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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。* m1 W: B9 _4 T1 t! j

( f' q- E( A  j: T( |% XL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!* g  p+ Y5 o+ s. T, h5 ?8 h7 q

; C; u+ a/ W: S- m; rL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!4 d8 m/ S4 G+ f8 N* y
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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!/ g! s( R0 i' m: J
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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.; t5 B8 B& K$ l* |  q) I

5 J  h  I9 ^" x8 p) u! I/ }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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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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" L3 k% ~# H3 _1 VM: 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.2 c- n6 l  S& j3 ~0 ?4 x; c
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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?2 u1 A7 L2 ?. h9 C% x& o# z

4 ~) t0 K9 Y& F- R2 SM: I aced my last job interview.9 {& f& \" M8 n- H
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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, J4 N. A6 r' y( D+ BM: 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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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。
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M: Yes, you're right!# ?8 Z$ Q! E& k: m

' u0 y5 {& E' F  GL: 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?/ i! z( S7 c+ B, g( A
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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# H! L! _. @M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!0 x# W2 t7 j5 B; e

8 f" O. Q; T4 `/ V) `. \) k& AL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?2 a  K  G: @+ W: p

( A% B6 S* e$ }' p2 b/ w! lM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!; G' V' V- l  N; p. |  r1 P8 @
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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?8 t8 l9 Z" I2 q& {
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M: That's right.7 _! l% {( F9 S; |2 S

9 M3 K, a' Z8 b) A6 xL: 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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* u6 |6 k/ G1 }1 ~M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.6 v: m, K2 u6 t2 |

) g) `) _5 Q% E& G) T5 pL: 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.4 \! Y! S4 d5 Q5 [. f

8 ~# l% V; D( U: e' @M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.! u0 a/ q2 `/ |. s' K+ ]! b
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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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& Z/ n, v4 N1 ~1 @0 P" cM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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+ b7 \+ i, L& k4 W& L3 O/ eL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
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0 x+ z, ~+ `, U3 p! {M: I'm just kidding!
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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。3 B8 t# Z# m+ O& W* |: j9 \
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