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。& Y, W& r/ [# Q8 W
L, |* M4 | `$ q0 H) V- V" sL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? " {; c# {! X! c6 C+ `0 `3 e1 ~; Q8 s) R4 s3 y3 B* D4 O) C" Q
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! / m7 ~: D2 E8 ?8 G3 B; y3 @* [, k: E; V, e+ j
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!1 p& E g. e {# x4 d, G6 G
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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! 0 m, y U; |7 A& B: K* a % y) d) V% @" o aL: 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? * j) a" X1 C8 i- q9 c5 f' K" j, g0 d+ a2 y
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 8 @* |% A8 J! P7 w+ y6 h) @( x- _. Y r* R9 X
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?" n4 p9 h7 Y! f# q b- p
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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.( a+ o; r+ T2 Y: y
! R, ~1 L! F5 ZL: 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 ?. w2 t9 ~3 w) f4 A D 1 ~9 ?) I! a0 ^; lM: 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. " I; T" f9 ~) i3 u. I) C; I2 a8 w, a3 R( a% }
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? ) f9 }6 T& ?' i0 Y4 o u9 E % D6 p! h- u+ g" T8 m' i0 JM: I aced my last job interview. - F+ d5 [* Y8 e& Y. ] 0 h' z1 B+ P5 L* X4 y+ l; fL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。( W9 F ~. e0 ^+ E. x/ m
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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. 3 @, Y6 O6 E! D, Q, y ' ?/ J4 W( ~8 ~8 l) K* e; wL: 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 r0 q' ^) I8 P P2 ^% k0 V
/ @' w2 V! Z) k$ bM: Yes, you're right!) h4 R9 |9 `+ x0 O' z$ T
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? / ~) K* v3 x7 \4 \, H+ y3 b6 w; _4 A! a; U
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? - `* D p. y$ c! H: `) D. b- ]1 n- D; l, J. G: E$ B
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。9 U0 a5 C4 N3 l5 p ]
# d1 A- d. y6 x8 r ?M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!% n/ e! J/ U% f" h& s3 O" T
5 s. I, c3 R0 T, J& IL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?4 c7 C) k: \- @# Q0 ]
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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"!2 u& M9 V8 D( F6 n6 L) \
3 V( j1 f0 v( u0 qM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 1 \: D4 c( I5 B8 ?: v8 L0 z6 R3 Z, e: y9 B0 W
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. + a& p. @1 i0 `0 K5 \. t+ s2 k 4 ~1 t- s0 [! c; W7 q1 ?0 fM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 5 e; d0 ~+ i. r . |/ ] S+ H2 G1 OL: 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。1 G# h- l' @7 h+ g( C9 Q9 K D
7 t. v4 N3 d5 ^M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...# H. d5 d' m" q1 X$ O
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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!! s) I/ |2 P3 C1 K- U5 W
" }* h8 \0 z& LM: I'm just kidding! 1 I% `, j6 {' v7 B/ n. ^' t/ Z
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。 # `9 y4 y c6 w' ?6 u# M6 |Audio As Following:+ U8 R; K t; i9 d: l+ F1 K- C