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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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7 \) h/ ?$ |6 I7 wM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!! B3 n2 b' f8 o, `. C" b

, J6 k9 V- B2 x$ ?# l9 x, eL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!, I. u5 ?) g3 g4 n9 t! o

! m1 M" J5 h, x' OM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!  O5 X5 V8 ~8 \7 U1 D# W( H, w  b
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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?+ R% t+ s6 S' M
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?8 ^6 L+ D" G0 Q' ?% Q2 p
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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?( t) G1 Q% {5 d$ N; N+ W

; g8 [" Q9 R1 O: YM: 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.
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* s) {2 `9 q8 E" }0 nL: 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?& L4 b, i6 E8 O5 _; s9 B9 y; _

& P6 o9 n7 E2 a' w/ G) p8 hM: I aced my last job interview.; k* o. |; S) z3 s# B- J7 a' Y) E

3 z4 `- o) L1 s0 q, @$ rL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。: X8 Q$ P& ^; l- d, g0 H

4 g( ~& l% ~+ C! _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.5 ?" Y+ k# }9 C3 A6 s5 h( J0 _7 Z1 z

6 x' m/ w0 o8 ?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!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?( J& `0 G7 D7 ^& j

  y* E- Y6 T. J2 h6 j! {/ yM: 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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+ y& H! ~; b  \% ]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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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?; k: s1 }( g# L

, C% i9 K. @$ n% k- OM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!3 p/ K8 ^$ q$ m. K  C

, n, b' z& j. a) CL: 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./ T) |- w* D+ h# y, z' f7 X- W
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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。# V! |: D- V. W4 ?3 ?; I. Q

: ]: u9 H+ {0 m) R8 V; Q2 MM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.5 I  u' N8 Q8 K0 g( v
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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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. [0 c' V  i0 u  W/ y6 AM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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8 D% K5 R% o$ o9 x$ a: yL: 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。: ^; [" k, j, k+ _8 H0 r

7 x" z$ R! g( s& S0 O0 h; {  }M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...3 p* J) \" Y: `. ~; G

3 Y9 t, X( w% ^8 GL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!! K" e& y* _4 R  {' E) K' H; {

9 c: d2 a# ?. MM: I'm just kidding!
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2 s; b" [/ f0 a- ?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。
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