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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。4 D6 s3 V3 _/ ~3 X

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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!; L# _% G. @) k

0 M$ n( Y2 @! T7 L* \L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!, K( \6 G' O) J5 A8 G

; Q  g. w& p0 _M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! T4 f$ Q) U& }# W. P1 y

9 U0 n4 W. e' L, \( pL: 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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* i( t% L  d& @- MM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.* d5 V, k* z3 i' o+ {

+ H( T6 _1 I+ L$ n& yL: 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?$ O5 k/ r# }0 m2 m( L( O& t; U
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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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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?" |# Z; P, X* E% n+ l5 e. W

  w1 [. |) u" P8 zM: 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' [5 g# V) P3 p7 `$ x# @/ U9 z

) C4 B$ u; J% t& lL: 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.
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7 g" z. o5 M  c: y; `L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。2 u. F; T/ w( [- E$ i9 Q! b
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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.
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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。4 A# f; r! k4 A; j8 i
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M: Yes, you're right!. ]( Y0 [& Z4 t) ~# s

- _$ t7 m7 L( PL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?1 A0 G' V4 S& _- h6 W- `

4 h& e" o1 J! HM: 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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, A$ Z& G4 S: ?4 e) k2 R& R% ~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。  [" u( ^# ]; R( s

0 P5 c( x8 Y/ q; A5 YM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 K4 R$ ^3 z& Q0 I. e6 f  c

) a' b& w' J/ i/ o( `L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) c6 w1 s3 }* _: ^  G
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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"!
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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?
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4 f6 k" N* j' m5 ]M: That's right.- N( A) l" @, z3 f

) ^# c) u# C5 @& x0 \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。  a- k8 b! j& S" O' X
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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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.0 z* ^1 U- a# T6 f2 j% A2 f# S
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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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, o9 A& p% w+ ?4 UM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.../ n) R! k+ E$ }5 k0 ]
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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!# g9 S$ o- G, @
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M: I'm just kidding!
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/ n7 g# v1 M0 ~& 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。1 `3 O8 }! W; l' f# }/ A6 V
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