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。6 m( j+ |/ m% l, n7 h
& q( ?# d' Y# m3 y3 ~L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?/ A* w& A3 _" w7 I
) A" V) C1 L3 w0 ^' K5 q( v( BM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! + l4 y# K1 S: T! ?& W7 g- \ M% p& z. X! `& M5 i! ]8 L$ H6 K
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!* b: P; b7 ~' ^# r8 D
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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! 6 e) p6 E, X% n7 ?1 ~& X# m9 c/ ~: \8 U6 y- A1 g
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? 1 c, j: Z, g) m* Y" z; m* q; [8 }" b5 H9 Y& H+ X
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 1 D1 z) m' U. M. ~4 j9 z2 S/ E( b X+ i! r
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 U4 D: N/ l( D& l O3 l {/ R5 u7 q+ ]/ {5 ? ^ h& C D( r
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.& K6 o' C" Z1 `+ F9 B
" g9 w1 X2 N' t- I* f0 C6 iL: 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?* v R' I* z# G- \0 r; T w3 l9 S+ w
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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.9 T" _ z: w' M. q0 [, N) P
& f5 V4 Y9 R5 ]) ]4 WL: 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? - ]1 [; U/ I* ^: Y7 d 6 T8 y* A) f( J2 Q UM: I aced my last job interview. 9 c: M4 u! U" x8 w/ a4 z& H' C( e9 _ g* I* c$ T' V
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 - {9 o) g" e# ]; ~! Q9 B" a% Y" h4 d
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. ) j* \5 w- Z9 M2 z$ r 5 a$ d+ T" u0 b% v4 ~$ oL: 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。 ! \! y% ~! @( I$ O! i8 h6 U " K- ^0 b$ R' P! o* @2 CM: Yes, you're right!& m# M5 W! R4 N# C- p2 x% ?
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?9 d( f4 E/ c1 Q, F
' h( U+ s; Y$ h: e& i2 LM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 8 U0 W. o0 ~7 A3 _& Q8 Y$ R7 l' p7 l9 F) z9 t$ k9 |
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。% l r2 g) M' j+ k' y! L
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! " J# A' l$ u. N W2 B) R/ _4 \ 5 _, i2 o | I- K* LL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?1 k5 ~' Y* C1 L5 d& R- B9 H
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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"!7 ?6 [/ U' t6 J
( l2 S8 }9 ?4 V; e$ ? aL: 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。0 p. o& F( p m W2 @
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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.: g* Z% q1 q: ~( j0 w7 h
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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. " [( {* ]6 C S' E" H% @2 }4 c% c+ k# I: {9 ~; x- }+ ~
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.- ?7 j& |/ p3 h' K
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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。5 V6 K T; K3 _' M7 N, [
$ u3 M; s9 ^% K% ]7 v# b* G, uM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 3 k# ]0 n& Z4 {0 w6 K7 B3 H% v - ]; W8 R9 p5 {/ q( X! {L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 6 X, d9 |7 w% q( n( J' T ) w+ v+ h) S8 ZM: I'm just kidding! x( p0 K3 E9 }+ t; Y9 e
# [& F% M- |7 G7 B2 f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 g9 `) z6 b6 D, r/ g8 @
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