1 u' L: G" Y m! b. n. S& D8 TM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! : w- E& r( P& v0 _( J - y2 D; n6 d- O- \: v8 U, }L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! # m* e( ^9 p& A$ ~ " r; n/ S- s: C4 R+ MM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! " W4 X: G; y @ 8 s4 P; C8 u$ I$ ^. KL: 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?/ K8 _# F' N: F3 ^
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.9 y1 D* C7 e6 P8 Y2 e3 ]) J: ~
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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? 0 m" x2 C/ x- d% N+ o + l1 N' N4 O' R: j1 X7 SM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 8 z8 ^, w3 [4 d" U/ B/ `" N( c1 U& v5 @8 P, x
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? ' q8 a6 S9 N9 V; ?" ^ o ' w; h. o3 C9 nM: 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. " k! p1 B9 \; R, P ! E x& G% Q/ Y! K; m3 [2 R M5 dL: 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?, F7 m+ g7 b! x2 f7 X t
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M: I aced my last job interview. , R+ K6 Q) c2 y6 P3 h9 e; Q6 O" R& D0 i0 i S; E, ?
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 m6 Q; r5 Z9 z% |
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- e' `2 C! w cL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 6 e/ R2 R0 o: m / m0 ]& s6 @! I( BM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 5 [7 T6 ^; B+ `0 u2 [2 s 7 d3 W9 I4 m' y4 T% }/ mL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。! s$ W7 u' U4 u- \/ N3 {/ V
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! ( Q4 `( B+ {( m. f' g$ S1 B" o6 B; E4 F" o4 M- ?+ {2 W, |
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?7 m; \4 n$ p4 e5 s1 K' |! b
# U9 X9 _0 f, O2 ^+ f sM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!) z) p( @- }* L( S7 h6 B9 ^
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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?& H) R8 e# t4 B* z. }8 K+ t% h* x G
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$ N% W/ d) O$ _. P; EM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 3 B7 T9 ?5 l+ c! h& C/ o- ?/ H( c & S: |# J" o V6 q/ SL: 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. * ]+ U% y! L3 o3 L5 h$ H. m: b% d3 E8 m5 K
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.# h; b8 r3 O8 V
# w1 g% }4 h( a: i, H+ ~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。0 R" L" Z" L' P& X- y4 e1 E
: \8 N# ?+ l% J* g4 T) f* ~0 P! xM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... $ e5 A8 ]% G4 {3 t8 b , B- e% `; V8 C+ V0 d6 y. q8 u% c/ oL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!" {5 ^0 ]/ g& o7 y8 ?0 M' Q$ U
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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。& N0 n( S; j: M
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