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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。+ j* f% K; p2 \! h1 C$ i0 o
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!6 ^2 }3 i' W# Y

- p# E6 m7 u8 R* ^( wM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!+ S, R. A# F. i6 B

- T% Z  k/ m$ @, S3 KL: 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?
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/ E( R; _8 S, F. `4 QM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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" X& A' W6 x2 W% T1 T+ v+ i( GL: 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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: b. E" M+ h. o5 B2 MM: 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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* Y$ Y* A, ?. M8 T9 }" NL: 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 r* A/ e+ ~: E8 l6 f' h& s+ M1 s
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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.% M$ _. U( B. L( S
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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?  z9 q# H; i) i- v

" j" ]( O& s, S6 w/ tM: I aced my last job interview.! A' T" f. g- I* L& }! \7 w2 D

. [; R$ |' A6 U' {7 R) @# Y- FL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 \5 `1 r% ]$ c1 Y* G

- k; [2 |0 b8 e7 d- JM: 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.
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- r' X; S3 D# D' OM: Yes, you're right!
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( T) z! I! r# g! R& E7 ?L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?/ ~& v, a0 ~" k; |) |/ G

* i) \" d2 `  N) @M: 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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& J' L7 o2 c4 V& m4 J1 n& ]8 W/ UL: 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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: L0 C0 b' j; e6 {. y. d( @M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!4 Z* A. C% r; {

; v# r0 [9 e& t; L, \9 JL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) `$ @- B; {- r
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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"!4 ~9 p$ U/ z  {. C! F

, [6 t+ H4 {6 Z$ eL: 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.9 F- r( i. }! v/ I- q9 [! 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。7 r' t: o% o+ |/ k
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M: 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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$ I; @: n4 e( ~9 m, s, xM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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: o2 [' v/ f1 O" `, EL: 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。# X8 M1 J- l. H) U/ C; j
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...5 g& o6 h) ]" R# H6 Q1 @

( w: D7 f: S' x/ z) aL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
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# Z/ S: ?9 o" W9 r# d" l1 AM: I'm just kidding!
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5 Y& I  i4 {# A' i* }3 K, p0 P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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