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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。! O3 [+ i+ ]* h, f) X" G

6 \5 ?1 S) q1 y  g; j8 i" M* \L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?1 `+ Z! o1 q, r5 X8 F# I4 c( G

$ X9 B. I; A4 Z) @1 w8 @4 L) n! ?M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!. _+ c& }* m) |; j

/ Z) r8 f: _9 I, a' j3 kL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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. ^/ u$ N$ L* w1 u( N( T( LM: 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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# y3 M6 i, |7 W8 x+ |1 }/ [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?
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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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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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% ^+ b1 h- x% R$ T: Y: _M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( l8 q& `& _5 \) G' g+ o! \
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L: 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?+ G; R; H' J; Q/ l" B7 J

$ F7 q6 R# {/ @6 n- O& {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.2 U' Z3 A/ Y- t" Z) F

! `; v+ X7 F  e; v8 {; L1 K# 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?: {- b& L4 [$ k
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M: I aced my last job interview.7 F4 K. q' ?6 N6 ^

+ a2 |5 J( K/ x) F/ _7 mL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。) n% n$ B; C8 S* t

/ f* t+ m1 b1 ~, R: \1 h- ]! u9 q4 BM: 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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, Y# l' x' b; P' Y2 s% G( YL: 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。/ O8 R/ u( a5 p+ d( }8 X

+ g  e0 j5 ~% [; l0 ]# SM: Yes, you're right!& S" B. u8 I0 I
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?$ `4 j0 s* S2 e; `
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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。
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) E# t$ V$ l  j, W1 E) iM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?: D6 y# n- s& S, p) r& C
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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"!4 Y+ p5 J: M1 U  ], W: O8 I" p
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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?1 v# L! m8 `: e( p* e) Q

! Q- K8 g1 ], m$ O0 @1 M: oM: That's right." J7 Q7 }( y* W. h5 v; D
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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。, _; d+ Z/ U" c3 P
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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.1 S9 A2 m3 U2 e# r' ~

! z: r( J5 }8 GL: 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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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7 q$ `1 H# a# n9 T( ?L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!! B0 d/ C1 n1 x, K: F' g0 c$ S
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M: I'm just kidding!
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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。' \4 |1 O; R2 I/ {
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