' O+ ]+ c, P# @/ }' F5 jL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? 4 D: N1 f- Q" E* w4 q8 Y: _3 J4 _( l+ x" D. E9 ?0 i5 M4 ^
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! D1 i' ^2 D+ p ?7 G( S0 _9 u# m% f. L1 A* }* R
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!* Q( J( y( ^, X$ R1 \' d
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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! T' m, |# D2 P& `0 W: _2 P- K
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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 }2 P2 @- T- w3 A4 c9 s6 B$ s5 K
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. - [' k O r0 H g8 Q* Y& R$ v. ]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?" G* E4 X$ j' c' [( X- |: ^' w
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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? Y Q% d F4 g8 K9 Z" I: ^
/ ]: _ ^' q+ _1 `# rM: 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. 7 z% ~& {6 o2 j: r9 q ; |1 O. h9 ] @$ G/ \) D/ m9 AL: 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? m b! F/ o3 q, L
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M: I aced my last job interview.* @2 e8 J# b R' w
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 l: v5 L/ i x0 V
2 G; i$ a+ g6 y3 n* s7 y: `) YM: 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.: f9 o3 T" w1 P! G J8 e" k$ s
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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?9 E1 M. d% I9 T" }0 R
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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。- R r: Y- s) J0 H# }
2 ?- s/ f# {/ k4 VM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 2 B" X- I$ Z3 I" O, }7 t; Y0 ] ^: W _
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?( x. G9 u6 P( w: w2 G4 B) ?) u! _
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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"!1 ~3 R0 L$ _' f$ q# c
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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? 0 s2 V% m( |* y; _- _( ~+ k 7 B& Y' m, ]' m" @9 iM: That's right.0 Z- z2 d/ @! F/ d5 S
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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. 5 u8 u$ c: a* D% ^& _: d. |1 i, a* S9 b& u( R1 @
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. ( e+ Z- s1 E% X2 w% w( l9 e: y: a9 }. E5 P0 b0 ?
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money." v z. S* H7 ~8 O$ X% F" F! w
7 n- V2 z: G4 `7 A5 ?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。 $ C! f3 T* n1 g' ]* d- m5 c& K( w6 C H% G2 K% Q+ I
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ! F/ S0 p; C( S6 G4 S( ?+ a" }
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!) [4 U) n6 e& W( b E8 G
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5 I" E5 f( ?* I- R' Q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。 4 E' `1 N% r6 S. B o# UAudio As Following: ' @% T, H7 a0 t* |7 O3 \