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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。3 Z& U; M% c9 t& e
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?3 y* L% U7 V4 t  n
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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  X; f9 E! U3 t: B3 qL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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: x! A% p6 F( O! t$ g- c" Z& nM: 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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5 p1 _, d/ t) h# iM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.$ Q/ t1 W% {4 B4 W/ Z% @

0 J6 A$ J0 z" B; j0 G" l+ T) CL: 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?6 M9 @6 N0 C" s6 x

3 j; g0 C" l; B* H' \' YM: 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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. T+ q9 u8 y6 ~. ~1 g) t7 HM: 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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# X! y0 m8 P0 m) Z0 w/ _0 {, rL: 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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, |( W3 A: e* W7 zM: I aced my last job interview.' q! Z( }8 B3 ^, n7 k2 ~( z6 w1 o
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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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* ~! H( t$ S4 P( M$ m1 ^6 VM: 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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: }2 n8 O& n5 b8 [8 _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。
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M: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?/ _. v2 o/ ]# t1 c9 U# X( A
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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?1 d! j: f  g. }5 I
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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。6 g+ F: C4 _* w) I  [6 w

( e( g$ M% d& NM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?$ X9 ^) S- T. b# [
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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"!' q5 x8 i$ f; ?8 j( f% l/ n3 P, D& ^

6 ?6 ^' F1 G" P7 w! xL: 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?/ B# Z. {; ~1 H2 d- q& i

/ V5 E! B' P/ Y; d$ PM: 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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3 g. D; n( n0 P7 yM: 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.& I# M& ]9 x2 u

9 I( y9 g+ E; ~2 h' XM: 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。. v* f1 N5 T, [# X7 V- |
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...3 r+ g8 D0 n& l3 i

5 c; j9 c& C: w2 cL: 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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$ |7 G3 d4 t" i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。$ x( z' x5 z$ Z/ J4 O. @0 o- `
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