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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?5 `9 r4 I7 [5 e% `+ G

# r; d( S" P- D% l( PM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!7 ]$ ?* p/ k9 [* W
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!8 N& I. k0 |1 |1 a7 M3 O
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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!* D, ]+ C  A( Z* q7 S" e
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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?6 x5 B( Z7 z) O; J$ S
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.$ E0 a1 z" m5 M2 i2 s% B: D

, K$ p2 h6 Z3 x6 QL: 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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! l0 Y, j5 M! u) W0 \/ WM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.8 ~) R; ^4 f: V5 E
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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?
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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.
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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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* z8 x  C6 b% y4 RL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.
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# l* u5 [  b2 oL: 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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  h7 z) v# Z6 g# \( |, rM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?1 [9 }' d5 w! b  }" ~, W

0 C" ]& X3 D& _, l7 V& PM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?, g' a& b+ M* L; y" a8 v8 T

- V" `" O9 M6 r5 z6 M3 iL: 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。; `  P5 D. Q' H* m# ]! O% H/ _1 ?+ V
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?( X2 c) }3 k$ G2 C0 s: R
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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"!4 m3 v4 y3 Q4 t/ T' S

4 F7 t4 [& }1 W4 sL: 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?7 C, }. P; K: t& v( y$ |

* c3 U% n; S- t* o/ e3 GM: That's right.% ]- Y( T! x, M) E+ ~

5 {) ~# @1 V8 e% FL: 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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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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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.
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0 G7 r/ Q+ M0 v, w& QM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.* v* l% O3 Z( w$ w. z; k. n+ M
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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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M: 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!
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M: I'm just kidding!
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1 U. {( i7 n# A( P) b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。
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