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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。
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?# b1 A  i7 {6 e
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!4 D$ v' o; d! F) u6 Z
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!" L: V$ h& K+ }# x* n

8 t3 N0 x: c2 [; _0 u, KM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!9 X7 q( E, ]- Y: N9 Y
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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?4 R/ ^' y- d+ W* [* M1 Q) Z5 O
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.* m- T4 F( a+ Q, O% p
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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?
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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.
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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?1 Z8 r9 @8 B. k3 K2 K

. i2 h  J9 u  lM: 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.
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。; @( i( T% H5 k; H/ [$ S9 W
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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.4 m9 U" g+ Z# B4 G8 f: x1 Z0 M

( s: g& I$ B* B! y' N3 qL: 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!! \9 ~' n4 H0 ^' Z9 b% j) B* N4 ~

& O  d) [$ D( a, q9 IL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 r; q$ b5 ~5 g8 Y, }

: h( c! ]6 z& w. OL: 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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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2 g5 r7 l) ]1 f" X. {L: 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"!2 p5 A; a  a4 }4 a

, I/ J) U; Y* Y0 ^, R* E2 C( J& iL: 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?
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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。
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# p8 Z& S% V9 x: b& x2 PM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.0 j8 b, q1 C3 V

+ ^" B6 k) D- Q  NL: 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.* i) \4 _# ]) c% f- O- z
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 e8 Q$ t! d  I1 P4 o

& m0 l: h- G1 W7 y" Q9 yL: 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。; I" l( L' S9 r; {% w
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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! S! t* h  C8 C0 W- p& gL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
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M: I'm just kidding!
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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。) h" w% s2 \4 j) i+ A+ r
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