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。9 A$ ^' |5 A% }6 m5 @: C" l1 P
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? $ V- i; B! Z2 V7 k* I8 {' X t' o4 l8 l/ U( O
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% E5 k+ D; M d
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! |0 u% d0 O# f- J* s# T: G M+ F- O, a; Y2 [* ]# t6 T
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!9 ^) ]3 E% i6 J' }$ `
: g8 d; g$ _" DL: 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? % h3 q% M5 x; \ X/ E* m$ K" }2 e% v, u) B
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 4 b5 ] x7 `6 K; N; G$ v `% I + M# g+ l: O) Q+ g. ]6 V8 \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?6 y- B: P& {* i6 v% P# V
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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. * o# r/ ]6 R" O: h% T ( @2 s l, O8 Z _9 PL: 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? 2 Z+ Z* \3 [8 n/ B4 M0 \! h2 ]& s% D) z& v5 G4 i r# t" [
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.* ]' X8 E p6 J$ {. ? |3 W
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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?" H( R: Q1 d5 x- N' b/ |0 b
0 I) @" U1 @2 o1 N _M: I aced my last job interview.! B0 L" N7 |& Q1 Z D
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。0 |& a4 [5 m" q8 O5 {5 N2 I
* `6 i2 I* A1 |. u5 W1 JM: 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., v1 s% i2 ?; W% _/ _6 V, O$ x
! W2 D5 {6 P! t9 \' UL: 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。9 H3 P; b; |5 _5 B) G
9 g1 \9 b$ u+ b8 e, t; W sM: Yes, you're right!+ B7 }0 \4 I* H `+ o; z/ l
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? % T$ g* M6 A% b* H. I- M4 x! F/ j9 T2 X3 _0 K& Q; J9 e1 q, `% d
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?$ {0 ?7 L8 H" z
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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。 4 f+ M" P" W/ b! ^3 m3 ?' W* T0 }; d- [; a! T8 q, y
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! * ^! U9 J! o3 J* i ; O9 v! B, W$ p6 Y' @% d* XL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?! ?, B2 K o6 R+ K2 g8 f' f7 o2 E& @8 h
) P" R! P( H8 }8 U1 tM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! * f, _" [( C" s" u4 U9 e3 P3 @% [: n8 f; h- Z0 `4 H
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? $ _8 o; Y- L1 z) @4 S6 M" f2 }0 E 8 u/ N' I) k, c6 ?0 ^: kM: That's right.. Z9 u+ [& X7 K i d
" u, L: y. `9 j% V" J/ D! W- W, BM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.$ l$ M& c/ q, f- s+ n
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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. 1 R' n' x5 F3 [' P 7 D3 T8 Q; a- l9 ^3 L JM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ! w4 s, q* h- s* a. N8 r ) ?5 m) ]- u' E* f& ~1 Z" ?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。$ E6 k1 J$ u+ N% m% O8 C) Y1 b
6 {# v% S8 r- B/ ^M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... s6 f$ K8 F/ i + D% A6 K8 i8 H7 r [) o, ZL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!$ w0 f0 U" m6 ^& |
1 J; c, ^( S W5 b. |: PM: I'm just kidding! . r$ D6 I* W- F2 d1 B/ V* ?. j3 U
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。 / a6 ^$ [+ C3 wAudio As Following: 1 @: A" ` l3 h3 K+ E/ C0 T" k