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。 ' L* W) `. F n9 Z " D2 b( a5 x+ `: W/ aL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?+ F. D+ x2 @" b7 ~
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!& z0 w6 v5 p O; l& M
2 a1 T9 G, d! w1 aL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!! q- f f# Y5 b" r; k
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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! 1 E! g: M1 F4 a* ]9 \( ]. X5 h; L1 \. v% I1 m3 I
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?) v: Q8 F; U( I- e# E4 c
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 0 k+ ]9 K0 @! n* Q2 e) ] 1 i* |* G7 K5 \1 j. c B9 dL: 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?" J+ x9 ~* x( v# r. p. Y
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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.5 x" ^) I4 @' M2 W
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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? 3 ~) v8 n6 j) `2 S4 m! P/ | + l3 x- a% V4 C9 \5 s0 fM: 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.3 W9 L3 P$ l- G
$ r4 z+ ]* h/ Z4 N. j, y; h# P' q1 xL: 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? 6 F2 r0 Z' U2 A! r4 e3 i& l( P4 h3 `" W7 A9 _0 c& F
M: I aced my last job interview.5 ], ] I9 t/ E' F v
8 Q6 u$ C, I8 VL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 r5 @, H4 s. ], v3 c' V6 R- f( k( u8 Y3 B
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.6 }% P1 a" e1 |; l0 z# @/ u: {
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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。* |# N2 l+ V; g8 f F- H
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M: Yes, you're right! : J3 P; L! u: p. n( {9 u+ D8 C2 |9 a/ j! Y
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? : j! [' u: t0 V2 e( G2 u0 h: E! c E& B0 x$ O% B
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 y# D' E4 D7 T% M
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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。 2 M. Q# \0 o7 z* v/ Z & {5 y; j. y) _+ QM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 6 d/ Y1 @5 K; }' p3 c( w/ J+ U( C + x4 m+ l, S, t" t6 Q1 {6 e. d {- aL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?" T1 O$ \! e& W* Z. M. ?, P, _3 [) D
4 z# Q7 h" u) ]. BM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 0 B" ~8 o. q h& F( i0 I- W # k b( M4 V! B* }7 f7 E2 X) ZL: 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?1 u! T( O. x0 H1 _3 v
( v' U* _3 `2 ]; F' D4 n V# U- ?2 AM: That's right. # u' S8 k0 X5 R' w 9 K2 ?4 H# O8 n0 u Y& {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。- x- [! `* P5 [' b
, W! k$ b7 D. _1 m% j& PM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. . ^" n" D; }8 d0 d 9 C/ s T2 z- k! TL: 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.9 M4 o o1 P, v. L+ e1 P% m) b) y/ v
8 m7 A B/ M) ZM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. J; h- s1 `( y1 W2 g Z
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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。 ; ~9 T6 E7 a2 {% N3 y# O! T / a0 A" m) v: n% e7 a- X( R WM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...! F* m0 G+ v9 f; A
/ y: M( s) }( J5 L0 B( EL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!4 y h6 v$ Y7 Q" i
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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。" ^' `0 ]1 H) H3 q/ k; i. s
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