/ O/ c! e+ ?) m* RM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!2 |5 ? F6 }. o" e
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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?& [2 y9 B4 b9 R' p- C- O9 m
* Y1 {1 e% j5 ZM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.* k/ d* y. i. ?% V- Z7 M% 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? ! C V4 w& g; Z! z7 b+ k. z" R' Y
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 4 i% P& G) @2 G1 m" l: [4 Z: [ , }/ G8 P- V: [0 [5 Q# \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? 1 u& B+ u d. t) j# K2 s % ]2 o0 G' H* z, ~! T* h) uM: 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. 8 a* W7 c0 b/ X& x) i4 ]% L$ J% J+ Z
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? 7 `. D% w4 R, ^0 k" p/ \& }# @8 l$ x4 n
M: I aced my last job interview.7 s' j$ a. C8 K' M& y! r8 `( R* p
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% h& S$ @8 w* ~" m& a) _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.5 }' m& X% F! [. v) f8 A/ M9 X8 d
3 J2 S6 D* ~7 U3 `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。) S2 }. F' H, J3 ~% C. i( D3 m+ L" g* ^
8 ^+ b7 f4 J6 ~* ]. J/ p" _M: Yes, you're right! + Z2 E: E% p9 m' _: f# g$ x% M , I9 a1 ?5 T- d" c8 F+ LL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? - R. j' [! K G6 k+ w- C3 z3 {6 W' T1 u% y9 v4 l
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?% x8 h y& C5 J' {
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 ' f& G$ J- e: f: w: b ( b8 @$ {3 b fM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! & P2 q6 ?% z# k! k% R0 ^+ \" E2 q, C& i
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?+ Y* X2 R: @$ O" J+ }7 ~+ i0 I7 W
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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"!* M4 R3 S7 P) ]$ `3 _
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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? 8 `$ \' T/ ^$ l' `- \1 o' [. }3 c6 q/ k8 g+ C& V: d, ~
M: That's right. ! E+ ~0 a7 X u7 V' `( Y 0 H0 ?& o! P* D9 Y/ |3 H2 y( qL: 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。) C& Q" b# G# P- ^
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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. 8 x/ n% P2 ]: V. Q: [ 7 u, P8 z2 W7 S6 oL: 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.) f5 t) [9 U$ ^* t2 Z9 l; n) K
, _7 R: i& d: l; W0 y! fM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. / z/ h' L: ?8 }- \6 P& d7 i! B2 E* P8 X) {, s- F! a. Q
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。 ' |3 Y) X& {+ u 0 W$ h+ {( n" \- _M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..." I& i) z: o* A5 e
: s& u' l; H. Y% Y5 Q$ SL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!, h6 g9 U( @2 b* c
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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。 B+ P4 c" w9 ~" y7 A& I+ iAudio As Following: 0 [3 x: a* d; j2 l- H! ?