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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。" I: t+ R. U& m' N
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?$ H3 C5 v9 K! P2 ~4 U8 h
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!1 }7 f5 Y% e- H2 }  F3 R

% }# ]+ ?* b9 A# N2 oL: 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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  T% d- p. J( R7 h% c  ~- ^' r7 _# UL: 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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M: 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?. `( k4 V( Q. M& _( ^, t1 S0 w

. Y6 ]1 z7 }, BM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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* e4 h$ T# k; J& _: F( t# s2 oL: 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?; D  p  e4 s- H: c3 V
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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.  X+ s0 A/ N. Y- v& x) J$ n8 @
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.1 s7 {+ ?9 n' ^2 d' T

/ U; w! `  l2 l% J  P) e' w! V: gL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。$ q8 V% x1 N" y! k* Q

* U# v" S  A. Z" 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.9 f* c7 G6 X" S. _" H2 o

7 D) q7 q, p1 Y: }3 k; VL: 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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: H; _  k) q5 [2 P8 Y# IM: Yes, you're right!6 w! D; }$ D( I( s( ~# h1 @% P
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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( D" k# [; u' i: _5 fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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  K0 l0 {% v+ m# s% H4 j) e+ e8 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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!  R. m8 g- m, G( I9 t, S

' q; M2 ]) c: {. V2 JL: 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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( m/ x: w% h( x9 R& gL: 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?
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M: That's right.: y2 P; D5 A4 c; L  ?
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L: 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。/ [8 S1 D+ ~! }

4 ]! K- u" d) q' f: \" f  j4 SM: 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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M: 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。" `, s) y/ n( B9 z/ y8 E8 j1 s
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...4 J% {9 `: i6 L1 x7 n" U# N" ?
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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!' I% d" H  L: [+ m, n* ?: b

& b) N7 l5 o; {, R% F% _1 G% mM: I'm just kidding!
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, C) L* _" L% y  B) }* T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。# `2 q( C4 C( h- Z2 R
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