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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。  Z2 y% G& }" n, B. n7 ?

7 I6 x; y, a( G8 g% j0 _L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 Q7 O5 Z: O2 F$ a
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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. g2 g9 t! p8 h; m+ _; pL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!0 K& V# D4 a6 b; |+ c% _7 R
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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?5 b- {/ D; l" q$ I
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.. a- T8 _7 K1 |% K: b

+ G& e# y, {2 o! B: rL: 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?, l  |# Z/ @2 ~$ d& G7 {
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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.  Z  B7 i9 _  }  U: F
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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?. d6 }) ?5 I  S) m" O
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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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' p7 v3 L7 s9 ML: 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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  a' s) V# x9 L( u1 EM: 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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2 b& g0 ^5 J" R8 TM: 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。1 f& U0 z. b  T4 {( H  ]: F3 Y

# Q: j, a# ^/ W6 R0 X& y9 cM: Yes, you're right!, I5 X- [: y* ]# j& n, A9 E

, @; ]) R) o4 {! h- H: }$ hL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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% `+ f7 ?' I' {' fM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?4 g* u( F4 ^- i- }8 |! s

# @" m1 H( L1 H- c/ fL: 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。, O2 E8 I, `0 Y) f" X8 |

0 Q$ h1 l7 n" _+ r5 |% gM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!8 N" v7 {0 |# P; X, u1 u
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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"!' ]2 U, H( [9 A1 M# \" h

' C3 V# M9 D) K$ @! OL: 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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# t2 P: ]! x* k! V2 iM: That's right.9 r- Y( o. z8 w! F+ P  p

" T: D- Q$ N9 W* i% 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。, B( f9 u0 w1 t; b  q7 m  ?) D
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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.+ |9 ?3 e0 X5 q9 k9 ^

! n) X: u6 ]$ L2 T$ a  w1 ZL: 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.' L+ O) p2 G! @# y# e* v. ]

. z0 }6 j% o( }: b- J# y) qM: 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。# v" A5 r4 V% D% ^
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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!
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4 E6 s, \  H* I3 }1 p8 i* L% S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。* y) d3 G4 V( s# ^
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