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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。8 X# o, L; k6 Q  L7 C" Z* ~
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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( ~! d/ c3 E: i$ d( o" ]4 `  xM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 g8 F8 D( [8 c% ^" ~/ C2 R

0 l; G% x& T- a6 y$ Z$ V9 `L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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; o: P" r% ~9 MM: 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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" e  C+ D- K5 y) \' h0 QL: 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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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.+ W! l: L. n& f8 h4 c$ [
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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?0 X6 ]9 _8 q) F: z7 v
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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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$ M2 X' r2 m& A; \8 }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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7 H+ T* j; j3 |8 \: A0 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.
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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?/ Y& d( e. H$ x6 _
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M: I aced my last job interview.: ?& }% b+ R: |( b2 f- j

: y5 C1 J' N, K7 ?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.7 j" G% U: V  s; z6 h( ~. S* G

) W0 T$ f8 w/ e+ l$ l4 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。% F& _3 h1 y8 H# C. u

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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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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2 b- u4 o4 H5 i: a4 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。' O. E) g+ H; S0 j8 u
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!5 I/ X! w1 g! z- W% `' `3 J
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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% j; N1 ?# |5 f9 Q% OM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!* D: y- l+ ~% N8 L' b
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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?" ]4 D, S" |1 r5 W7 g

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! A$ v7 z, j& v9 M6 h% |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。# e2 c9 f4 r# K/ n

8 }" ?6 ?' B( Y) E- y. CM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.9 C' S) d1 G  w; ?* ]6 }
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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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.; ^) O0 [& y& e' D) E
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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。7 Z2 {# v. m3 B5 q. o# q' _  E! c
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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' n0 r2 {% U/ a- T/ b1 kL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!: ~1 f2 ]! y3 ^* s

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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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