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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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2 `1 {* [  Z( O# k$ @L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!1 `; m# [! ]- m/ @, K' T% }
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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 K& ]4 v" H' _/ G

2 L" H) S+ A7 ]" vL: 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?4 J. n) n$ S) V$ B/ x; `& Q1 ~3 X

& ]1 h' ~: h1 D0 w5 }M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 v; P5 U2 W- e8 |

% ?, S$ s/ Q7 x- f5 w( iL: 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?
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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.8 I6 C# f8 L7 G9 N; x3 b. ~) Y

8 w6 g7 m& L& U3 |' GL: 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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! I) v, n! X0 X( V( MM: 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.
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4 K: i! r3 c) s* ?" LL: 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?
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: n. `, ]4 {4 P6 b+ [) ?2 N2 E/ {L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。8 x* N" ?8 S4 r# y. P/ u% j
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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.
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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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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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0 P% B% T1 \' x# O; E3 GM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?  y, A, y3 S; o6 p

9 b* u$ v, S5 _7 z6 ^0 P( n1 sL: 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。; ~& t1 ?0 U7 Y. l4 H
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!- g8 P* ?) H) c4 i- P  w
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!
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. Q$ [+ `/ J+ D3 y3 M1 k2 G' EL: 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?: s: |) ?8 a9 [" e, m" M' V8 X
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M: That's right.
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6 e$ ^7 m* J7 s9 }6 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。
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8 f2 |7 d1 J0 I/ iM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.  Z- o1 T7 h" r9 m6 S1 }3 M
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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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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" \) a# U9 j1 G+ }& [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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L: 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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8 E; Y  ~8 E5 k8 ]M: I'm just kidding!- v6 r) g7 o& f. ^. A

; Z  _" b  j- z: w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。, E7 P8 j" B$ l' C8 e
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