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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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L: 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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! n& O+ l2 ~. [' U& m1 R$ ]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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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?0 E: d0 r4 ?% N+ {2 V/ r4 N+ @0 [( \6 S% |
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.( m- A" G- I# m) p2 F

1 |$ E( L0 r4 P/ u" t. [( Q; CL: 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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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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! O& q/ [* y% ~$ E1 ^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?
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  N$ a; {7 h% y: MM: I aced my last job interview.
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  ]4 v; B( j/ M1 |. oL: 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.( ^3 t+ h0 k9 _$ e: ^& @% m2 k9 X

5 u& h/ G7 t2 |/ k: g# RL: 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。+ I& r  J$ @1 |
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M: Yes, you're right!7 @! U' Z8 _) a' r# D; ?

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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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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。
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?5 g1 M  L7 l% x# K6 i

7 M9 Y* C$ ~# _1 R) {M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!. j3 J4 S$ u! p

9 S% I, Q  b4 M+ I8 n/ ^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?* G1 B2 D7 `! Y0 f$ Y, U, R) c9 e+ A
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M: That's right.* Q: f% K! E& ?9 S' F7 u
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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。# G4 p( k! a! p

& z4 V- @9 b+ B3 k8 l" q0 Z$ ]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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3 B6 \3 c. ]* H1 r5 rL: 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.( @6 ^; w0 x2 _

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: o  O- v. t+ S, s0 A- 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, j" g* s6 T4 B0 {3 P
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M: 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!
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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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