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。) B- {5 O' }. n
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 1 R# b. l$ i) ?1 d* m% x ; f7 a+ ^& @. c( q6 z( C5 O1 oM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!$ G8 u6 r4 j% J5 k* R( ~
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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!; n- r5 f, Y( d- h8 T. A' q8 N$ }
+ V+ z4 a) _: f. Z% y- Y4 N- LL: 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? 1 |4 A9 L9 s) _1 E& f q7 |+ H! e7 F9 w. _M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& f2 C: ?6 ?2 `* y
; @% V3 z, g8 C9 ]8 ZL: 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 A& ~8 K5 J" G# o ! G: K. w# G& AM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.1 p& M! g( A9 U0 @6 G$ Z7 a8 P
) a" {& X1 ~- J9 Z' {1 }+ uL: 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? & W% }& z [% V% F: P$ I S9 y- h4 H1 A( z, {" x! [
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.8 ]+ o+ M/ R+ J, X! O+ R) [& A
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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?, ^6 e- k# `& J1 D
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M: I aced my last job interview. + X9 M) e4 a/ K& z$ ~ " S/ R0 ~+ F @! v' X5 C9 x5 X& C! QL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ; |+ ]1 N9 ~- F8 V5 C. [ 6 r. E8 _! ~) lM: 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.% j! Q1 }* i$ W# h2 H
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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。 2 D; K/ {7 Y! O. _! m; T+ D& V% z$ w. a; T
M: Yes, you're right!$ \& d- k* j9 _
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?5 I# E, w: L" ?- m3 J& H V+ U) H8 p
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 m- g$ C k3 y/ o0 r
( q/ N. t8 l0 G2 ~) YL: 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。# P+ p5 {$ Y H$ i( B
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! # n$ j# ?4 }6 O3 x& a4 f' @6 Q) n+ N# P' C$ d, o
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 3 E8 ^2 { U# }3 m# {7 l' g# g 1 w7 M$ A8 ?2 h+ uM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! ; P% w# i, h {, r- Y7 Z% q 6 f- O( p( d; BL: 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? ; h1 H* Z W, G: }6 [ 7 q; `7 n6 @8 ?3 i8 k- aM: That's right. + F- j5 ?5 J! ]: j / ^" `. ~" ~2 VL: 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。 " G0 E2 o5 n# l' I5 ]. b $ p+ C% _# N" w+ cM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.3 }( |- Y+ I3 ]0 C0 q
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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.; q) N7 U- U2 M( _
" C8 b' ]; ^5 } l1 MM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. & c6 k0 o9 [, Q# u+ g. _& b" [# J) e" t; S) m
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。9 w N5 q# K# ~: W+ v5 e
3 f# m% V2 p7 X WM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ! y7 B* k5 q: D# z0 S . H5 I6 y0 L; u9 @L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! - a j x1 \6 s& P& h* k % u' a6 `, c' ~M: I'm just kidding! 5 R! A. J( E9 `$ _! V! H ; n5 Q6 V$ h/ I/ 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。, }/ E* Q0 D( Q0 c9 g) x
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