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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 Z5 j% @  N* f) q* _# W' M3 |
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?4 U; a% C" G6 z+ |( D1 z4 [
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 ^. J  G. j, L$ ]6 u

+ ]' u- r. p0 j. Y; m, \L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!# s; W  w9 D# Y% M3 Z" w; K& X
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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!( m; \7 ?/ @3 G. a

; V2 [6 {; x5 X3 uL: 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?( U: V  n) w  {$ e
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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.0 C: _  w7 v0 S* `0 W

1 b( Z/ _" m* R: J# V) q' G' ^1 ML: 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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7 C; H, c+ n* |" N6 o* n% ~! i+ vM: 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?0 L8 s! z' Y% |# R7 d0 X3 j

4 r- q8 \( g% `- LM: I aced my last job interview.% c& \0 b  N6 j1 @
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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M: That's right. Li Hua, if someone is very good at something, we can call him an "ace". I can say, for example, you are an ace at taking tests.
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- Q# f% }# @9 KL: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你说我非常会考试!这也不见得,我考糊 的时候也有的。不过,比你少一点就是了。
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M: Yes, you're right!4 D" y# k+ \) q$ x6 K! S

' l0 s. l4 n" u( n, T! l2 ~- fL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?& P3 u4 K: S" n: N! T

) G! h+ P  Y  w0 T6 p$ T& |) |( bM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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+ h, S  x, F( }# 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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( i8 \0 Q% v+ ZM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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+ _' H$ W, [: L1 T: [L: 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"!; U& O" i5 Z2 t6 z$ l

& ^; o) n( X1 eL: 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?! O+ K: _4 f! M. Q2 C
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M: That's right.
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# c2 N/ N5 k/ T' eM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.; F; n7 f8 M7 t6 ?" L
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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.% L+ g. z; I2 p+ i& c
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M: 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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$ I% L! K  O/ mM: 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!0 V5 z% B4 e$ O5 q3 ^' E; L' P; e
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M: I'm just kidding!
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5 r* Q* {9 i' l$ d" y% C3 K" Q5 v1 l/ m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 |* }4 @  k- K+ c1 p& R) n8 @% P
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