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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。2 m2 b' G6 d/ |

1 l+ X* u9 Y& W( `L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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) p9 D1 i; G/ ?3 K, m/ h: h- F5 yM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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" ?: ^, H( h9 i0 u- P* h* yL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!, l; W+ U' s$ {2 s

& `: `6 e# ~4 y8 a& j/ pM: 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?
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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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- @- Y, _6 [5 I! p! ML: 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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" V  I' q- t( f! sL: 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.% q. z/ r, C* D7 c/ Y
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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?! m& b; b. j; s4 K

" ~/ h  E* f: F8 [4 gM: 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。
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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.% t! B+ ~5 M$ f
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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。1 `6 ]& Q* z  c- W. n
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M: Yes, you're right!
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. P4 \) A5 P' @. O- g) RL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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. J/ I3 T( J- u' T' h8 sM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?3 f' w/ O) I. |
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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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& h0 U1 ~: n2 U; r+ PM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 a" L! T# h6 C( W  u& T( G

% O& B, {8 |& L; s0 P- dL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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9 X" P2 \. W  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?
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M: That's right.
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7 M4 ~9 |( h- z" Z/ {0 \" VL: 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。' `7 u/ B0 f) p- Y3 i
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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.
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, Z4 \! K, Y3 z6 D/ D$ KL: 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.
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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。) g# |: v: q- {% F8 N# ~

8 m6 n) Y8 Q/ u' X! B% kM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...1 I6 {4 Z3 r6 @+ Z2 J/ D

$ k1 O5 g6 E+ O; ^- W% h' A* J3 k# H: u+ ^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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5 A% W) ^9 {) X& BM: I'm just kidding!5 \* f$ c" y5 d5 J) g* y

5 b2 j. E  U/ u5 j% C' Z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。7 w; u' M6 l8 t( N& o
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