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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。* Q4 N0 I9 J  |7 D- Z
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?: h* \+ ?7 M; B& n+ k* U
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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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6 I! v: H' b4 Z' G7 Y0 wM: 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?* s3 i) i. g" i+ L
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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?" P, a' G+ P. P: Y9 S

8 X" C; y1 D, c7 ?1 z: q" z- kM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.7 Q. |6 e; r& W: d! _0 X3 T
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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.
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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?$ H1 C  y/ K, t
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M: I aced my last job interview.! x6 V( ]5 p$ i1 ~( r
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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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0 Y' @" f" w# A- J& ?" N( n. rM: 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.0 D- l' F' v! X5 R* ]

. Z7 P/ _2 S5 n2 s7 {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。2 ~7 t  y4 h. q, S3 |( J0 B+ X
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M: Yes, you're right!8 j& E7 v6 u3 j# h( j
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?+ u9 v, H0 I! F7 n5 F6 U% b8 k

1 J( r7 _  A; T# q! a1 lM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 v/ e) M* K# R9 P1 \: S% h
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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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3 p5 y( D9 C0 N4 j, L# P) ?M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!, T  E9 v+ p2 L+ U
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?! u# W2 L! D# y

0 U& M. C& C5 a8 l5 A6 BM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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7 R% D$ C. X9 g6 W" }+ Q' fL: 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?: y' `- T  i5 I( f
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M: That's right.6 Q. ?/ t$ @& p2 Z: G

) ?( G. `" l+ O6 S( D2 e) d1 |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。: {. h8 `" F+ D( Q

) \, r  w4 m8 GM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.2 {8 @' h9 |6 ^* O, W

7 S8 t4 H9 P5 C; R! M1 `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.
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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。
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3 R' W3 x5 [, x  q! L; iM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...1 I4 s* w5 d/ r

, Q6 w) ^$ {( W. u; s1 k4 I  b& h* nL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!, e2 N3 R1 q' g8 Y; ~3 I2 }

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  S! b  k8 I0 k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。! m; _# n, E: V$ y3 O
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