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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。4 ?: _/ B) r1 N* D& D0 M+ Z
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!4 b* u8 e! A* K+ c3 ^: i& H8 N
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!$ t) t/ u" \9 g: `+ l: @9 u
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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!! U. O; X9 c/ M% Y. e, e
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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?7 h1 ^% i0 Y  _0 M' m

/ K3 O5 h& O0 x3 W3 q  }M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 B0 X, ^3 s4 C1 g1 \6 a5 a
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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?" @% X" ~2 a$ s0 @! ~. a
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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.2 |" Z! e6 G7 W* k
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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?
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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.
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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?6 Y) S4 A( G8 e7 V) S: `

& k- d$ l& ]6 C6 }8 w7 h, lM: I aced my last job interview.
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- |" F- s! Q% \4 S6 EL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。, z) p4 c! `+ d" ]. ~1 P  c
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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。: z6 U) L6 U, v: \8 R( G6 A
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M: Yes, you're right!
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& K# q$ A7 f1 l7 F- E: G$ w5 QL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?8 ]: P7 V% i* y
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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9 ]$ w2 v# T) RL: 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。4 y7 d. G# j9 s" @( D- J

3 Y0 g- M) r/ Q" }. `9 F0 EM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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" q) n: L  c1 Q5 S# n, QL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?; d% Y3 v0 \: B3 S& ?% f
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!6 ]7 f3 V0 Q$ o! P4 M9 f5 s
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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.( T% n8 m* d1 P% [9 g& P

( B% W3 `% S8 `* B4 m/ WL: 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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( ?% {; n9 b( eM: 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.$ b4 y- Q2 L& q7 E, W" d& T* d% G8 o
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M: 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。
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3 F* e8 k" @. ^1 v# N& KM: 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!6 n( N: S: B+ `! ~, o
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M: I'm just kidding!
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( h' F+ ~! O5 q  ?) v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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