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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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' H, ]7 U; x  G2 x1 S  K, HL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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: Y" Y( J6 q( j& Z# XL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!2 j2 b$ U7 z, c% W  s# x2 ~
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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!
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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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2 T' B+ n1 x2 i7 f& @* r4 |; SM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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4 v9 F1 Z+ M; |. Q8 YL: 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?
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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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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?" _8 t4 F8 H+ e8 ^3 H! t
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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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! a( A; M) c. n$ Y+ W. b2 [M: I aced my last job interview.
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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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& r$ O! w* [4 S! |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.: v2 L8 B9 |* p% m6 ~0 W* m* G
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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。' v+ z+ b  `, `. p% _1 I5 r; ^
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M: Yes, you're right!  \' a$ y  q9 }) r$ J

7 T' C% U- J. s+ S7 q) QL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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# v9 w/ o  w" O/ ?4 Q$ lM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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5 T$ G0 w% R( VL: 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。3 G  ]/ j1 `- |% `$ R. G3 Q

) {4 `) [) p9 m' R- ^9 P4 RM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!6 ~/ c3 i2 C) u' j

. l) }; M' I  J5 `5 QL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?5 }, B/ c; n  g' h6 o! ^4 x2 F

1 T+ N: K8 R7 r* F8 S: F* jM: 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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* O! I0 o+ z3 Y4 m$ O( GL: 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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M: That's right.
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, T; i: p% e: L4 S) LL: 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。2 ~6 P% u$ c( B) z9 J! a

! z. o5 j& b; N+ M( BM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.  G+ w: m7 t. C" U/ Q

9 z% O2 l! j) _: X$ S5 b3 @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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1 Y( u! ?& R* m8 C) O3 h( cM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.6 g0 M& ], Q$ u/ ^
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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。. U( f* k7 v3 X  N* h0 e1 {7 R9 V- Q
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..." e! U8 }1 C6 H8 W* u6 k

# a- v1 F. X& N1 {1 JL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!: r  F0 ]8 \+ S! \) l
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M: I'm just kidding!; N+ M0 }. _! L+ U- h9 t8 C

6 G9 ~/ H& {; X5 n. l3 [  H: {- u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。, C' W; v  m. n; }
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