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。 6 k8 H4 G* ]% o9 p 4 U( ~% m Y! r. G( k: ?! @L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?% N8 Q9 \9 o, F3 T; H: D
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 6 o3 r3 y6 Y6 `/ L* u1 E. q' |, H+ k/ }
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! " ?7 w% a- O1 g; R! s5 G: G! `* b9 ?, Z1 W! A7 z) e5 q. v6 @) \ f; O
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 9 Q, ~4 _" b3 f$ Y! n' T( v9 X* k + U" M) ]4 N% ^6 d4 d( r- L+ yL: 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? & [, W) \% z( P% K8 n" j% D$ z! m; T4 C1 ~, A, ?
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.. R; \+ D8 E+ C1 ?0 `& V
5 A! F& C2 [, vL: 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?+ l) G4 w& h* E* C: q: c' y6 ?
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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. ' z/ A: P: n9 k . x9 ]6 Z3 U8 B+ ^2 DL: 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? . p0 y* {+ P5 ?7 i0 h/ \ ( k$ D/ M, f2 |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.9 `/ O# _4 J. v% S/ ]' d. y1 ?
8 J$ ]* @3 A$ ~7 g8 m$ F7 |, O- ]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? 7 P; u G7 ~6 G$ \; X* H4 ]7 z; S. r& u
M: I aced my last job interview. 4 |8 v* x6 z9 M. L$ J6 A 3 k% h# G# b1 R: e1 A0 V$ g9 |L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 1 V* P H5 { t3 P7 K( D7 p% a Q V3 w* f) S& J# j; _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.; \' S3 [9 c3 v8 e* C
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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。$ f1 S. {+ m4 G2 h$ T v$ P! [
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M: Yes, you're right! 6 l3 d7 e( a% u7 N) n) a % B6 l0 n" d6 @/ p; V+ `; k( z& ?& ?L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? q# U- m8 a, b& T' d0 j. o
3 [2 h3 H Z7 U; ]M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?" {3 r6 T) F( s7 M& C% n$ x: }
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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。 7 c5 m# I4 K$ D% W+ C $ o! O& K9 _# @5 a* g6 lM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!$ O4 F# r7 k X
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?4 {2 F5 b) ] p
6 N6 v- M+ [+ O# \' R8 g% x! [M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!7 F- j) i1 _" w
: n, @! K& _" d# nL: 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? 1 i: Q, b4 O H0 W* u# B / G# Y- W* c1 c- kM: That's right. ) c( G$ z' Q2 d* v, S) E/ b9 A; g+ _; x: u3 f7 n. S* D
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。9 O# H# {5 M& ^4 x. m! D
3 J( }) S5 N& a/ `2 AM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.; o! h4 x* j5 e# t( v
! J; l+ F* k. g* r1 C- {( M" gL: 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. : |; b0 a% |' z! r! N7 C4 f5 ], E* x" J4 Z4 C* U
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; J& p7 I, g w; m1 X
0 J' a/ k' ?) j2 L/ B' h/ `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。9 j' k1 c1 j0 ^4 H
) c: s2 k( c$ V* cM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ) Q( V! t( I+ m+ |: o2 {) ]/ Y4 T% l" S- n2 M, j
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!. E6 h3 G9 L$ ]1 g: H6 E. P
2 D( J5 E- v' h$ F6 Q# {, VM: I'm just kidding! 4 a' P6 Y8 c! L0 i) O! j5 D$ P, m3 g/ K
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。 1 X- u* t, h' s4 ]Audio As Following: & G `6 X7 _" ?. d. x5 t2 L$ `