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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。( [5 p6 @* z- _# I' G

- r8 ?) [9 S1 ]0 B1 j( d5 |3 f, R5 p% vL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?9 }& A+ D+ w" B3 G5 ^, e, g

+ n' Q, D$ b% n& ZM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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8 ^  x' F9 z9 X5 b! x3 b0 gL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!5 X- j  v6 c8 `# x6 |7 }  W* G( L

- |5 Z: N1 R1 fM: 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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4 }7 D7 t. U. M! |/ BL: 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?9 m$ \- y, B" J3 Z! n3 i! k; i
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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?0 L' z% q; e, ^8 `; ]  L# P

: R6 L% P- D0 _  N) k* @$ z6 U! q2 gM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.' m9 L2 V( \4 F! m+ S
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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?- c, C% t8 h" k' H. f# C- \% J
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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.
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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?
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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。, `9 y# W3 N" D8 u* C

& i/ Z# [' o6 q+ m6 nM: 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.0 |! U0 E& [# e7 P3 B& F

) E$ i, i0 f2 l0 s# |/ v5 G2 Y6 O4 o# bL: 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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* u; c6 o' p4 c: lM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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8 `2 |' }+ t3 h) U/ z4 rM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?* V* X' D- s" c& ~8 K. Y
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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。7 c% o0 `3 x5 P) ?7 {- w

# E- v$ g8 E8 O- J4 pM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!5 s* B5 m1 ]7 O( R$ B

! x2 _" q) H9 q3 u3 SL: 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"!
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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?
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M: That's right., c/ N$ e& \$ |  X
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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。) W- M4 g0 k- X  b% ?9 n5 ]

8 c" d0 K4 v4 S, X$ FM: 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.. r  q' e5 V7 d+ j4 i1 ~" P9 ~; ?

# }, ]# L" G% R/ T# g! D# r. gM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.3 E. h. r) Q* W: O) M: X, P

, e" _( e- U; [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。8 Q% C% `; L! @- a7 z

4 j' w8 ]; c6 M( o5 j8 y4 EM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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6 w. J+ \& w0 K$ S8 BL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!3 x$ o4 }8 T5 o) x% R' h; h
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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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