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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。
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L: 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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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!5 u, o0 m" c6 |8 a, \% r$ [) [( }

. f' e. c0 z5 U- |  I, E  V0 QM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!3 `* ]/ F9 f+ t8 e+ T

2 K8 A3 B+ u4 i7 R4 \* N: eL: 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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.( e- S. q! q' z# L) y; n7 y

7 h# f3 j' g% L" t$ Q- E/ iL: 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?( h  Q. ~. H/ Q" \% T

2 D& J, H: \! h- K4 P% zM: 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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3 a7 U) k, V  b9 i% DL: 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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3 b/ U0 {# A7 L" W6 ?7 u: @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.
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: r/ Q4 b6 c3 y, g' EL: 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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.! {" V& q+ L; \, Y$ ^3 n

! V9 U, g# n+ c( tL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。! {) s, T+ _+ D  E5 v' r- w

4 d: l/ \3 e$ K6 z: z, c5 kM: 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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; e+ {! h5 R4 s4 g% q9 Q1 KL: 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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& p- b( @$ ~, B' b& L4 ^/ LM: Yes, you're right!4 V( }+ Y5 F- a" h9 d

3 z4 ?- m: w# i1 p7 ?! ^L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?8 s- Q' f# y6 I9 E7 w* y# e4 E

% j6 J" p6 y7 D/ G: yM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?0 m0 w& i' X$ q* v9 a

% P. |- }5 h1 u5 P- NL: 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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5 w: a$ ]$ W7 u+ HM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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7 L4 z3 ?* z2 ^% L( q! M+ q* kL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?! a! X; ^1 P/ s! C" r; 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"!% x. ?& c( Y7 g5 |- _; P

( m3 V3 P) v' gL: 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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M: That's right., `4 ^+ H( B$ L: l' \

# K$ b; W9 X8 e- r3 z% b; rL: 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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6 `  b% ]5 X9 Y# w- i8 o* kM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.+ Z3 n9 I) n9 Z# c

( t6 I; S3 q8 N; k% w: _5 x7 @" QL: 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.( R2 h$ X4 H9 L0 u( Q4 _- g

7 H8 v: L4 v0 p2 g: i, MM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.0 Z- W: X6 w, W6 {  z- A0 O
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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。! m# `1 k8 F9 s1 n$ R8 I6 l$ m: [
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...* h' j% a  K, L0 E
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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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M: I'm just kidding!* K3 k9 [" `# `7 b% ~2 I. b

9 b) b6 g0 S% |$ @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。- X& ^7 U# X- }7 r2 ]7 d5 _% k
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