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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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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% P3 ~6 [& B4 {0 {- @: t/ a/ l/ E) Q
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!2 P, a* s' O$ s5 b: k9 c7 c

) _: ~, }' q' x; O; l* z4 F( Q7 fM: 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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1 a) _) I* `$ \+ Y* O5 `% ~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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.7 M9 L* G/ s7 Z( `

6 G, ^0 q! C! F8 c% qL: 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 y& S6 E2 ~3 k2 j, ~0 F( a( Z; C

2 N4 L5 s) ?, B0 `2 N8 T8 _4 E! _M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; f# H9 m5 K3 \! |# T3 Y2 S
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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?; q' p1 ^' q* b6 D+ V! H/ W

+ R6 }2 _  j1 w1 v, i- O$ V. zM: 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.1 s1 H; K* K3 u

, G% m) ^$ ^1 Q% b, m! l. f6 F* B1 l; OL: 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.
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3 y6 T! G3 q) m6 p4 UL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.
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3 e8 t# p1 Z! W; XL: 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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% C$ f5 f( {) e' D4 pM: Yes, you're right!4 o7 m) a* L- C) u

% y/ L! p" t, n& {: wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?- D. L5 N! i0 d: F* ]5 s  C

9 N" X$ m4 W+ ]9 [2 p" ^M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?8 G9 f5 q" u. _9 i6 f
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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。
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/ O- G* e3 D; i( }) a7 @4 WM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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" F/ C# x1 n" r. Q$ SL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?% r# T6 V: u3 {- \7 ]/ y. ^! p
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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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& s" j9 [' |4 ~; e& OL: 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?- j% |* O3 ~6 B8 Q! [
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M: That's right.0 L# }, y' y; |3 R% C+ x
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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。- n; h7 }& k! A

5 p" n* k( E8 \; |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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/ W" L" f, U2 s3 \. `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.$ C1 ~. I3 s! x3 J1 L, p0 N+ y9 y

; v$ D. j! Q6 `' }M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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: R5 U- X$ h' a4 H. N( V% w. RM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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: [# g& v, t+ P4 ]1 xL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!9 V5 a$ X1 T1 \5 t( a" g

0 ~- F) A- R% MM: I'm just kidding!& E4 g/ C; e" y( z: @7 ?

8 G- q0 w$ p) ?" ^" y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 B2 k, l  H7 v$ g1 ^
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