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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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$ r* |. c/ {' J+ X; N$ W& zL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?0 N5 y* ?. K- h2 Z+ r+ c. w8 ]
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!/ q6 }; d+ x1 y: f, q" J2 h

; Z0 o) [0 |! RL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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4 G( _* Q+ P$ |0 G7 g2 E6 xM: 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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, ^$ ^/ E$ Y' iL: 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?
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- j* `6 G! @& a- }M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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/ U, k9 A& C) h0 X* P7 _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?
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2 b3 q$ n" a; Q9 h, TM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.$ D0 S- _0 Y! {& q: o1 D' F

: l  ]' E5 u3 }6 n/ c* jL: 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?! W7 p0 z' G5 W
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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.# H8 M! r! s2 m% Z' |3 Z3 x: r

6 s( d# ^" L" \% ]+ l) 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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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. s9 x: W) u- t; O$ M/ m$ xL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。! f& n; ^. O7 _# D: i- N
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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 a( n0 V6 T5 @5 j- Z, CL: 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。. m. i( ?8 c8 r( k( s  Q! L5 V
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M: Yes, you're right!
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$ Z# h4 H; O) o* [L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?! i' X5 A& [9 |& l% W; G
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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/ Q& l! F% |6 Y0 tL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。, T: j- |$ F' K, j% ~; z: e
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!; B* y2 Z" y) F5 z+ A. S& A: o
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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( t2 E2 [2 M7 Z; b. AM: 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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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。9 n# x9 F* m$ i6 h7 w

' x4 F$ P5 V& d6 L& E  g2 bM: 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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+ {, f; \+ ?" y. ]& HL: 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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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+ j1 P" t+ ^4 {$ cL: 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。; j$ j- ?! j' X& M7 K; u
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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4 F2 i& R0 h) R% I0 lL: 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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1 B  B6 @. k; ]8 J7 s! sM: I'm just kidding!
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  R7 y! Q1 l9 x9 t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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