; y# E9 Q2 \. a5 O0 t7 p" c0 G: |M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!# x5 `( E* V- a! b! D) t
; g* ]0 o, s9 `$ qL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! + B& N7 F) B9 c0 J& v( s, T & T Z3 w) |# L. |) x! U B3 EM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 5 t. a) w* E H5 Z , N& U5 H+ c: F7 [4 d: @, eL: 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? 7 x$ g" R- g/ O3 [2 v* u$ g# I/ {' A+ g" S W0 W1 E4 s: y/ B2 s
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 1 \! a+ `: h" p, R; B) s! J4 p1 c& E; F' N & d. {1 R' x4 g* Z$ ? {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? + M! b0 R; V4 q. h% M 6 c4 |: j% ~% `) X8 u7 H: ^+ LM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.; Y: M0 _: c3 L1 ]/ P& t
+ n* m$ T! }, T6 ]7 |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? 2 g! L" S ]$ ?6 r" s0 P- D& A # C) p8 M' u* eM: 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. & p" I" i( q! b, [- T6 L- o, _- `$ N# m8 y0 B1 P
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? + w0 f0 H3 L& u, e, G9 f {7 x8 w; }1 `2 ~3 y+ N4 |
M: I aced my last job interview. ; ~8 {" g. L; c# O6 m/ M5 l A U: p" |; ]* ^/ b
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。: u5 h( G- G6 h
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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。 & P {# H" h m) B7 j C. ]! D0 M G3 G+ R3 ^# q* K/ JM: Yes, you're right! 6 p2 T. ^* k2 U# D0 { 6 I; R7 _% P4 \2 M- u Q5 nL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?3 _* W L/ r" q L# L( q
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 " a( ]- m5 i: n& Q6 r 4 a- W4 H! u3 [# e* t& l6 {) DM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!- I& ^; V9 t. \0 B
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L: 赚那么点钱是怎么过的日子呀?我还有奖学金呐,每个月给我四 百美元生活费。 ! C. E( g9 `3 o& ^1 X" R : u% j( s% |- q2 M" K) KM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 5 d) Y) c+ w! m0 H7 L5 R1 ~& C 6 O7 x+ Y# p" a6 f3 cL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! , K I" X; N4 s5 f7 f( l! b 6 w X: ?: j3 o, D6 h1 c' mM: I'm just kidding!0 ]6 R$ N7 ]' M2 [; R: k+ v
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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。 , ?% S% z" k5 nAudio As Following:7 p! |2 `/ `) C