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。; B" x2 t0 I' {1 u7 u, J8 ?, ~ }
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? " P9 O9 G. L* [ 8 }6 [& V* g) V% C {' k x m, n# ZM: Not bad! I aced today's history test! + e( N. ~1 e7 P* E% o " r& D" E# [) V; JL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 4 I& h) @6 D7 Q) L5 ]7 Y7 a. J0 B! I' c; G$ I* E6 Z, G
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 5 O! w2 l+ q! A& ]( v! [5 U& P2 c6 M& i4 e2 G n$ l; [- T2 _( p9 M
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?' e% Y3 u; @( c, o* z. I5 ?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.3 Z* j2 l: n# R# t4 \9 X
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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?# Z* v" e. Q& C6 o
. m7 x8 v3 x/ `! XM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.! z" `; |. H2 S- r. Y
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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? # F z( R' K; Y% J$ d. j; w' }8 w* D) F0 [- `! f
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.! k( Z0 c" w: g4 ?- 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?% k0 q2 h/ F: R/ Z, x
$ z$ n, N( l& @/ t( P2 mM: I aced my last job interview.5 ~4 r! P; i# h9 u, I. j' r
* f+ g& x5 r' Q1 h* HL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。! E: c/ {, n7 T5 K6 R
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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.2 t$ f3 V0 E; H/ b1 e8 H$ k/ r: C
1 l( S' n- B3 j8 VL: 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 Q* N: K) Y2 s* w5 {, d! K, L
Y7 F m7 n$ o# n2 o" V- pM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?( b8 M% ^( S8 s7 T; Q" x9 j* Z
. K( z/ O% @8 B5 e! P5 gL: 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。( I O. ~+ _3 M h1 I, s
* W# k2 A7 \4 z+ o8 a! b8 t$ \M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! % D4 k# n: P* f) [9 a0 h, H$ }6 C . C! S9 I$ e- \+ e# x- J1 i5 FL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 7 {9 M7 K$ K" N) S2 n/ L7 C% @& y0 K: G2 U
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 I% g5 q! l( z; v' P; v
Z+ r3 N, r, ?2 r# w/ a- X* 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?7 H8 h0 W* d4 H O3 m' ~0 H
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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。3 ]! C7 V% \* T# o. M
- ^& d8 u6 p; f& l( U- p; e+ FM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. % ^. e0 Y- O* | 6 E: E2 M# m$ W$ 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.5 P- `3 y0 \5 I6 b/ `
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.- e1 w4 D" k4 y! G. ~9 ^5 j
" g$ T2 e( m1 K, |) w' k% ?" VL: 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。 0 O0 r) e* g: d j' O9 A2 B [+ {9 ?& p7 T* i3 R3 w5 qM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...4 F R1 e( \7 A9 x6 \8 Q+ C1 m) S
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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! 4 ]' }- X x7 X 7 f0 S4 `$ y0 t$ d! {$ sM: I'm just kidding! _, e* q" A e, q R : w' f( B2 A4 V2 e% _; V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。8 p8 E b- Y' { ?. _+ q
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