 v) Y- _/ k8 {9 x: XM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.0 K# u6 N4 ]% }8 A4 |1 g
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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?' f, K! y1 K9 A8 v0 a2 `9 ~

* K! A8 s/ ^" Z1 y5 O$ CM: 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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9 w& D$ ?; D' H# r  aL: 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?3 z; B2 T1 u$ D
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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.( v- Z% }8 u1 I' u: s" E/ ^5 M
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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 j+ o# e  r* A* `/ h2 y# v
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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; K  s/ X, x! |% p$ e; l4 iL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。# V8 p+ E& ]0 E4 O0 }" V+ W" r; r
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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.7 r5 W6 W# O4 i
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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。
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8 [& L9 N1 P" q7 I2 UM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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0 }4 w' j6 ^5 C9 I# j5 JL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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( ~1 i. R" r0 Y: G+ W, t, fM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?2 E$ [  x. _& }/ F7 h; w
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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"!* G8 L2 B1 a2 Y2 U( W! q3 `+ T

; Y% B4 H8 n. i. ~; RL: 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?! `- [8 J7 C, [1 t! y5 S

1 G" s$ D4 P& i! J, ZM: That's right.1 ~/ v' M* c- t2 {# I, E

2 ?* {2 d5 v2 `  C! u; WL: 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。
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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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# b0 V- h& C  L* j# X2 ZM: 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。: q5 i6 y9 t" A$ |7 z

1 d/ e' |$ @: E2 G) |M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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4 p* f6 ]$ D8 {" v7 I* T# K2 b5 Z( vL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!+ X  l0 k+ }& P5 l/ C+ d
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M: I'm just kidding!
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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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