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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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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!$ g: p7 s, l4 R' m, U' L1 e

# ~* u& h% `3 ~( IL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!3 C8 x$ |0 v/ a, c- W3 c1 ?* o

1 @5 t# {/ N8 P, T( K2 A( PM: 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?- [+ P7 Q( t5 z3 x
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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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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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.2 r' L, O( @. ]0 A0 C) r
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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?' o4 C* Y! ^0 y( F5 Y
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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.; |5 W) h8 }6 ^) H9 _

$ N6 P% X+ b  C  R' l, x& a6 d: nL: 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?) J2 Q9 x) G7 U* Y1 r
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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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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.% q' h  t2 ]$ \9 g* y* w
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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。( Y4 y# B1 c7 k: I* I" j

( Z0 y" R1 D3 D& X+ nM: Yes, you're right!
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  `& B2 W* [" n4 B* H! EL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?. s4 [' Z$ {, u  c

0 P6 b9 J" Q0 |6 HM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?8 g! K/ w! N$ e) Z. Y

& l; w8 K4 S4 a1 s" O0 ~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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!6 W  O' N; ?7 j: b4 H

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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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, s/ n  v( J0 }. g! ]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?
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5 c; n  n- B; ^0 t% `" c: @5 hM: That's right.
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/ I: C+ ?6 i, |5 m2 hL: 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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M: 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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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.. \$ a" _3 m/ I' z) H

3 P8 a1 k, q. W2 TL: 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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9 f; e+ O) k9 CM: 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!3 \, a9 N* p3 Z, |

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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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