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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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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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; R( c, U! N/ y4 ]  [; DM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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: D# X8 j! @# T9 nM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!, P5 ~3 T% C$ U( Y. j, M
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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?" f9 |4 T; v% j$ |

( u& \6 e4 J8 t$ w6 W/ X& lM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.+ F! `; M; f7 b2 k
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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?! I7 `) u( g, N) }% M  {) ^
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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.8 k$ w' m* T- d: _% S
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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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/ \' ~* |) X+ q! ?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." K( ^, {+ Y* d, s' k9 ?

0 x0 X( [. V( _: v3 Z) Q, J( H/ `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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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。& o+ p& ~7 L# q- @5 ^% C& h

4 x2 f4 l0 V5 R" b: Z6 K6 D- nM: 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。2 n# Q$ W4 @1 B- V# G# P
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M: Yes, you're right!0 c5 x: c' v( i: J! G. 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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( i9 E  y& i) C6 ?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。& Y% X4 x6 t3 W3 r8 |/ I

, P/ D$ ^( {$ Q$ ]9 t5 g- lM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!+ _7 s6 c+ n$ _% u' ?
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?& c% [5 f% j6 m% C/ |7 _) L3 ?
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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"!
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/ Y0 A  z) W+ E- j$ t* i  {" TL: 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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1 c( X' M' c. J( H  p1 i2 U) EM: That's right.
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4 l8 V& ]" ?0 M# s" T0 xL: 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.2 M2 Z. W% V: T0 N3 s, G
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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.9 `/ X; z8 C' }. {* o0 Y% [

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4 x3 a) L5 m7 O& `4 g. zL: 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。* f  T' T# u) K* Y
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...% k/ @+ u4 w. e  P! j

/ {: ?2 k# v& c* BL: 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!9 U3 W  d$ o. Z/ F9 r9 i

1 `" I  {3 d5 y' `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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