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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。. u1 ^2 E2 |. b! U% B3 w

. }& G# \- y. i, Q5 J. RL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!' y. i5 ~$ g: {; i! _: O
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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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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) z0 X; l6 s9 OL: 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?% X( a- m- W. k. G- R

, q/ ?5 Q2 b, J5 A$ |5 g' V8 p# CM: 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?- {3 s7 ]* n; P$ F1 T; }

3 }% \4 _4 c* S; MM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.9 v4 I& ^7 ^. p% P

' g1 V% `6 I. m- p1 N  YL: 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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3 M7 v: C  f/ g& y, ^4 L4 dM: 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.1 o) z( }! X+ v9 i
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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?- j6 r8 z6 D9 A1 u$ d

2 _' h2 l5 }% _) }- z) {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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( e# Z% Q0 @- o" L1 K1 gM: 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.) Q8 P3 K" |1 X

* g; I0 ~9 r& Y3 b: _7 N5 AL: 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。) H; c3 A( R5 \" ]5 b; G

: y% n* r1 k+ z7 L/ C6 AM: Yes, you're right!3 L2 @0 j6 G  G$ ?4 W% I+ _  S

; e4 O) Z" j8 n  N# h( h9 X& TL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?: X! N4 ]& Q  V, |# K! m

- [- v' f$ B. t+ \# Q/ N$ BM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?5 {  v" T9 g/ g! B, C+ W; p, b% Z

( h) H' h" P( ZL: 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。# G% r% [$ h6 n! C$ A4 m0 m' a

# P7 W  _" {# C5 X) ~% _9 Q' _M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 Y: l/ C3 F% l, w
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?) ~( ]. E) N5 F- j9 Y% N

1 _9 t& F6 p5 L. DM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!: u" x: N4 G9 q: d" u: |
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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?) I9 u0 x5 u( s, d  M9 d0 [( J5 v
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M: That's right.
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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。' M# z% W) \: X% j

% v4 ?) t, \/ G" |: \M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.. k: x5 i" G, `# u

1 O. D7 L$ H& A) ~! T, YL: 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 Z' l: n) D/ D7 MM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.8 M/ }2 b8 T9 m' R# L3 U

4 R$ w! {& U* {3 PL: 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...4 t! e/ _" {9 Z6 u0 t& K7 ^- n

3 ?- n0 J. S2 v/ {) c, ^L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!$ v0 g! R" y' F" P
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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。
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