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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。/ ^/ }2 ^0 ^" t! q. B: j3 r3 |

6 M7 A& G# }2 w! z5 vL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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) k( h, X$ J3 m2 E( @  JM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!; F$ M" n0 L' k6 g
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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?; S$ w- U) a/ f% S3 L

* y8 a2 y9 z$ {8 RM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.4 c& p  ]1 X1 E/ z. e; U

9 i$ ]' A$ e0 X& e7 G5 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?2 }  o* m/ E5 C, J+ N

7 l( ]% G( I6 }4 F9 w' s) g- nM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well., ^& U  ]6 b( Z9 Q
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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.2 `# h# t# Z" V; l% k9 }3 w& l0 l
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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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, l5 J+ H# J. A; N* mM: I aced my last job interview.
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2 Z9 A( b+ k) J; Q  d+ bL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。( B& X+ l& |  l# o5 i
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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.. ~, s+ \2 J% }' @

. I3 q; ]9 \- n) }/ c, J$ 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。" p$ U2 }6 [# W7 u/ S7 t/ n

$ s8 P4 f' G2 }9 d1 c1 DM: Yes, you're right!; s$ A+ N( {1 K

' ]6 G6 ~4 J$ X3 ~6 VL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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. d, z5 ^' w2 J, p4 v, aM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?$ \0 [/ A+ [* |# B6 t

6 u- f) i5 l3 P" F! Z! E! aL: 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。5 A( y4 ]' j. {

; T4 X: E# w# y, |6 d: V& _& ^' eM: 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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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!& a, x1 o0 Y+ Y) t

7 J( U4 z* Z; _2 t2 @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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5 ?$ O5 \* f" F/ t$ @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。( c* {. J( Y. g6 c" `& f
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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.# V. a+ [9 M: l1 J0 W8 L$ M

7 o) Q' I: Z6 N5 i2 z7 }3 I' tL: 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.4 W3 T6 p7 p/ z% z2 @: ~6 P

* y& U) b2 J' d, ]M: 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...8 m: x" z* d$ c& d1 g, k0 m- 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!
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/ q; [  e# e9 M! z( f# q2 FM: 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。
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