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。! U9 a$ y0 y7 F4 C
- [5 ^2 d# |0 f3 tL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?( P4 I {) A& E( ^# v7 `9 W5 l
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!; f4 q! Y, a. T, ~% Z& M9 ]
4 O' R# K- h, c! p& j3 k' gM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!; e7 j+ e/ Z$ r" l* O
$ k* m& B" U$ C2 pL: 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? ( i) x! x: Z# l+ s, r. u) ~$ [ s3 ?8 g* @, @) u5 @
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. Q, k8 Z) w1 c1 ?
( |$ K' a# I! t0 [7 IM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.1 `2 J* [ N8 I6 `0 y' e% u
" o' t6 \3 M/ G" oL: 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?% M0 w: k# u* q& D2 V6 D; a1 E
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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.0 j4 V8 V+ w: [) M( O8 |6 S
' a4 P2 a" O- N) j+ pL: 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? ; Q& o( k6 ~$ x1 q" a9 E9 f- }3 _" m
M: I aced my last job interview. + {: d7 w1 ~- ^8 ^ G* P K& U5 h& l% [
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 6 i/ a, w. v7 o* e, t+ R g) I: W
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. , w0 _+ i# ~; i( l / u# h; w" v- s: nL: 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。 * f4 t; Z l9 r! m) A8 j1 O2 J' k2 l+ T! Z. y9 c2 s
M: Yes, you're right! 4 [* z2 d5 Y i; z0 O5 w , }' P1 L' _1 h0 J6 E* mL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?+ p+ S7 A. r3 D) y4 A6 s {
$ d, t, C' I5 Y- v8 r/ S$ k) \! r' ~' gM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? ' Q% e4 e' L N. Y F! I% z 6 [# J- K0 Z9 A# O/ n# z! vL: 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。- _' G/ `9 B, ?
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! " p. [) f/ g, P' A / C; t5 O8 _9 G# f9 y( f5 V4 r1 YL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?/ c- O* g9 B7 P2 ~
# t; w; n9 H, j' s/ zM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! |4 {7 a1 M' O5 @( ~- Q
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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?! ], F d8 [& r( \3 q/ @9 u
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M: That's right.8 x) T7 B7 E: P6 _: O2 h. F1 U/ J$ x
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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。 6 ?$ c& A2 o5 {/ Q- G& s& V0 v " J" @2 _( `) |6 e2 _; B! sM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 1 ^: K9 \6 H0 A) V( V% x' z, Q0 H& v/ V- J
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." f) J6 N9 P4 j! o' x
: L3 j( _; C& o8 E: TM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. : N' y. K6 k5 p1 q2 d- ?2 a) M' |5 }, x% z! s \/ I
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。* k, P# f1 z' G( F" s( e* W4 S
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...' {! o7 u: M7 M8 \, j
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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!1 T. y; y4 _1 }& D
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M: I'm just kidding! 7 {4 i3 m @% w |& D. N* q+ w' o 6 w# s: }' @4 y" g& l' Z. n2 s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。 7 H5 C3 y, K! H$ b% OAudio As Following:3 A" i) O* s1 J% |! {' N