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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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% P- x' n) v/ V1 [8 l  [& yL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 g; F7 B0 e: A! ~

( G' s1 U' U+ B5 p7 o- G1 o; \M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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( ]" F  H+ `2 s5 RL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!, Z4 m/ t5 a9 E$ H8 w

8 J2 \8 C/ L9 m: H; P" `M: 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.5 p+ J( G$ }, W, V8 m$ ^# B
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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?
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% f9 X+ r1 |" L* GM: 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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4 ~$ |8 i8 L9 t0 a% dL: 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; ?7 u) \1 E2 I( T

/ `1 `6 Y+ f- l# V8 eL: 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.
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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 E& Y3 n- E! P8 q" ^3 bM: 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.: g9 ^5 u3 b7 o. M- e% j
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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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8 F- _; Y3 r; S' qM: Yes, you're right!! p* n7 I, g) {$ v& y
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?7 i- Y7 ^8 s* w! s+ G% ?

* Q; H) J8 k/ H- nM: 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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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。1 S0 E% p( ^1 t; Y% n# d; s7 j

5 b( T0 n- m6 U* f) {8 ?5 [7 tM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!7 K' _$ q% B2 d& w4 e) a* O9 b

# G1 L, S4 ]& ~) kL: 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"!8 H/ c& n! g3 Y6 j, _
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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?/ _& Q, }% f: M% p

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L: 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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/ j$ c4 `$ @+ c* O1 r3 j$ _+ QM: 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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( L7 k( C6 r) iL: 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。
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...5 D6 W2 k8 R6 u
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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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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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