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流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

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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。5 u. G+ v) Q2 x, _+ ~9 J
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?6 p. U0 Q1 W$ U- v
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!1 W# K# Y- p; E, w
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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!
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* H! Z% v+ {8 _6 R2 _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?
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: _6 E- d% ~4 X& v  a0 m8 x8 `" aM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?3 i3 A3 ^/ O) [6 r$ O& X
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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.+ @: U* o$ k0 ]5 j7 l$ I6 C: q4 S2 R
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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?
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9 }2 ~0 \6 q3 E! `1 r+ O9 CM: 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.: Z% s0 N- Z9 l
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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?  A. r1 u2 G, m% q( Y6 i: {$ I

8 }+ B1 _: k1 V8 R  X5 P& yM: I aced my last job interview.  W/ Q6 q! S6 ?" |, W) [$ Y2 e

! J- u  J4 w2 C9 O5 B/ @L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 T$ o6 S( C1 N. O- e

8 T% J* }% I8 |' Q' I: Y9 A# HM: 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.
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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!
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- U5 u4 s7 T# NL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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?. f' J. r# I9 x% D' R" l

0 u6 j" a7 k6 X) X: k. ~& h; ?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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) M$ r; b) A0 h. w

! \  r" b9 G  |* l! G' W/ [4 TM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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5 P; {- @& h3 J0 lL: 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?/ \. ?* {- h4 Z' o1 k$ O

- q$ S4 [$ p  G* @# eM: That's right.
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9 n3 F3 n3 W4 k; h, v4 KL: 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。, y5 `& d+ N3 c8 O; A8 y: ~' x" ?, P

1 R6 U, j* I% |0 u7 u! s% n* QM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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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.
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8 ~+ W3 U% L" S3 ~% ZM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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/ |+ k/ F; c8 Z! ~  H& E; NL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
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M: I'm just kidding!! Y# s. l! P- X: y8 k
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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。3 M' ~  y" s$ E2 o, D2 f
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