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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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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 g" n* P7 b! K% h- |( q/ ?. M
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M: 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!
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2 }, _8 {# d' V" m% e0 [2 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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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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. }$ {7 r, p, @; t- }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?3 E7 x9 A1 S+ B/ b' U4 M
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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.% {9 R" z0 e. M2 w1 M; D
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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?
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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.2 |4 g! c; N" N6 P. e* V* w
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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?/ B* ]4 {% R" _; f7 `9 ]- D' q
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。$ f) |9 D: ]% Y# }, N5 k# ]" B
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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.
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. s9 c0 h% i* J; e5 gL: 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!2 W/ T, I4 e# r  d' ^

' @2 f& l  v. v" ]1 u8 PL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?) b( ]0 `2 G0 E* ?! }. E' m
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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?, P) s9 E0 c1 c
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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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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!! x7 w; e+ Q7 C' U8 q
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?  Y3 m% s' {3 n) E

: S& m  Z! A  yM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!5 t7 i9 [5 |3 r9 D3 \! |
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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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5 R6 ^$ x+ x" q- L1 Q& \. ~M: That's right.
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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。
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9 r" e3 t5 R$ ]M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.0 ]3 w9 E1 n8 }/ u* H8 M; l

6 E1 W9 p( m& PL: 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.4 d2 V1 x+ \8 P3 d) f
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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5 S$ N, [! M# x  `. I: z4 }7 fL: 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。1 Q$ k/ J6 A* m, C6 _0 G( I& X
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...5 `# z' K2 c3 K$ E- ?
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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!, q" I' O5 k$ ?  b( d

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4 G  T, B/ J5 k3 E4 L3 e9 t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。
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