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。 ) V" ^6 ^5 ] W6 D- @- L( y / I+ c4 |7 Q) p5 v% D% KL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ) x* N2 w' R k L4 v' c# l) z& o6 G& \
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 0 ?1 i1 l- d: M# q0 } d& W: t6 ?9 _# ? k
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 8 l; a. h' S3 R6 i' v7 }* u ; x8 X6 y1 r7 H3 [0 g& U% WM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!7 R0 \5 r9 [& P, B: g
" K; B/ b5 o1 l) C; N4 vL: 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? 8 `8 B. i! y) C! d , E7 N, L0 L9 A- |5 |: v( xM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. ' {: t3 n, l$ N I8 J 1 @7 B4 w/ b# e, l- PL: 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?6 b4 ^) q& e7 M+ e1 ~7 a% o: ]2 l
S, q8 g1 q1 Y: n) b
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.7 A% B7 L- R1 m N V2 Q1 Z" o
% |; I: D) i+ X {1 o- fL: 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?/ ~) \; Z. A7 J8 V
% ]4 N l6 ]" Z: O& {
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.- p$ {. K3 V5 D; B2 b$ y6 [2 K
3 S* f& J, Z/ \ t( a2 U$ BL: 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 m* f5 l, h. Y6 Y4 f9 K* V; ]5 Y& W1 ^9 U6 N7 ~
M: I aced my last job interview. 8 a! {. V( a" }7 Q; F 0 Q" r* i1 K7 N! O4 fL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。6 A) j* M. ]. B" |
8 ?& i$ U4 j2 t+ p
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.3 E3 H) c! O" l+ o, Q h
/ e; i. G: W$ U$ p; G, R8 W2 CL: 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。 ; u5 b; _) X& y' ^! k) x8 J% ~9 u. M( j+ Y. Q
M: Yes, you're right!/ }5 h& s- u. D8 p/ G4 L
3 _+ b/ z9 I% f$ @0 ]2 [: ?
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? ' C' N+ u) R$ E: G0 R T8 r1 \# E; ?7 f6 w& E' d* y' U6 ?
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? / W* `4 A1 U8 C% C , ~. d! Y3 R4 h# j& N: L+ JL: 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。$ C& Q9 c5 O4 X8 N+ c. _3 c/ N3 U
9 G# l8 \* x4 \2 f
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!4 B& M" ]* C% ~ X/ e: O
; i8 x6 h. U7 Z$ |; U0 j
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 8 U1 q. x3 s) W/ V 1 C( e. h% F) z. a% q# Z: KM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 3 n- P/ N5 [) v/ z4 [, A0 E& p5 K# q, L4 [8 M2 X T4 q7 \$ Y
L: 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?% d2 y+ H q2 e0 b! q/ I
+ F2 L0 J7 E; P( M p1 z
M: That's right.- E* @$ A+ `2 T6 r, A
. F: b v$ N0 [7 L
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。 / Z8 t* \8 J* [8 `5 A / D- N) M5 W, h/ H& D6 iM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.8 R% Q& K6 C" |+ H
& y9 ]# Y* R1 H: r, ~) H2 \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. 8 G- \4 c! n a/ N% P6 i, I2 a* {4 p: j
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ) v- B% N! Q4 P4 t, H# K* x4 n. S0 P
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。 : y5 R1 X2 \% S3 P" P 9 d" q3 p# J. XM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...5 ~2 U/ q3 s) D. z
/ U, v, A. H. x7 V: }* HL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! ) z2 j4 w: m% x |/ @' ~1 f& r: z9 m4 ?! Z
M: I'm just kidding! A$ J; Z) Y/ z, B" A1 s; i I& |. Y - p2 l. U$ _) Z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。, P8 ^- J, k; b6 u! D4 q% |
Audio As Following: 0 B* u# S1 `) D" M# [6 m