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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。* S2 O: t+ Z- _4 [/ j  Q& \( e
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?3 V2 a; `; j3 c

: h$ [+ F. |7 ]M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!" o7 l7 [+ \/ L0 ]5 E6 O  E# U

6 {$ F' c- ]: r" _: }; ML: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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4 X2 Z' n# i. c3 ]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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9 \4 Q3 f0 f( i& h# ?  lL: 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?+ p3 v2 \( C9 D7 G+ D: a" g
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.8 T0 y. G  e2 i2 z
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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?0 M$ ^/ _  [$ b. M

9 P# G1 L- N; C2 \M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.5 \3 x* x% `7 }3 F2 C

' y, n  O9 B: W; G9 N" k6 e) EL: 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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/ @) }% N. q. q5 ?7 q7 J5 R, }0 XM: 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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( `. e$ a& r7 o1 WL: 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.) @( a; B/ r/ S2 B% d" z5 E
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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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M: 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., N7 V* j2 Z* |& }

- R$ A+ p* d) @5 |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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1 B0 W' H; z& Z4 l6 D! W" L$ WM: Yes, you're right!
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" Y" ?% F4 Y2 f) u, _6 k5 @L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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. B. g! s) ^. GM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?7 A; \8 G1 K2 I% I  j, [

5 p: n7 z' |: lL: 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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0 U+ V: K% }! hM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!. n% M, I2 J( m0 g5 C$ F
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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! T8 B4 a! s8 Z5 {M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!4 \& Z( `$ I: v
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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?4 j2 h9 e( G' F
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M: That's right.
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  ?/ i* T- p0 n- G4 KL: 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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! N' }' K$ Z* [9 {& f* xM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.5 G; n0 u9 ^& h! ?

& Z( f$ L& ?1 s5 n& m2 SL: 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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# r) @( l; W6 N" H( c2 xL: 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。) B; S: W9 d; A- @4 f

/ M" w0 l+ o- c- o/ ]1 EM: 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!& g- Q2 {4 e' G/ p3 t5 y/ X3 o3 P$ z
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M: I'm just kidding!
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, v) }* T2 ^/ R- x0 o5 D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。8 I7 {8 H$ z" y3 }) H2 f- P' E
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