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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?0 v5 D" T( B4 ~2 R/ `/ N! m

  S- ^! G! B( P( GM: 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!, v* d1 {5 s$ x- W/ U! P* E, G# m. z
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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!% x/ N8 e( Q- h* ]" h# X$ {0 t

  _6 k& y0 D3 b1 S8 lL: 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?( E5 B/ Y( H  S* t

* T/ Q4 B. I8 j4 j* H0 SM: 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?2 a  r4 P& d" Y; R

$ r, T# D9 x+ T7 v# qM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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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?
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& m7 ?3 r  w, [) WM: I aced my last job interview.
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- `( `5 I1 _7 ]0 t$ y8 X' nL: 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.
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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。. L, U1 [' v! N. n( p
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M: Yes, you're right!
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% E/ x+ ^8 d- g! @9 |L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?8 _! S* M/ @# L" ]- E
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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?& x/ R) p' r& _1 t: W5 G. M8 C, t

5 r+ ^) b1 g0 jL: 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。/ M* k: o" x9 Q/ x1 ~. f
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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/ @( m- `$ n, v, c: Y7 j* s& hL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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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"!. F5 K/ v7 j; j, \1 C2 S

! L( M- s7 O; t4 dL: 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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6 f6 c5 ^3 [% k* X0 G& KM: That's right.# Z: U- r4 g  ^" H

7 C' @3 v* b. g8 fL: 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。( b' [- u- C$ j  z

9 w4 E, I+ F( G$ i. eM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.6 s0 H+ k* L0 m- E0 G
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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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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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$ ?& h; {5 S, @- g4 ]: nM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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( a* e3 n+ b- ^  C, sL: 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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6 [6 N6 V3 H! {, q6 `4 r2 nM: 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。7 e5 J6 R: G) o/ ~. O8 b% e5 `
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