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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。$ T2 W0 ?( _% k- e7 \
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. n# u' D- e7 P: _/ P* I8 [9 Y

# Q7 x, }2 D# x- f$ H$ l/ v) DL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!5 I9 N2 S  C# ?

/ O/ c! e+ ?) m* RM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!2 |5 ?  F6 }. o" e
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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?& [2 y9 B4 b9 R' p- C- O9 m

* Y1 {1 e% j5 ZM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.* k/ d* y. i. ?% V- Z7 M% L+ \
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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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M: 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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, }/ G8 P- V: [0 [5 Q# \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?
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% ]2 o0 G' H* z, ~! T* h) uM: 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.
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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.7 s' j$ a. C8 K' M& y! r8 `( R* p

. C; U9 u/ \/ eL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。: w( K/ B5 }% n; t* p3 B/ M. a

% h& S$ @8 w* ~" m& a) _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.5 }' m& X% F! [. v) f8 A/ M9 X8 d

3 J2 S6 D* ~7 U3 `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。) S2 }. F' H, J3 ~% C. i( D3 m+ L" g* ^

8 ^+ b7 f4 J6 ~* ]. J/ p" _M: Yes, you're right!
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, I9 a1 ?5 T- d" c8 F+ LL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?% x8 h  y& C5 J' {
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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( b8 @$ {3 b  fM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?+ Y* X2 R: @$ O" J+ }7 ~+ i0 I7 W
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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"!* M4 R3 S7 P) ]$ `3 _
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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?
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M: That's right.
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0 H0 ?& o! P* D9 Y/ |3 H2 y( qL: 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。) C& Q" b# G# P- ^
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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.
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7 u, P8 z2 W7 S6 oL: 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.) f5 t) [9 U$ ^* t2 Z9 l; n) K

, _7 R: i& d: l; W0 y! fM: 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。
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0 W$ h+ {( n" \- _M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..." I& i) z: o* A5 e

: s& u' l; H. Y% Y5 Q$ SL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!, h6 g9 U( @2 b* c

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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。
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