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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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- }) `3 v+ W  u0 c8 x% jM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!, H! R$ z1 j' e0 U+ ^4 u; `
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!' c7 e2 F3 M' r

8 M0 S7 }7 f, n* ^9 y, y! g8 zM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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) ?; N' B. Y) ]' Z* EL: 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?8 o: Y3 t/ x' i& n4 X& t+ t
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.9 g5 F1 g( R/ e8 I
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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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! J6 e( `1 ^* g8 ?' o$ ^  dM: 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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  J& q5 y5 [' }6 \M: 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.0 q$ _3 `1 p% n( W/ w/ Z

5 Y& L: U; o, U: }) F+ _/ HL: 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.. t! A! ~9 R6 I. k3 F+ r9 \; C
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。$ V* O! a- s/ Q6 t

  @& ~& _0 N' c) l# L+ K' 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.- ]1 a; i$ J5 [+ |8 Q

7 `2 B& ?3 J& T' h* w! @8 eL: 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。, ]* G( l. \- K2 K& Q& l9 q& l" i

9 S% E. g; T3 f: ^- I7 nM: Yes, you're right!: f7 s- c* n; z9 `! h

5 `5 g& k  K% d  g7 iL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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- C2 @5 l2 a% Z8 h% R: S: i6 fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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+ e  r1 r( _( A0 k& S; i# _8 i; o$ ?- KL: 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。9 }* W* k. O8 r) V- M5 h& y3 N
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!7 h& W; I; W. X, w7 B5 }# @, H

3 H! c8 M0 H1 s+ r4 b9 NL: 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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5 y* U# c8 a& ?+ O$ z1 iL: 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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) m: }. k) |; [9 aL: 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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0 C! v7 b: ^. MM: 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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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.
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.: E8 W+ V: ]% O- ]& @: @

- t& V# o: h2 P/ h# CL: 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。* j8 @3 v& N7 x4 E8 P4 n
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...0 g2 Q. x" C! h' Z1 k9 n) v

& |5 x+ Z8 \+ y/ v3 ?- F5 z. qL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!: N% p9 z$ ], O' |* s

0 |2 v8 v7 j' gM: I'm just kidding!
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+ i4 z& w, w/ G; \0 @2 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。+ t5 A1 m$ Z% }' X+ z
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