5 E) a q v3 C" ?' E. c1 ~M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! * s4 S* z0 ]" x4 f: \7 S/ @; z0 G/ m6 S2 I' r4 M* W
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& V+ r! j/ `9 J- ^M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! : Q& R, G8 v. x* r 6 b% p" k9 m8 I( r% JL: 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 n* ?/ o1 n1 B* j6 G+ J+ d2 B w; q$ v) ]5 }; c
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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? ) y7 ]5 _4 Y! C/ P0 _$ i% \( o , P* S- L( ~/ Y8 u5 s/ _M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. ' W4 \! m! ^+ O! \- m, a+ d# o) ~ ( [) b0 X4 W! W9 z- o& O2 qL: 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?3 x ~4 l2 u. {- i3 o
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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? * |; J5 j* ^- L 5 {7 a* q, f& ~+ eM: I aced my last job interview. 2 @- x# i) D3 I1 i8 ? s" c% _' `9 F1 X/ W n6 D8 k
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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。" X/ ] t8 \, m7 E+ l
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2 ^# {6 h5 t6 k) WM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 2 s7 l t& p; ?/ } ( |/ p. O6 |& B' z+ v# B# VL: 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? ! O5 }$ \1 J3 m& [ J: t; Q6 K ) h* i% k0 E$ N/ [" y. P+ tM: That's right.; [9 o2 p7 K) ?9 A) o' e- z
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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. ; h- ~4 {3 {* i$ h# E4 H1 c$ q9 F& V( R" e5 I6 q: `8 E
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. : n% y0 x s3 w5 Q) j F' `2 ~% W3 c 6 X7 x" g+ K g; w4 s8 H2 D3 pM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; E, @) m( ?3 v9 Y2 S- I
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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。 ! r3 e* p+ I: eAudio As Following: ' a6 A, m# }; a- }