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。& X" c7 Z( n; I
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? & _2 ]2 D" {2 P$ j ' G' ^ b5 t3 K- i- Q- a% UM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% _: e: k8 Y& X$ a1 a3 }
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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!. w5 B8 p/ G, ~+ ]# D
7 n. l5 ]# ]# yL: 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?- v0 G9 ~7 V" p
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 0 x4 P2 j# u7 r; L 1 d |. i! w( s# CL: 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? $ B0 U, W$ i7 f3 m& b, ~7 Z8 S ( U) @; S, w6 m4 AM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; ^' [( X4 V$ ~) O8 h6 v3 q
3 a& A- I- t3 Y/ p! EL: 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?9 D! ~+ O4 D6 g0 t G
# W1 H5 t" j; F; T2 m3 S- L; HM: 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. 9 y6 d8 D ]' m) l' a% L; r. h5 V7 o+ I5 x9 M2 A2 h
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?/ e1 @* e( y U( G5 g' P
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M: I aced my last job interview. ! U5 j2 M z' d# ` ; ^8 t3 d6 g5 F8 b2 U+ R" {L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ' o! g# D# Q3 Q. E A# H* z! {0 q5 g- L" N" Z/ P
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 w9 L) z- L5 i - a2 O" S8 Z+ N( r1 T" J. hL: 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。 . l/ u( W& i }, P3 J: i* T$ K 4 D o c5 |% _/ d/ GM: Yes, you're right! 2 {! h0 c5 v; y% }" G1 N* w2 m. Q$ j. y
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?% r# |2 q$ A3 a0 V! Y* L, a
F0 i+ C- Z% H3 w5 KM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?; l4 G0 v7 F1 v* t/ C/ s. b
, m7 [1 w0 I6 u- w' K+ y: 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。 ! a* `9 g$ f# x+ |* j. ? k% ~4 Z+ Z9 f1 F4 X- OM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! ; [) o' s; n* j$ u % ^/ m* g! |" ~5 V+ [ GL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? ; p5 g+ O6 o1 p& k6 b. e4 i2 W& ^; [$ G6 @8 D& r
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!. r! Z) z: d( L q
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L: 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? 9 \6 i- V1 y, l% C$ X , Y! G" Z) V! A% |8 U/ t: YM: That's right.3 L c4 ]3 A4 |5 v$ y
) M' Z. ]- |. \( lL: 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。 0 ?: j5 J1 [$ S! r9 @9 m" K. c1 K9 l4 h" }# `1 s3 O( Z; Z, |
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.0 t8 n8 h6 Q* N/ Q: k
- r; i9 V! g4 v' o1 w8 gL: 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. 2 F3 z, B- D0 g" [) C # @3 U4 f& G# ^1 pM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ) u+ y( u' l$ T! Y) C # Q. T* B5 o6 u3 b. _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。3 r2 t2 o, q, `1 F; Q
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...- Q( t9 p+ Y, [; G3 H
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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!" @ E+ D! x! C) p; K
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M: I'm just kidding!4 r; I' \0 D6 E- `
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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。5 r% K7 I; v$ J3 g5 d0 Q3 t
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