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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。# w5 Y6 |6 d& D& q# b! `* o

3 ?4 P4 q: G. qL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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6 T5 _) A" m. h0 `) a" ~M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!  M: C: `8 }2 q$ r( Q  ~+ C% h
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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!' j7 _0 t0 L, S) L: ]( j: l
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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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+ E& g$ Y# C0 S- ?! r6 i, P7 d% RM: 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?
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6 W3 A( H- R7 ?/ ]) AM: 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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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?* [1 M1 {2 G" N' k! G0 v

  B. [; M7 W% j" Q* b' i# {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.3 y9 t. P4 S6 |5 D  F
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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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* o) X7 ?" R0 j8 i1 K$ l( t. _M: I aced my last job interview.
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) Y/ B# q: n3 [* pL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。  G& f; `( G# T% c

" t0 E+ V. r/ I' uM: 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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: s0 v) n1 o0 e  h/ 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!. u# T3 U+ a6 O5 I- [* Z, p

# i. }; M5 M6 q2 h/ aL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?6 P8 D, ]9 ]# u) f
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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) Z: N& J9 b7 T0 K: q" sM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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6 I  R- Y9 |1 VL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!8 A$ K2 K: h7 t! W! \

8 h3 d) ?% P+ K% sL: 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.
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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。
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) V% M* g! z# w  V4 Y  i; Y- g( LM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant." ^2 @: S3 _& @; e" _
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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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+ h9 ?- X5 p& ]/ ]; N) ?/ g! k$ e9 HM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 V7 T$ `: \) _2 z/ d

5 S; K2 u& m3 `4 w7 }, H9 bL: 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...( v+ w+ E3 K8 \; y% [( X0 C

& h* W/ W! C0 p+ E8 T2 Q. o8 ~+ vL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!* l4 e; D7 {  K2 H7 `. q

( V9 e. p$ J; O) p* A- D% R; x' SM: I'm just kidding!
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6 |" e0 ?- Y" R: b. K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。
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