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。 - l9 L- V B# B }- M2 @# W2 ]" Z+ O8 _! p9 _" _
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?& u/ l& z5 D7 D* ?! J" [2 {/ a( j
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! 3 l4 j) e5 d% d; v. k; ^# R1 K. i/ l' P$ s, r2 I/ {2 {
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! $ W- O# k4 E, x) I9 J6 ~ + l/ L4 j- {8 Q# k2 q/ pM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! [& }) T, O5 `3 U
+ T+ X* P& `: k' GL: 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?9 Y) P+ c- i! Y1 ~, J' L. Y# z
. w2 |5 {8 i$ H- |M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. , O6 c! K5 d! Z6 I' H V1 P + m) G( i; h) `4 B# i! @8 D9 XL: 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? 4 p+ K. I, I0 s& J6 Q7 ]7 S! l. H) ]0 H
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.. w' M0 `7 _ D' c: ~, w
! w8 g/ C) Q7 F' b2 C7 ?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? 5 p/ {1 b9 J; Q8 j4 Q. a + y$ n8 h. U& VM: 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. 7 F# f3 x7 N+ ~7 ?) G * k# ]. \- y: z. a0 rL: 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? / `$ L( n0 h. C% p& B5 f5 z2 v" w/ S# e' t: j
M: I aced my last job interview. % _9 b- M1 r1 j$ z% N- _/ O+ Y" Z, z" h/ G# w! S( T2 H
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 9 \- @8 M# Q5 F, V " ?% U6 L' f/ Q/ g! pM: 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. : ]8 H/ m7 Z0 D ) F: ~5 V3 G) E4 j5 D1 |4 BL: 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。 & S/ \5 `7 F9 H7 Z9 |# m+ T$ o ' G. a5 I5 ^0 k: j' G$ aM: Yes, you're right!8 U) |! [' N) c& }' \7 `
, E! ]' ? l" {8 Y7 F0 x3 G! wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? 5 B0 ?0 q: N* g; U- Z 7 ^) ?5 n6 q! H- h! x# X# dM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? % s, s5 |2 C, j. X( n; V I {' ~
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 ' n, e" J7 _5 [6 A6 y0 M# D 5 z2 |; a7 t1 h5 |M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! . A; K" U$ W7 J9 ?1 t. b, c9 h, N& J
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? ' v7 y6 p J) x$ F. Q# C- \9 B( b& Y1 W/ b
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' q1 z8 ~: d! j9 N
1 i3 T+ q- c% f1 jL: 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? 4 k; B2 s9 {! y& {' { , J) n# d) a, U2 K) X/ F/ [+ ZM: That's right. ; ~& w1 Q8 W5 d3 m" v0 N9 S 2 c$ P% ]# i) \5 u b5 S% CL: 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。% S; P, l% p/ }
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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. 4 T: t' p) Z2 ^2 U+ |9 U/ m$ \ 6 p& K' k8 @7 _) b8 ?7 KL: 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.7 Z. n. g& C( @, ]' h; M
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.. ^( k+ o. i7 o; d! K+ t) j( g
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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。 3 t4 }7 h, {- K' O. h/ f& S, A% b# X6 D
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 9 O# X6 e4 I. }9 N' P- y" D% b1 U1 I" Z# d
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!9 l& M6 }) l& P( g
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M: I'm just kidding! 3 y& H1 _2 z% ~ # ^9 m: I1 N, p) Z! D7 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。7 {3 I; Y* |" f$ l9 k$ p7 P5 w
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