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。 & s* n6 O3 |9 [, ]8 J( ~- f; Y; c5 @" a
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? X* W# P+ C3 B6 W! j) d* v1 w8 a5 r: d; T$ p4 u. n* {- ~
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? 6 `) T: K4 M7 i( A$ a( O 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. 4 `( F Y7 A- _/ H, ` 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? 0 S/ b5 o8 {4 E% ]: p* ~! h9 w# \! A$ g) {
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. " B3 {1 s3 L# ^( G( l" D! d- ~' ]; m( y% o0 }3 n3 z
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? & a# W- K5 ^ C$ [5 o4 n6 _- c+ T( |! y( ?$ |
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. $ @( f* s" m$ c& w4 A: N# E& Q1 l8 B4 B4 G- ^* b2 _
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。 5 v. N" X/ G2 q0 w$ J1 V " 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