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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。7 F6 K! O  O# y$ p) T; G

3 G& H4 n' O- l' ?# P, ]* lL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?, o* \9 h) l* N- y$ M  L

3 c% p0 T# s( G8 L9 X- v- tM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!9 N  F; G- o8 v2 |' f9 b- h
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!( T2 s5 E, ~! {

2 ?0 u7 r& v" E! v5 d" T. S' [M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!0 A( e0 F6 Z' x

/ r; n% x6 B, z( O9 P  TL: 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?5 W6 R# c( J- E* [' E
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.2 W( A0 n8 ?. H7 q" R9 x

& C( ]" r: o/ lL: 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& B5 w7 a: R
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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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7 D" \2 W* _. `; M$ `" C( qL: 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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0 s8 H; O1 N( ~- XM: 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.1 _) U8 x9 ^' H- Y$ h
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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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M: I aced my last job interview.
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# I& J4 A( N2 A- O0 |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.2 N2 R# F+ u+ v+ e$ M; }

- I0 l$ H  u5 B& }3 a, g4 j5 H! a" |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!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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! _0 [8 ~$ @$ E" c' V# C6 _0 [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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- c/ k1 w* D1 GM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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) l# A6 s7 s; }" P# o( h& MM: 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?7 Y/ r: r- W: l3 t
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M: That's right.
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8 k  o0 M5 |! `3 uL: 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。$ T! w6 y8 L' P$ G1 e0 \
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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.! R+ }  u: k% V3 f
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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.* @- T! n* K$ G9 X, J7 a( C
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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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。
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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!; {& A: l) I0 W. K" D- ]3 A7 Q

. K- j2 i1 Z1 `2 `  ~$ t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。) q. G0 D8 k8 s) E8 p  ?, c
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