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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。, \* V% T2 w" W
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!6 H1 ?% I6 O) D8 @6 f9 @
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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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. G7 m7 l9 O* m0 XM: 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.7 H$ {' E$ x' H# k

1 {  @: a9 w. bL: 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?: e4 e. F- W. O$ D1 u' z- H9 o0 p

9 p  Z4 v8 S. P  h& o4 r# Y/ ]M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.5 `9 Q8 h  }! A; @8 ]3 y' ^
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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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  [0 C" s/ j1 w+ i1 V; aM: 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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- n; `) Q' h: lL: 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.4 a9 ]& h$ Z$ j" f7 \/ ^

" [! C) ~0 I# b( j9 r5 ?( bL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。( m, i$ K- z+ S' U7 |

3 M$ w. G0 l4 @2 UM: 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。
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M: Yes, you're right!
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& q9 x& J! r; R. q# C. eL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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/ \. @% B6 Q2 b: G) _5 ?% ?M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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+ U; j, u- D/ z# W, N' ML: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。
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* k! M( x5 q4 g6 NM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 g* y- G; j) I3 \/ d1 s( A/ U
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?4 s( g- b* t4 n8 c1 x( p6 |- P
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!
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; Q! W$ j* [4 L3 UL: 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?, B  G' N$ B, r# M
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M: That's right.
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& h1 \7 Q9 y; O2 E" G9 i  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。
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6 V2 Z* F" F" J1 bM: 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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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.# w7 D1 R$ o( F! d% ?6 v
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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。' Z  `- f5 b( _7 D0 Q

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3 D$ k: l; J6 b& f1 wL: 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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, i6 L  j* ?6 rM: I'm just kidding!% a8 s$ k1 a. W! d% s- j1 g
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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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