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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?( K" @7 o- A' F; |

9 o' o" B5 n" m. L7 L1 S- jM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!$ h9 k/ y% p/ h1 g- ~- T

$ U, Y9 s; y. uL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!# o6 O6 \  {: w9 f) h0 y! A5 M2 |7 U

- E& U# n5 u. T5 E! L3 X$ YM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!) D1 |. M$ N$ ^' Q' A6 u: r, S

1 J* j8 Y; `+ b6 n! V9 v# _# }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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.9 _  F5 b/ }1 {4 s6 @* L
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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?8 a/ \# a/ K. i' Y
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M: 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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/ G* j2 G. m; y  ~' @2 SL: 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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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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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?
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& j8 E, R$ }1 |7 t3 S4 HM: I aced my last job interview.
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  }* j# v. y9 h" ]: j0 J( ?9 DL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 ~8 g1 e# f- T) [3 F3 c7 l( Y

) K$ C, y  a6 k1 K. r% ^& G7 vM: 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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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。" F. P' T8 [! s: ?2 q1 b$ ^6 w9 |
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M: Yes, you're right!4 s% G: a& M( r  m8 i9 H; r
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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- H* O# I; ^5 c% l8 {2 |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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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。# @, k3 V( ]3 L( G; c

8 @$ w: [* ?! ^+ D; F. Y% bM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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% T9 O, \: Q3 g3 g8 kL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?3 t9 t, d+ G& F" \
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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"!8 o, n1 N! u9 s3 T( _- V9 f
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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?) O% Q( ~$ G3 u1 Y9 p1 i! C
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M: That's right.
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( K% F# B8 L' |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。
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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.( H* {& `, w3 C! Q
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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., {( n3 n" O, |1 F! Q
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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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...* F# W8 K1 A" c: h- U( I

! @3 ^% J, \( [; ?# QL: 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!
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6 t. C) o  H' g/ x7 A& j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。; r! m2 A6 w( u* m( \: S) q
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