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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。; z4 w* H  {) \3 h0 y" [

% ~0 S  J" J% D4 d6 Y& LL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?( W7 O( b* ~& `7 [. ]

3 n$ `4 o- H$ V4 c; cM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!$ I' z# h: V6 G' _9 a" O0 ?& L
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!! C6 V& r3 Q  a5 {

! [8 w# X# b% E& JM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!* B2 M; l, z- L6 W2 W
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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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M: 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?
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( G( C) P( `& D6 mM: 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?2 @* ]) R- p. C1 g" Y

  ]9 T5 y4 l$ }8 e" T- sM: 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.2 M! G' m% }. c" q7 M

9 f4 N2 T& y% v) r; ]+ u7 {L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 J# d0 T) \$ m! 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.& m) ^8 x# T# v3 _# R% D

8 T- t# d( L2 J, y4 PL: 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。9 o! `" S; X7 p! a/ B, I. ?3 u4 [
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M: Yes, you're right!3 w7 {/ ~4 z0 i: K: ^. d3 ?; E. h
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?8 }& c# p& l! I$ a+ W2 J

# @! @4 c1 ]  }; }' H# a* l8 _M: 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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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。: e* R* B' H# Z5 w
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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?) W) D" U, Z6 }% H

1 ^" \5 L2 \! H% a; T; Z$ T* \5 h0 [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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L: 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 t/ Y! S9 B3 W! {% i# k. x& N
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M: That's right.. g( @1 z" G5 D

1 H. f% }; u: Z0 `! h' Q2 |9 f* h  @3 A% zL: 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.
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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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money." G$ }; }" l( ^- R8 `
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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/ p: u! T% o  R  [- Y, Q& _M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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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!# H9 X4 G1 d+ ]/ D8 h
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M: I'm just kidding!
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7 `6 }/ B+ o0 W1 o& R2 G  j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。$ o" i' N  s. d
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