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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。0 t$ X; T, c$ M/ Z* R! J
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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$ n' g$ c/ \2 t9 lM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!' q4 {) [. C8 j! @" C' [
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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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! S- Z+ C8 f) e& u  X( jL: 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?7 `0 o% k: J( d1 F4 i
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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* e9 L4 v' ~" i) B$ _2 dL: 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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  b# h  P0 ?1 x+ f9 ]. d- ZM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 H+ h# b+ T; t7 v

, p( q3 x1 ~0 \( u1 j4 S; N, p) uL: 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?9 N( X3 v1 F6 i+ X* N

$ g+ }2 P. J$ T. f- nM: 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., e4 L- @" s: z0 @  X" ]

! U; r$ _9 X: p  l2 d' C% h0 BL: 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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5 Z- ]! T$ S% i* qL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 g8 l4 T+ [" W- }  n

+ W/ u/ B1 e% u4 z6 `1 p+ 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.
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7 p# W5 \9 H! X1 M& eL: 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。/ r& c9 a8 V( \0 \" |3 q% J
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M: Yes, you're right!6 z+ r# v+ i" {; B' q4 m: R

  Q5 K, ?( T* Q9 Z2 L) J& P, L+ JL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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' ~0 {8 p  T) O& y+ @L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。& U$ g9 S* d' Q$ y: ^$ o
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!+ J( j! f) V( A4 M& J7 m" p+ t

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. A5 g# k; r& D& qM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!7 L8 r- U2 w  U5 I4 L5 d
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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.8 C8 P" j+ ]4 W  ]6 ]  w

9 L- p! r$ ~/ X) z4 k3 X2 pL: 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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M: 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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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. z; K* e6 S' uL: 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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2 B7 s9 C9 @" T( {* J2 H- {; cM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...0 W  T, @$ {  l6 G! S! q* m  K7 Q
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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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6 |8 `: o" n$ H" P" u$ y- i3 F: SM: I'm just kidding!+ ?) ?5 Y* c+ U8 N1 u9 a
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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。. U' ?8 t$ D; A8 o6 D% F6 d
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