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。

L: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？
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6 c) W; r  P. J0 S$ X% wM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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4 e+ h) `& [1 G4 l" S1 ~- vL: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！

: D0 C; ^4 v. x9 p9 ~/ f- f0 n' RM: 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？

; J1 J+ f# c2 C" M2 v2 SM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.

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？
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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.

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？

9 Z7 V- p. {" _9 e# W% KM: 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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  g. Z4 R" d! W% q' }: w1 ^/ KL: 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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' I( p% Z; a6 J  @* wM: I aced my last job interview.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。

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。
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M: Yes, you're right!

+ B+ K0 h$ z( q6 XL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？

M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?

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。

7 i2 y2 P& }8 VM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!

L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？
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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"!

: f+ ]" X" G$ ]1 s" F8 zL: 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？

M: That's right.

( [0 [2 D4 X) Y  _& x; [0 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。

9 R1 |) p) M4 N8 C9 d7 _* B7 JM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.

" p  c3 ]" L/ X- @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.

M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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$ H2 m  G2 w. \& g+ dL: 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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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; F* y+ F0 M, K& SM: 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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