) _: ~, }' q' x; O; l* z4 F( Q7 fM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! / |( W& X! n. Z4 `6 p, v) } 1 a) _) I* `$ \+ Y* O5 `% ~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? * s9 e) H7 j) W+ \& I, Q1 ~' w% G% Q, ~5 x/ R
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.7 M9 L* G/ s7 Z( `
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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?; q' p1 ^' q* b6 D+ V! H/ W
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, G% m) ^$ ^1 Q% b, m! l. f6 F* B1 l; OL: 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? 4 A8 s3 r& {( M# x/ }, Y8 w& @/ Y) _* r3 w# b: c ~# C' f: }& j) I+ k3 i
M: I aced my last job interview. 4 x% b$ ?" L' Y# p 3 y6 T! G3 q) m6 p4 UL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 e+ g0 f9 H O d- B' u9 ]0 Z; [2 \) q! k3 }; w
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. 4 s; D6 `1 j; H4 S" u 3 e8 t# p1 Z! W; XL: 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。 / O6 P* U+ u" Z$ O9 { % C$ f5 f( {) e' D4 pM: Yes, you're right!4 o7 m) a* L- C) u
% y/ L! p" t, n& {: wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?- D. L5 N! i0 d: F* ]5 s C
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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。 - q" \( N: j( z& M / O- G* e3 D; i( }) a7 @4 WM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! ) z5 @' l$ U: r; K a0 F " F/ C# x1 n" r. Q$ SL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?% r# T6 V: u3 {- \7 ]/ y. ^! p
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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"! 6 ~: N5 R W& d: c- k. t & s" j9 [' |4 ~; e& OL: 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?- j% |* O3 ~6 B8 Q! [
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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。- n; h7 }& k! A
5 p" n* k( E8 \; |M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. : f: p" K! [7 P( S0 F / W" L" f, U2 s3 \. `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.$ C1 ~. I3 s! x3 J1 L, p0 N+ y9 y
; v$ D. j! Q6 `' }M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 5 l/ D5 h5 t2 m! X* _6 d' I* S4 k* \' E0 ~) w) R0 Y O7 p$ j
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。 ' C3 ^" ~# {9 u+ P) J$ i : R5 U- X$ h' a4 H. N( V% w. RM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... - `# Q* R8 n E" Q* c# Z : [# g& v, t+ P4 ]1 xL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!9 V5 a$ X1 T1 \5 t( a" g