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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?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. \# R0 U0 g. ^& `9 x& A# L2 @" K9 b
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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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M: 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?# _. G: Y4 e# b( m7 x
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.# {7 i1 g8 y# q( i
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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?* Z# Q! y+ q. o3 `9 S$ K

# I* m2 q0 z+ H7 @0 iM: 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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8 j- Q+ K4 I( O7 G8 w- pL: 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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. A2 V' t% w- ^! O% u# w. 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.$ V" }! f. v5 y6 O$ t8 z

2 G" B9 w! D- j# lL: 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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L: 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: 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。. y- S5 X: d* ?( U. }( o

7 M- g) ~4 [8 E8 S2 S8 o) OM: Yes, you're right!9 N+ {* x$ ~% Y1 u! `) `& W7 a6 b% Z( c

% W. e# z2 j( ~- X* m& @L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?3 l; Y- D  S# Z! Y0 z% ?* R

/ a1 i8 D) s% k/ `: ^. v" WM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?- Z6 o: a+ L  {/ H8 c+ \: j

' c+ d( c. P) ^6 ?/ R( |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!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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+ o- E' j5 Y" G9 J4 qM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!+ y  m0 b" h" Q9 U8 z. n$ ~

0 b* I3 j4 E$ L1 c) bL: 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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7 O/ t: ~# G9 u7 S6 F3 T+ L% lM: 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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% O; L0 T/ S# cM: 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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6 I0 Q+ g% U$ J7 [+ Y. x7 yL: 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...3 f2 Z$ c6 V/ ~, T7 W
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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!4 O, C: b( W0 y3 X

  p" O+ n* C- X2 C# hM: I'm just kidding!; K6 a" Q1 S6 u* t1 K, c
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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。  b1 `( W( r$ d' _
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