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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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6 f" @5 h/ o; t2 J" WL: 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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8 c8 Z. u/ i  F  P; s/ X9 QL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!) t, U# Q- i! J; K7 G" Y) @
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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!. K2 ]: `: u7 J( [8 i3 Q" H# q

4 f  l& l! C7 g5 FL: 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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0 P! @3 y9 y; q+ Y$ {+ L9 f! kM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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* S5 }1 g7 M/ Y( W% _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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, X- E- U4 W- a, }% H7 |1 y$ `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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# l2 H+ }  j& h) sL: 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?; w7 j( ]! B: I3 o

( F. N* n8 V2 y, q& yM: 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?- I6 n. P3 i& ]/ e7 w; C

) |/ U) ]8 |% I0 YM: I aced my last job interview., d8 @$ g( ~, o& ]
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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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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.
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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。; S5 W8 d4 v( M* l

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; k! J% ^; I4 {+ f; t+ wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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! l+ T4 ~2 h1 r' `2 }2 Y0 Y7 dM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。) b" E* u; Q5 ~! W$ b( v/ f

1 o. y3 b- ~# B  z* h5 uM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!: `5 T, |/ }- R: [1 F+ ?* ^. A
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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0 k6 h5 a: L+ t7 n" {1 l5 n1 M& a" XM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!' P% M4 k$ r: l
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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?
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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。3 V3 U" k4 y1 e& c4 f  `' y  n1 D
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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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% `! r2 p/ Y0 ^. VM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。6 s5 {' H5 D" ?7 E  S6 k

: ?2 |4 {0 R5 J" M8 NM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...; N5 y- @) q" |, f- d2 G
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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!+ N, j2 y1 H" y9 M. g) L# O: K

/ }0 Q) q4 ]9 l9 xM: I'm just kidding!
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. }5 P( K  @/ j0 h$ c+ k$ b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。9 e& n% N% ?' o) f. g
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