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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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& \1 ?$ \% m6 {7 Y' C- ]2 ML: 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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: t  X: N0 j  WL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!" w( P- E9 p$ U& [1 q$ X7 @
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!; q# y3 A8 @, R8 r/ I
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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?, g) e6 i' H1 m9 Y6 ~
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.4 L# V1 d+ E% L# }, @

+ {7 n* t7 _. h8 w# H. Z2 FL: 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?% V5 J( v1 Y' a2 `, s

3 y1 `. c( f2 x6 c, n( PM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( \! F& o9 B# |2 R) l' L
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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?
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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?( O, v* s8 M6 j. v' h
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M: I aced my last job interview.0 N" L1 f) s5 l/ [1 W0 A

& m% p% u3 R8 D" A3 v) KL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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  ^9 V9 W+ v; ~: MM: 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.2 F  z4 Z' e. ^( }

! ~) _7 z2 h7 P/ i  c* c/ y- OL: 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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( C2 j" @7 V0 e, j5 j0 MM: Yes, you're right!% q, R- H9 M, T9 {

/ J$ k" L, o& fL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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3 v2 @2 i: ?& w/ ~9 K5 ~9 WM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?# |8 i7 T1 m- G! G& Q! U) q6 n* G

6 @  D. g# g1 j$ ^" F2 j. }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。, i2 ]) U  j+ F. \

5 q- k0 Z4 ?2 ~. I- tM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!7 x" C4 X5 J4 |& [5 k9 S

5 f& I! `8 n( F4 x" v6 jL: 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"!0 q6 J5 J4 C) k

+ T& {& y# s5 z1 V% J3 I9 u0 ~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?0 v7 e2 J6 r! I7 Y% c0 C% `

! e: u! A2 I8 p2 Q, [M: That's right.
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( ~  k7 I  W9 R1 q! t& jL: 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。! U; i# l2 c* k! ^
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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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' u. o8 l7 Q( W4 X/ N+ u2 PL: 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.
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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。! T* f, g/ `! Q5 X) U' I# |; t
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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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7 E: k5 M. j' OM: I'm just kidding!9 i! s+ v$ e8 }2 t* A$ a
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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。6 A# ?/ e' `! T+ M& P; I' J
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