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。7 G$ B- f- _* G. y/ [" Z
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?; i4 c( T6 D8 j; x. L" Z0 b
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!- U9 X) ~2 @ z5 Q1 ~9 Y. ^. a
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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! . S8 Y2 P. a! C& c$ G" A! ]/ Z: }* b* Z+ z4 Z! M9 s
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? , R0 g, }$ n+ | n8 f ' O( K5 t0 U, O6 x$ kM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.. w+ }1 u1 ~, z. y- ~
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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.5 S' R: r% ?* T% e9 u& {
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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? j/ e! J/ t3 U7 Z1 j/ S8 M
; T- [9 Z* b n& 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. 3 ]6 ` _' W- n9 r 6 W; @1 w, X: S9 j( T% d- ML: 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? 8 x2 t7 }- z6 N$ L& _ ( u* a" l0 I( _" r6 v) E; xM: I aced my last job interview. ; c0 A& s# I4 Y- K7 e0 @& M& Z; [8 Z" y% l) W
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。) n# `! x, T& S& B2 k6 Q$ J' Z, b
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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。- |5 C& z1 Y5 Q. y* C6 X5 j
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M: Yes, you're right! * h5 ]3 n D! f9 F- g3 N" f! i' l % q( H* @6 C8 {1 p- o( k! iL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? % o1 o2 r% g1 S8 O. p3 R, S9 o. Z9 p7 e- |
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? $ v0 G2 d" s' k* q4 e , f. W$ g% u$ _' u: m' z! x' ML: 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。# z/ z" U" o7 I; m4 }
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! % D% c( S( y: l4 |: h4 Y8 ^' v/ y' o- B" u+ ^& w, D: ~
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? / L+ b4 S' z( h+ y$ K& ~% i& {. j' C- o& m9 Y
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 4 P' B2 ?. c. f+ D# ^ 6 Z0 ]: Q% [7 b, i* 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? ( f5 t0 X# S) v) W. b$ F, C5 Q7 k
M: That's right. 2 i/ [) J: E* Y- F R3 y - P. W2 U* o: y4 eL: 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。 6 U' V/ f( q0 N. X7 g1 n$ q; W/ E$ `( ~1 C2 S7 ?
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. " Z5 d X, B) t ) c3 X. v" q, {5 V' b7 v4 W% EL: 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. ( K' U- a9 {% U7 X. W( x# U 6 [2 e! C, h' J, RM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. . O5 r( {: H" s" R7 x( h 0 p+ t+ Z; n8 t! T# C/ p( oL: 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。4 e* \% I, g/ K$ f* P6 \. }. f
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...8 t: C7 |# [. r
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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! {. w2 Q* m7 o) I2 m6 X1 @2 @2 k, K( ~- e
M: I'm just kidding! & ~' z. v* ^! g% K5 C 5 `8 T$ g! C5 H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。 # |, Z2 I, d& q3 w+ C5 w, I' _+ JAudio As Following:* `2 j* r$ i Z