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# I: y: X v2 p$ n P _ C . W1 T; E0 @ A9 [0 QL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?* A; Z1 V7 a7 N' D: p% Y( D
9 z* g& i/ u/ F* H& Q. Y8 S: FM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! + B# o3 d/ C, N5 Z. S7 E+ \1 [) c, s4 R( ^ n
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!# c# s! X9 h" }3 m1 n
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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! - S7 z" e. @5 {4 M 4 E4 U2 J. ^: E4 |* S5 XL: 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? [0 w7 o T4 \' r! }$ U8 J3 P. z7 |% r" F7 ] C
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.! [0 p/ E. {1 P& d$ T0 t
5 z) y$ i0 F! R3 S* ZL: 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? + ~" d+ L" J+ ~ ! \" ^. v9 m' I) Q' y8 k) PM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.1 |. t7 r. D! P+ W6 H
: _9 o4 u% P: ]$ l- \* I' D. ~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?/ M9 n/ R @8 d6 p/ \
9 j5 k9 k: h W6 K2 u; JM: 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.( @* I4 K1 s3 z, M. A
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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? ( Q- J1 i8 N- a' G7 U) e2 k; ]# {: u' L) W+ ^
M: I aced my last job interview. g2 X: P# \. T
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 0 y3 ^2 ~$ I: ~ i2 M$ q4 p% C3 }& ~7 d; |
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. ' u, w. r8 x# E+ [& O! x0 G1 B) n' o. l, W$ G6 k4 |- p
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。1 {7 n. ?( d* b
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M: Yes, you're right! % c. `; b0 r2 j4 o( F; d t4 ^/ P. ]5 r8 H/ e4 I/ e' y0 T
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?: g7 S& a; \% |& K K, {& E
1 H. F) h4 G) W. s+ K+ b5 wM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? ; E3 k( W) x/ [7 _! c* E0 a& O/ |2 q0 d$ K
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。! t3 Y$ W) J3 n$ A2 M& m7 O6 h
0 s& d4 q0 {, L! @) \7 lM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! , c# ?) _4 h5 t* m' P( A) \- E& |7 O
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? G( x+ y3 J- c9 J @% R1 ?) k& _5 YM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!2 R: `5 n0 V( n' k; D
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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?! O2 l: c8 T) l8 s0 p, Q
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M: That's right. w1 O% k2 z* T; u0 Z( i& ]/ C0 H7 v8 X
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。 6 U' Z; k) r8 h( s6 |4 G9 H6 E& Q/ g
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 8 ]# X$ X: J) {7 Z7 m% r7 u H) ~% p% N9 p1 \% B7 t
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. & h! L) m; u; U% T6 ]/ B" k0 A9 U0 m3 @6 q
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.' f7 q/ p3 F4 W: v V" H
7 P j' Y( q4 w- [M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...- W9 B/ x: U l
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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! , M: ?, y4 J j, T) q1 T3 |6 }) b4 ^! y6 ^! h* F0 l
M: I'm just kidding! - h: ~, _* w) z 5 w. J s' Y, ?! w! E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。9 t7 {6 t" C- E% [; m0 G1 u3 M$ X
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