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。 ! r6 ?; s% S: {6 X" g) J* g8 B7 A5 Q8 ]+ v! j" x
L: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？7 i9 ~+ H: D% U0 }
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! & A/ p7 v- k/ ]9 E, q0 v ! H! Z6 R% @: Z+ F: m# t5 ?L: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！0 z2 m8 n4 @$ J
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!1 s& t6 u7 B! M+ W6 B
" j& ^; H8 H1 o) m# _M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. & s6 k8 B- n, q4 q6 |1 h! o 3 o1 j* t0 ~. n) Q" b2 S! sL: 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？ 8 X: U2 D5 R2 |' h ) s# F1 s" Z' l( H, ?4 HM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. : J5 D( I L6 K% Z3 D9 N* Q& N % H( F# i, i; H: n9 @4 S' {: 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？ ( Q7 D- |0 h# X3 F9 i. H6 ^5 Z) J) Z( Q. P( Z6 Z8 i! c& F$ x
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.! `+ L+ c! E2 O
* L, j$ T }& ^3 C! mL: 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？ ( r$ L9 [2 O3 S0 q$ u2 P* G; \# |, u0 b$ ~
M: I aced my last job interview.* K" i m3 j2 z* A( Y& @" B6 a+ I
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。3 W/ b# t& ~3 d% s
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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.! P4 ]& J \+ `( n1 W: 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。6 |% o2 v `! N% R8 M
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M: Yes, you're right! , Q1 }" \* A; `/ u, j1 g! W8 ^ ( g3 t; G: @% k0 e- ?4 hL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？/ n# J9 y" f# z4 g: L. E4 C
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?5 ]) m6 N$ Y. `& k! d0 q. X. n
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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。 0 Q1 ^3 ~) I* u9 J3 o r 5 y+ @$ z8 ?& A) T& |9 J, EM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! $ f/ A5 Q T8 v4 m1 C, q- k% Y7 p* ~- \* d' h. T1 B y
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？3 n% \1 g# B0 x: B. |; h# p
/ P- k/ P8 b8 l" X& KM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!; J! W( O" v' L4 \2 _* H% y6 [
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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？. T, t! E1 `( I6 d" V+ z
9 u( ~; d& _4 J, U% ^: y4 @M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.2 ^8 F6 D' R$ s/ y* \
6 t" V- P' t% x+ r1 u% {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. 8 Z; j+ e1 e. ` 1 G- w- c6 o. B5 e% g% J# nM: I don't see how you can live on so little money. B3 `; N f4 t. B: s
/ o n/ K: D6 iL: 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。( W+ U' |9 [5 V, _: h P
6 r/ r( \3 S& r$ x* _; n( AM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...$ W8 M8 D3 l) M
2 T/ L& y" B6 e. _! f0 s0 ]' }1 {. ]% DL: 你真想要我赚花生，靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话！: T) }9 k: N/ ?: |: V! v: m
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M: I'm just kidding!, P U; _* e k1 Z$ p
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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。 ; U7 f, x- s, J& w2 z9 a8 _Audio As Following: 0 a3 G8 N; }0 A; N
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