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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。: k) h( c$ x3 `/ U! t0 b
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?! e( D$ D8 W- ]; x8 m6 o; u: ?  F# @# i
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!; d% S4 R) T& \- E, I$ |9 A
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!% F+ l) m6 m5 r  R# J
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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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8 H( i) @+ \2 f7 D5 pL: 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?& y8 X$ P8 P2 Y. t4 q" K, L& a
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.3 x: C* Q* _- l& b

6 u' M5 W2 a" d. y$ F0 t( Q$ yL: 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?! K; O2 ^) J5 \0 R+ A. h
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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.0 ^$ }1 u+ n% ^8 m) D( m% p
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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?. }& _! |$ ^. r, @. X. `
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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?
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9 E9 u/ \( q) r6 K6 J0 V+ TM: I aced my last job interview.+ M- Z; i& b; [1 |7 \

* N0 E" L) ?+ Y7 `5 b/ d1 uL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。2 X9 ~. K# M( P% }8 t
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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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9 y, {9 s, C; ]' S: \) GL: 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。) p. T, `: ~% B! B* B% a4 w: |
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M: Yes, you're right!
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2 ^+ {( S7 w# u3 a) k8 |1 r% f5 E0 wL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?2 g& W' t4 Q, `2 F- D

4 h3 d7 o$ B0 }" x6 r2 C- Q+ WM: 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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. G. R  _1 ]5 z( bL: 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。8 V+ N5 n, v! g4 m5 Q

$ f3 o0 J0 E- m8 ^M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?* m  ~- |4 M1 S% \
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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"!2 n8 [* o/ u# R/ G, L

" \, M3 B/ V0 u  l8 K0 |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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4 D, H: t6 y2 z4 I; M% Z: tM: That's right.
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; w% a0 J0 b- a3 C) Y; c8 \) h6 nL: 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。& a' T* ?3 [3 j9 r, m

/ j' G6 A$ D' w/ {: U5 AM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.& F' A% F* `( @2 K8 [/ t

: g* A: z% ]5 {6 s3 KL: 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.) ^/ T# @' t& E3 |/ V! I

4 @9 I( Z' f: I' U! V$ ^M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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8 B$ n" D: O* A" r7 kL: 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。3 m* N- j9 P) n

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+ g4 i3 I4 m( ]8 F4 [2 ]5 @L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!" \$ w' f. X" _$ @! N' U

6 K& P  \. k- KM: I'm just kidding!3 A  N) r6 }9 X: v2 ]% g

5 a1 q/ p; _( K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。4 @% K, ~5 t, l/ a  m
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