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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。* T% n& H% p$ q& w5 [" a5 W& b# K$ W
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?- i% o7 K) Y/ W$ N/ {1 G

" \+ R" k2 O9 y) ?6 }4 J% D4 H2 NM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!" O! E5 P0 B# P8 U9 h3 \! g

4 X8 L' [( d8 I& V+ T7 ]% kL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!* {8 [  o# g  j$ |; p6 _# l

% K& k3 f; _  c& M4 OM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!/ x4 S# `1 \; g+ f2 B: a

" I) G# W" G: i. XL: 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?6 b  ?7 [& G$ C- t
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.( I  Q  r4 N, i: s. V/ k1 ~' d
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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?" u) o, \( k4 h) y0 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.+ F* i0 Y0 {4 B- ?2 h4 y5 l9 r

2 q* h% v" f0 L9 c* E" B& wL: 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?6 D, A7 X, ]0 b7 v( V

, V9 v9 s! s3 U' a9 A' y* 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.9 ]( k' p& G. M- L) l3 a9 e& @
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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?5 v" ?6 C7 `5 G0 @, T

5 ~: |7 c# V" S1 S1 J# s4 mM: 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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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.  ?; A( H* S# h  }8 M6 F
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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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$ A$ g+ q3 R- B0 eM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. n# x6 d- Y( A

; M( H; j' B3 \% M1 Z6 F3 V0 IM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?2 C; o1 ~2 ~0 H$ U

* p4 {  B5 e2 r" |+ \9 zL: 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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" d; H; o' g# C6 p6 O" DM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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2 e5 S% X: d! y! |" M: e* `' ZL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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4 g  f1 k1 u9 u3 `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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- x' I: X- x$ P* i( CL: 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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M: That's right.6 ^8 p8 ~. }2 k) q# ^3 {, P4 _) V; g

4 ^# n! }' h8 N- j+ lL: 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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4 o9 |9 ?# I7 x: f, a( w7 AM: 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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) g. ^' f: B8 k7 g/ R1 P2 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.3 M3 {: f% t& o' U- q4 }# h

; q& U& \0 u" z6 D' o) g% EM: 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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/ p; U: C1 C/ g7 l" LM: 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!/ a! L% k* r1 Z1 K4 s, 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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