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流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

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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。( ?' M' P. t5 ^8 c: [  v
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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6 V+ H1 P( L+ r- ?; bM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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& s9 R! R, [: C1 U, a  f8 xL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!: c: d3 x7 F0 A: Y. {5 U
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!" g9 C8 e8 I7 d( N8 v' }
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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?' l! p6 V1 ~& @' C) }- ?

& V( \( L* M+ m. QM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?$ o$ S; C, V' A8 C+ k) y

  i6 p( h8 Q* O8 N& [M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.! L5 `) t! _! G- d: G  z- ?" |

# V* _& M. o  iL: 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?
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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.- [1 s) l2 {) A" C

/ W" k% E" t( _" n/ i! v$ 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?
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。0 S  Q7 U: n6 P5 w/ c' r
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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.1 X8 R* {" ~+ P+ c/ k& j7 W. b

) C8 m  z5 H- h( F2 K% ~) E6 WL: 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。! R9 l. z4 s- j7 X1 l
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M: Yes, you're right!  Z2 E. {$ m* X2 k

3 H. P# E1 ^* ^. K4 g$ c" dL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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$ ~/ z7 I% }8 N8 EM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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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。* X- S3 z: s8 _! W* f- ]

. ?5 z4 R1 I0 s. J6 |, h8 xM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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6 h- S$ s, d7 O7 h1 f+ g6 i8 AL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!" e1 F1 }1 ~/ Y3 X8 F% M8 b

; g- H. Y0 r4 ]" g; r5 F/ k) BL: 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?0 N& L5 u) W0 I: |1 D) Z9 a

, ?8 ^3 K& N& ]( B: _1 \M: That's right.
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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。$ d6 M/ W  u+ l  P, m" b
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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." L) U/ Z. N; _8 W  f' K/ k

. n' r1 B: l5 g9 ]8 j1 f  {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.4 z8 N0 y+ V' \" E! o2 |# ]
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.& v8 ?; @2 `5 U) n3 ^
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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。
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& {* V7 `9 G  `# C3 BM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!- [! k! @' b$ t) O5 A. @

  e0 W& o3 N% J9 c! cM: I'm just kidding!" q, D% n! G- Y' g

$ e: B1 Y7 _# `$ q' G0 d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。& i% {! n, R3 P5 w2 N! P/ r  R
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