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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。/ Y) U3 g+ q$ j6 D% i% v

- ~& y; S8 p3 u5 o% uL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?8 A% p* _; b6 b1 i& E2 f
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 a" b+ }+ s+ H4 R4 j, T3 r/ R
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!9 }$ z; r2 d0 H. E, V% j; H3 X4 M  P

: d2 @2 w$ M# {( h. o) SM: 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 Q9 x8 X( l/ B, @' g% ]  B) N

/ i" T% r) c- L" t) kM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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: a6 Z6 V7 a+ I5 N2 D9 r( O& |: SL: 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 S3 W/ `7 v* M- B3 I) y

9 R- x& R6 f3 _$ QM: 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?8 B/ }+ d2 W- p

# u3 H5 z( E3 SM: 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.0 I5 D. i6 ^4 h$ a7 V0 v+ R
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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?; k( t, \2 M2 U9 Z: w/ J

3 }* Q, O; U" \M: I aced my last job interview.& P; r6 t% n2 k  x3 G

$ X) i. N  N& E; EL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.$ F0 G# b7 C$ e' J0 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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% z0 J7 U% Y4 h# @' {5 gM: Yes, you're right!
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6 W2 m+ F/ P: U" f2 T7 F2 {! YL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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6 `8 R6 n4 ~9 |! \1 w* bM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?0 S4 K* I9 F: A4 \, l3 ^
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。$ d! w, O! h- {- ~; o

1 _2 G. R) c8 c$ w! GM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!$ }, R! \$ s+ T7 d+ S

/ `& a0 t/ @( s4 L, 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.8 p0 M, ]$ x5 _3 {
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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。/ `" Z+ g4 H: x; o& ~  r2 p& E

  n* E+ @# h; j5 C  R& j. N6 c% AM: 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.3 S3 R; m0 c! a$ x

4 s" D. M( p7 M& q, MM: I don't see how you can live on so little money., Z! I4 f% h0 s) o

% R' ^$ O; g9 L4 k/ e3 w5 DL: 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。+ S/ x/ j& ~; d# v& C
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...$ P1 W+ c, [# ]& c
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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!  \& j2 ~( G4 \  E& ~( q& L

* _' H: p! u1 c8 U5 F; l" GM: I'm just kidding!
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' S, V- Z! G& f. z+ m' @! L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。  L# H9 P- T% e3 o
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