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。! q. _. n( g, O9 u5 Z9 _& T( s
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?2 R' o0 N) P! i
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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! 1 F$ H* a3 R2 p' t9 U; r! R # k$ |( ?( \( z5 D2 kL: 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? . D8 q/ Z/ z N" M9 t3 C9 g 0 Q% E- \% j2 G0 O- uM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. C0 g" y7 i* t6 X1 R, w& U4 Z
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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?, M3 s2 }3 B7 s) A/ Y0 Q8 ^" K' D
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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. ! J( T* B, ]7 B) ~* @ # ? m0 M& p: U- |' XL: 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? & ]: p. h2 y- ~, g( _. w* L2 T9 g6 X+ _8 \ c
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.8 @) H$ [& }+ E$ q8 k% z5 F
0 m" O2 a) ^- k+ j; K AL: 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?3 o/ G! |( [( F" v2 }% F0 s
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M: I aced my last job interview. + s% u# [$ ?% o) G" O+ ?1 j- N' u' Q) P
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 " {- k! v3 ^3 z/ J" ? 9 Z; c. \( C |9 `, ]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. 9 H. `% P. H6 Z$ c 0 W2 V8 ~( q. G# ^+ O- ]; ML: 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。 ) K+ W2 h5 K1 o2 U7 e " \( ^, w+ c" _' `4 l% rM: Yes, you're right! % k' @* r3 x0 h0 u2 _& E3 p% B+ R0 {4 W* G
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? ( B+ ~4 a, x3 g7 p. {) m5 o7 C, p) g! m2 a& ]
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? # T8 i( ^5 |) d5 ~& ?" R( S- Q; Y1 P; O: [8 j
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。3 m: i( {1 g; c+ M( d- ]: X; F
% f' T! {" l- wM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!; M, w( A6 k! F$ X. B
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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? & M( _2 I1 z6 ~' n8 @2 g5 j $ H& g# C7 d. [5 X3 a7 GM: That's right.2 K: O1 b7 }) l/ f
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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。8 v$ J9 g4 }1 z8 ]5 J0 I9 X
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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.4 d: Q5 U; n* H% ?
' n8 b: z g, F2 }3 FL: 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. * }: ^6 }1 F2 p5 x3 n2 ] 0 U/ L& B" h4 h/ iM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. ! V1 M+ M& {. p/ X % a( \8 k1 T5 j9 R eL: 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。 $ q4 z! v5 f4 B$ l 7 L! v3 ^% a: C2 mM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... ' s$ ^7 E- a- V7 F6 Z3 l" D0 O# V: z4 ^6 G" Z" b' ]8 \
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! % W A: T/ `) S0 T V ( [! u3 Y! C% L/ g" [( c+ x0 }M: I'm just kidding!- B8 ^* x4 L; O2 U) J' k( S
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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。- J' |; O l- a5 I5 q% ~
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