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。 : M6 [: N( l3 C8 E& w- n" D 7 i& v& j4 {7 U2 YL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 2 ^$ G8 b' y3 W- A; {% x5 j4 V/ i. v # b$ |* r/ n3 w& T" e) mM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!" T2 v& r3 J1 P& w' w
9 w" ?" G% j3 K* gL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!( r9 e2 C: V* M/ c5 U b
1 w2 y$ t' |6 i! c5 |6 J2 TM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! ) J* }/ t) a- a3 c# Z( B8 b4 i) w, o6 |3 e8 S; J% T4 }& h
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?1 W0 `* d& i, q
, D) p, M% }+ @! m$ {! q5 qM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. - y5 i N* A) V7 V) k; i2 \6 f, A9 [ N' ^2 t. a
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? & ~; H, q# i; {+ v5 l2 g8 o% G; ~9 G4 L" v+ o: z. F
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. 1 _3 J# `3 X* ]: M- L ) b) V" j& T2 AL: 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? ' |/ E6 y& n; A3 Y1 W G3 r4 g ! r! d3 O Z2 I3 }, D4 ]' K. JM: 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., o: V% ?& w, i& m$ a- x2 J1 g) K
; ^% ^ ?0 O' D2 Z jL: 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? . f* j% i* E9 V q# A @, D, B8 ?. R2 G
M: I aced my last job interview.& s2 ^9 |+ U) R* }8 A5 G
9 @# n; x3 A: Y u zL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 B8 C( f) z m' ?
1 E5 m8 k! v5 @5 UM: 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.0 p8 `- Y8 S# B! Q. ]8 T5 Q: Q
% U5 m' g: S, t+ \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。 9 z7 V1 {7 D: o3 R. B( l' y" \ + A5 U/ H$ R6 \( j! YM: Yes, you're right! 0 ~7 Y4 R: d# C/ x `% G; _7 Z% R# m
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?6 Z0 |+ |$ h) B
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 7 E# o# _* ~& | 5 F& ?% ^0 K8 N7 C, n5 qL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。' \- n. _% Y$ B- D+ _ J: p( v
) |& }6 | M# R7 n$ z) r$ q* nL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?# X$ K! X y& @/ h) D) b( @' p
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' l, B! u8 g3 ], X* J' k c6 k
& G5 ~" A+ v/ D+ v4 B+ QL: 原来你的意思是我的工资很低。你说的peanuts是不是和我们吃的 花生一个字吗? 8 |: \) t: D- p& G5 e' d# { K) v0 r. n' @% z. F2 t- Y
M: That's right.' d" ~- u( _ Z& i
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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。5 `% f7 D7 @5 S0 K! P2 Q( Z6 K) }) V
! i3 h# X& M( O9 B- VM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. $ C: B% T: t+ Z, m6 \ & ~+ D% z; F+ `' ~! aL: 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 ^) C6 i+ {( z& R
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.: T/ ?( n' r% e$ A7 _) s5 @
' A& x$ n6 H( {( ^/ {. xL: 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 v' R7 \, C- d, v5 K ?* `( x! w$ w
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... / V- q, p3 X' m4 u: W , y! O' k& a K6 N' u' d" O* D9 ?L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 1 q3 |9 \2 k% h# ]0 B5 S; \" c# }# r4 K) \. t* N3 W7 M
M: I'm just kidding!) J2 [, E+ F* Z! T, B9 |
8 J- y0 k; D O7 x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 F1 ~6 Q4 Z- r- p; dAudio As Following:( N" ^: }4 h: ^* \