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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。6 u6 s5 c8 Z2 M. d: Q( |7 v7 K

& |: }% D# b9 {0 yL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?4 Y9 c! I, R# Z$ J; ^

% f9 Z7 X4 d3 s5 q% O! jM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!, S, a  h. l# r( k8 M6 t" d
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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" c; u7 ^6 g# t, }- FM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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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?! k' B( S+ c! X" y1 d

' L9 [! f& b2 p/ I# [M: 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?3 d4 K- m! v1 w$ X+ I; t

) e  E' |; o/ ~& O' G* E0 ^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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# N! o' ?# o/ i0 L0 v4 `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.: c' a: {* {; s% \2 _" q

/ M* p' y  s! f% b$ l% e- m. x! |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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" B" a! q9 e+ y1 e9 {M: I aced my last job interview.5 M( x7 I9 y# @. D  A+ w; W

3 z' S6 \6 w8 H: ZL: 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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2 D% C3 }/ e( }- d1 H, XL: 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!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?& z0 G3 c7 R5 g, t
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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?, k" p: i9 I: j5 c, X
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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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!! ?/ M, i/ \- K% v; {7 a/ @

4 l' h+ J2 ]+ t% ^- R) X% EL: 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"!
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% R( e5 B: \+ {L: 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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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., z$ Y/ M8 C6 u0 s7 ~) h

; P  A- {6 C9 Q5 p% A1 EM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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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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。' W4 `/ g) A% _+ u) r" x3 ~
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