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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( l6 d1 K6 f! N( a8 pL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!" k& R: O1 j3 L% E# o
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!4 z* D3 m+ [8 D; i3 s8 l7 G5 j

/ Y0 f- @/ c% h: }' B# JM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!' c5 J3 m/ n5 W7 ]& h! H( ], A

* C  |: p/ N$ h# A# _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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2 x! r; B; m( |M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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& q+ Z& i- c8 h# O9 g% i0 V. u! 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?4 C" ^- l( N) f$ [
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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.: s- _! g' d4 `' N# H
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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?5 Y" c* l; {9 l5 H
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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.
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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.  ~' i! c! Z' {& E* Z( o
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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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5 G* c8 t* b7 q' sM: 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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; ^6 n  j6 n: l/ U6 g! v( }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?/ m" r! x7 s4 b4 ?& g: k% _
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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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. g; G. [1 l& k: e! I6 ?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。4 j5 u. e( T! i0 Q) L6 r

$ D* C0 {  N; J& TM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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8 H2 n! I- f3 I* ]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"!: _9 K1 A1 Z  u3 p" B. ?2 l/ O. m
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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?% @  m7 @4 K5 V3 q! f3 x
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M: That's right.! i8 d; d! G& x8 w3 ]

7 f7 Q6 R) m0 l( qL: 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 m: p% p' ~$ m: [: f
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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." ^$ N" G4 Z  ^( f: a! L3 @

* n3 u2 o) B- e8 A( ]5 RL: 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.2 B8 _2 g( \# K: M8 h  o
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.) `' S! {/ p+ W, N) f5 s

6 [/ s# W# ?* S2 i6 b* LL: 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。) F4 L2 g% o3 K

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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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* c; e% a6 W+ ^% Z2 |, Y' t: A  }M: 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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