2 c5 Z2 E7 v: K; NL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? ( T$ o" Y9 B) d. _) E ! V# n. I; I6 [% p) ~- Q5 f5 Y7 o: yM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!3 b0 S5 ^7 } m1 S
" p2 I( O* y+ \L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! 1 L% }9 l% c8 R- z$ c/ D) B" M; D! V M. A4 A) u: o
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!( q% j; D x# f8 H8 ]" X& Y s
! L" _$ H7 r* ^" h) M0 lM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 1 d( K5 @9 u! z6 o0 }+ k ! o G8 a; S* W4 E9 GL: 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? , |% V9 K1 b8 ?5 ]& o0 x1 [ + x7 {' D4 h/ D- ~% E3 eM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. . q j& y2 Q; i& e1 P9 K5 `' ~ / L: c' z8 n5 p) G' |6 x& wL: 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?, v3 c7 D3 d' O* Y, X6 c5 S
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4 q+ \# {5 s2 W v1 @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? 9 C) e9 z- W3 u1 W2 s; N % J% b+ i& z2 bM: I aced my last job interview.5 s5 o" f' |3 K7 i$ j- r5 K3 g. y
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ) ]7 C! C3 c! w% a - g3 r7 q) r- u2 c/ j, b e6 tM: 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. D+ Y5 u, L. O8 J9 h) H
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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。' s% [; O( V9 v$ ]! T/ i: X: T" [
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M: Yes, you're right! $ f; a+ g* w3 H9 s9 f: a1 n- |- O% `; c( b. o# {9 P
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? / ~6 D: O+ w) b$ Q 4 k8 i" I% ~1 k+ tM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?: e/ H. V0 r& ^! K6 w
% o8 {3 t z, I' m. [& M) I# R& u# UL: 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。 O' G& q2 q& v, A. d! S. w( Q& p8 n2 T
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!4 k) W6 Z$ n/ C, V% f+ H2 c
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?7 ^9 k% m/ w6 X* m' [
- j! ^7 F) I4 W$ QM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! ) `! @0 u& \8 f3 W 0 C* W. v# W% R$ e2 O% ~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?. y* u8 A" D/ I: r; ?8 P
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M: That's right. * ^/ }; H8 i+ K. w5 C" s7 @4 c$ _ : q% J' R4 F1 fL: 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。! T, x# `& R8 s+ _
1 [) N1 M( Y0 a" @' ~M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 6 o* l2 P, d- D: M8 m 5 i. H5 n _' p$ tL: 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. $ k) B/ {5 K f1 Q: ?. d9 |. d 0 O$ b" B8 @: O5 f+ v3 q; D" _( l* qM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. , r, L3 d4 S0 |3 y: [/ B+ W0 e) F # u" V L$ V+ d1 E- J) tL: 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。% x$ w: |3 B8 Y \0 U" `- q& }
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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! 8 W( s% G) o0 \8 B0 A9 L. v ! s- v$ c F2 O! H, q) EM: I'm just kidding!7 v0 j0 h. s4 _+ Q/ s# d: ]7 ]
/ t. q! G/ t }! p! ` `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。 : B8 g0 k0 P. c4 K( t. y0 C- MAudio As Following: ! ^& A1 P, F1 Q) [8 b