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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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; D* V- f, n0 A+ _8 w# PL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!6 z5 e( p# t. @6 ?

8 `: |! Y# Y# I5 Q+ ~: T. EL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!4 G% ]5 U, i4 t# D) Z% |& X1 X: Q
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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!7 q2 ~& x& f  B! {, o& f; T- C5 _! ^5 {
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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?" X2 q, B9 ?; ^6 u2 r5 C% H- A

% n! Q- _. z; Q0 b" UM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.3 Z, ?$ q* f( d0 }2 I/ s

' v8 R$ o. c# b: uL: 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?% A2 q8 e6 q9 ?# 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.
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2 h4 M6 A# E( s- B* UL: 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?, j! D  a  W* e" }9 m  w# i# f

$ b2 f5 n! B. ^, V* cM: 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?1 [+ r7 ^! x& E$ ?" T

5 C9 q  r9 E% D) t1 CM: I aced my last job interview.* b- K# L1 R7 m, I9 Z

- Q: _6 ]- ?2 aL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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+ X0 t6 {& `, R3 g0 y5 d3 y; ]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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. ?; y8 x: m- M. ^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。4 c: I0 a* k+ A+ G
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M: Yes, you're right!
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! H: d5 Y8 H- CL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?, Q* ]$ Q, }+ c; u0 U4 ]+ k
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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?/ A. o3 @6 W' F8 X% M- W2 Z; Q3 V

2 k5 A$ j0 D# @9 h( YL: 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。. u0 Q& ]& @8 J( y- R, @# R; C
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!5 Y1 j" j- }8 U. i8 k2 p- d
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?2 ?# L' ~- e1 {/ V2 `% {* n# T0 s
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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"!
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* }" x% N4 v- P% @6 qL: 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?9 E" K2 w, K7 m, Q& y" P
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M: That's right.9 F! H2 n3 i% }" U5 C( |

. K3 v( I" T7 j& B7 J" 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。
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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.1 Q  S' r2 l3 l7 t- |6 \4 u  F
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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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3 z, V2 C; z, o8 i6 \M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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# T, D( c% }! T/ Z# \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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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, M) j( c( [5 Z1 [9 h# NL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!- F! B( K3 ^2 v+ ^4 Y; l8 \. P
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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。# Y% q! m) H  Q
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