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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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9 F$ j+ B) f& Z% lL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?  G, K2 {* {' D! q. ?, r$ |: a2 _
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!) q3 q8 B" J7 i* u+ n5 G7 X* E/ ]

6 k7 i( A! u& Y/ B$ pL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!" t1 s: t* N6 ], o: L( F/ c+ D
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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?' G1 C2 _4 A( E! r8 u; j

9 s6 D6 }3 J) x- L+ r9 f, uM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.( v# S6 i* m2 r' p- b6 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?8 Q: ?) m4 r6 X( h& U, g

, @/ q) f8 ]4 BM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.0 X* Z0 A3 s) {) B" c

9 z0 _# u- a) [4 p1 U+ t$ N! A6 kL: 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.9 R. D5 N$ i6 E! ?8 @4 K5 h
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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?" d9 m# ]7 d$ i) g( D8 ~2 s
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M: I aced my last job interview.& o; F: o7 W5 r4 o9 ^
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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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.  [4 G' ?3 q) x+ D  ^0 x$ V7 b) a3 @

3 Z/ P6 ~4 ^- _L: 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。" I& f8 r. q0 h6 E
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M: Yes, you're right!
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, g3 n5 `' Z9 G3 S9 sL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?+ q, ?1 A, Y5 p7 m/ H& ~1 c" X

3 V5 J4 d) P8 Y: b/ M5 G/ O* ZM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?( l8 N2 T4 ]- V. g

6 I9 d3 {+ {7 ]+ W$ C3 l# {; dL: 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 U9 s! U: L) v/ R) N" A3 u7 l

# y/ ~; \) ^, b" u0 a4 s) |3 \M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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* @1 Q8 }# d4 }; vL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?2 L) p6 J7 ?/ K" U5 X1 p7 _
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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"!- G5 H6 B+ M3 e+ ?8 U8 ]1 W
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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?& O3 ^: u2 m0 M$ b% Y# z
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M: That's right.
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* f$ A# ?3 j4 E* ?# K+ c0 G- 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。0 p  Q3 Z2 i- b) {1 E( d4 U6 @

) `1 `! I: E- q" c. z$ }1 N% w' eM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.( S4 M8 U! ^4 m& c% b

# k6 X- Q: p/ |: s" S4 Z1 `; I# s$ }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.5 Y* f) M6 L: \# w

6 h/ h" c) a, Z0 T: X1 Y. ^M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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6 N7 [, b4 s3 M, OL: 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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3 A( a7 Z5 z6 Z5 c/ jM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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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M: I'm just kidding!( v" @0 {1 o+ e6 t# ~) X% p  A

- ^$ @% g' ~! e( H6 U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。4 H+ ~# U6 f% X" u) P1 N5 J' u
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