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 e9 h; e" D- E2 Y
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L: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？4 b( \" d3 H7 c3 ^
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!3 a; ^: J7 m( B/ Z
7 y5 B5 I4 U' J) FL: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！ : T' p9 l$ x) S h0 M. b0 l7 w3 {. H" M, D _: p9 t l8 i: X
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!5 r2 F5 [5 Y! [8 K0 C. j
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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？" ~0 P% Z! | V
1 e B- s& D1 q1 I0 m7 ZM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. " J: j' P2 j: z; H% K% o. O7 G + c: ~& r" |* z1 ~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？ 1 n! b5 ?* O9 b0 E2 x4 ^& I l6 w Q" j" V* [3 D$ ] a, [! u
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. ' q& {8 {" v* [$ `: n: { 2 T Y5 f6 E; ~* V9 ^; a' e! oL: 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？$ t, v; ]8 e) R [7 Q8 `4 K
- U# R: L7 F( K# T' A* eM: 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. , v- _8 L3 ^' r( a+ T- H! v8 }- H7 Q+ {1 k
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？- z% R6 N9 j/ o# I3 q4 Z+ L ]
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M: I aced my last job interview. ' v5 {3 o4 d0 I0 O- {: u: }2 r& T1 a3 s; I
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。 5 [1 A, F! [- |. c/ C# R + I) F, O. Z1 t) c gM: 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.- L2 X$ }: l) `& i' _6 C3 E
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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。 ; k" a+ ^ t$ [; P' R 3 ]9 H, C0 p$ J: o9 O7 A) YM: Yes, you're right! 6 S. K1 L5 C. u* N7 | " c) ~; k2 o1 _, ?! bL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？ ' m ~! }, F2 y4 D0 k; Q+ U2 Q, {+ e. _& `7 c4 G: O- B
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?8 ~! n5 g$ I. ~9 x# E; S8 P
4 N% i! J/ d) P6 AM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!$ J4 n: a& X6 _/ s3 F6 w; ~
) V" z, U% r1 d- s2 EM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.( q1 t1 G3 t# K- Y( |
- S- J9 s+ ?) O6 @: tM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ( t( P+ P) L% o p/ ?. }$ A r5 ~ ! k- @8 w% \$ RL: 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。 * z, |: D7 Q! i) S2 L! A! y( o7 }) Q2 D7 S1 Z
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.... p: C D1 Z$ p/ S. _! o, }
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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！ ; G/ h& i y+ B5 o" C# E5 @' k2 p2 J6 \# ]- F" W" n
M: I'm just kidding!2 p m! G9 ^1 x4 J: i, D
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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。 $ K5 D; n2 X' j8 D* h4 [( pAudio As Following:2 B3 d1 Z- z; \/ q9 v; X
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