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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?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!! B% _" c* j4 `
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!6 d* x( _# f) O8 C" w

" D- S" {: n( A8 B; f" ~) JM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!6 I% `/ ^( F! H7 P% t- }# ], ?

% Z8 L) R* [6 F0 o& w9 K# J+ v' CL: 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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9 g( Y8 P  N" L$ ]2 [6 b0 h8 I, {; UM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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8 D. H1 n& P; |; w4 V# r* a6 n$ \* n$ oL: 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?1 c0 N( u+ V) X  y' E
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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.* @( V- h, X" m7 P

3 W& k9 b. U6 T& {' EL: 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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M: I aced my last job interview.: V( n( J9 t7 W( {
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。+ s& q: n, A! x) `
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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。
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" e2 c* P. Y. _) ZM: Yes, you're right!9 P" n- j( J1 b7 k( B2 P

$ Z- y/ Q" i) K! w" `L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?# q; @5 J3 t$ g. [$ F
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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?+ ]3 }( ^9 U, K# d: N

8 g7 }2 l; w/ ^1 l( ]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。0 P7 ^( K* ~: s* ^0 [$ e0 s

+ N! h. V8 [1 ~. g0 l, i( @M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: 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"!
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) k9 T' N" g7 V# CL: 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?6 \" S( T- s$ B6 [7 D
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M: That's right.2 T! T& @- R! r4 ~2 r* _
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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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% Q) x8 w8 O, M5 T( `5 B5 xM: 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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9 ~; {* k. j) k* u, Z! OL: 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." p7 A+ j0 z" u( r$ d3 g9 P8 [/ \
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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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...7 ^" K: V) W% T* E- D! M
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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!
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' d+ P" n! H" j/ x. W. Y7 }+ ?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。$ p$ A4 s+ H+ X
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