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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。
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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!
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( x" i6 @3 C" i* k5 w% K4 ^L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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!' ]0 Y; n  n, p9 R  `; \& z
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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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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.5 ~7 a. _2 m! X. C% C% e3 v
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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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( e5 g. e% Y& j/ ZM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( P6 V! ~% B4 e4 E: x
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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?# w4 ], Q/ A- a& r" T. x) U

7 T- I/ c7 T; e" ^) EM: 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?% K$ m) h" T2 Q4 H6 u' v

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0 \9 u! m+ E  O7 N: RL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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9 \8 g7 a- O* u6 S5 Z* P% f) qM: 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.( P% S5 A7 t& c4 M9 Y$ A" Y* G

* \& r. \7 l* b0 v% O0 z  DL: 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。9 F* {3 Q5 T0 p! b* B0 L

( a; t5 A  K, S3 S) W5 j  }M: Yes, you're right!
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. g" e. n7 B$ Y! xL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?, Y, z2 B: H6 g; N- E

3 ~5 v7 i1 K6 u0 q: b, r) `M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?/ w; t" s) C5 @; }# h

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3 r$ Q9 e2 r$ W+ X$ H* U' Y- pM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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$ ~# t* F2 q$ zL: 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"!
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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?4 g7 `9 C& t7 j0 w  |. V7 r) x. L
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M: That's right.! l( w- J; \5 l* O, n. |/ _
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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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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.; k. }1 b; U( F

4 e, ?1 p  `# P1 n% 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.
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M: 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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# s4 }" V# U3 s/ w: m& aM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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! Q2 H1 S9 \& k/ v$ QL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!) N% W7 D7 {/ }4 O# |% e* Z- N
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M: I'm just kidding!& F6 w2 o6 R' }, {8 m! E% j* r

# S9 u/ V: t4 X  `& q) |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。2 b% e! i; @8 S6 D
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