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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。: B! l7 ^3 G, D/ ]! l! i
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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! x3 @& \# W+ Y  D6 @" [M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!% b& I+ u; z. `# t9 `

% e$ f. r8 k5 s$ AL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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" t+ w8 ]! I1 T% t0 w# U( uM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!* V; a+ b: H% ^2 V2 o8 I8 q
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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?& i& K9 W, Z& ~; J& ^* ^/ t
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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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$ r* K* }# t: ~2 y7 U( ?* FL: 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?9 ^4 d, e7 q3 l/ Z1 C
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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 ]7 S. R# i5 g: s0 E5 r; f
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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?
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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.7 T7 x0 R8 F, t5 J1 K8 X
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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?# @; J" D: b! H  I0 C; s5 J

  M5 ?  T8 f9 j( B: FM: I aced my last job interview.9 l$ \8 r: }" |4 F6 X* M1 Y% ~7 k

6 A( X8 {8 n# wL: 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.; e" V" ~0 h- 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。0 N3 M( M0 J# I5 J$ L

  T% d0 B) ?8 Y# h3 u' Y" [2 ZM: Yes, you're right!' v$ O6 U# L0 G( M- i; Y. j0 E

" t7 w, u# Z* {1 M' D" l% o! g( }2 NL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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/ q/ ^& o- x* V8 d) f8 {M: 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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: U6 t# s5 K) 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。, u. U3 K# J3 [+ R: m; d& z9 q' X

! @5 D8 y2 {% k1 [4 zM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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( c" e1 f& M  W6 I4 d; A) x) \! RL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?8 ^3 f4 \; M8 g6 C  f0 I5 a, Q6 \

3 q/ Z7 S3 x5 K* X+ m$ FM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!! f+ h$ u+ R( v: u, y
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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.4 [! ], C1 r6 u, s0 Q+ F+ p
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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。; Q+ p  {* Q9 O% c5 y) U; [% @

7 E: k# c! ?( X! d. TM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.) D- x# i6 A9 K  S0 D# k5 d6 A+ U( P
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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.
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5 u/ H& x2 I& j+ HM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.7 L- S% u2 i6 J) I: V* ~

" ^, i5 z. W. \+ o* F; @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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0 b4 y- ?: \) VM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...; N4 T0 i8 O1 G$ q: g* d" N$ I

, q* S* K; B  wL: 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!
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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。/ p% F- S: L( ?& [( D. c
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