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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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4 W2 u5 R1 h. B8 f* h$ ?- J4 f: cL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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/ e/ a) k- M2 r4 O5 |. FM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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. ?. m# f' J& h; H# u. z$ oL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!+ O9 e# w- [7 B  S

: E4 r4 F" X0 F; @+ s. ?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 n+ d$ p) f' p  {' V8 @3 `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?
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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?) h' I3 w' c6 X+ |. j+ Z6 B  b" C

# d' K$ k4 {1 Z0 R- g* WM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 }9 o* V: e* p: w, V2 }

$ W* m) y- n* P: F! |( CL: 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?( b7 ~! d1 s  F8 t' X

2 ~8 B, j' E9 H. }- }$ `8 W, iM: 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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/ o8 l- i  J  n2 @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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M: I aced my last job interview.
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" K$ s1 o; k- i1 k1 oL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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6 O7 J1 _5 d1 J( cM: 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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, P7 ~: c4 x! [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。; g2 U) ]; Z5 X: ^2 x. @. N

/ ]+ |7 ^% {% _% {7 e: B; BM: Yes, you're right!
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8 m6 o" i( c$ AL: 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?/ E; k2 \( W0 o5 D0 P" ?4 y( P$ A6 F

8 [" z1 g: y! w- M0 _' kL: 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 ?) F6 d1 b5 Z7 T

, C/ W+ }$ k/ o1 |& H/ f* YM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!: [% V6 u( p! [, R+ P! k8 k) A
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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4 r3 j2 k. r: a3 r- E% X: fM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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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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- t- e( |% V1 t( vM: 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。
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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.5 p8 m9 I# _# w+ `; {

* j, V( W, C: |' j( C# FL: 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.9 ?- q5 p) }9 K* S

* X; V( f+ K0 C4 i* c; j) v  fM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.8 x1 b5 O# E' U
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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。. P2 J, K5 a5 U" s6 q
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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+ O# B4 [. E" G7 w: ?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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) ^! U3 l) A2 pM: 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。, ^: ]3 j( E6 f, m% F
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