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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。7 ]* {, K: c% }+ a8 I( r2 L: o2 ?& u
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?4 }9 i8 F! c1 v4 Z0 l: J

3 v2 E& ~, a. |' \4 n; k- h7 [M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!" d% W+ q. p4 d' W

- w- y+ O5 z/ O* a: x! IL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
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* U  W( ~. L4 ?M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! k! i, t7 h) @, R; G* j' M+ E

/ h6 T/ h* q) S5 EL: 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?
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9 S' m  R! v& E( V" D' YM: 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?: C+ Y! V. O  m7 p

/ D2 a1 K1 V. z2 [- f' JM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.7 `& m, p2 O" A, L7 l+ _0 \

- y6 Q5 @0 W, @- F4 V: {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?/ t/ l7 F/ s; r. o- G% k

. ^$ |1 i) f# K- o, P  O8 Y3 YM: 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?# {4 @& z3 I, l% e
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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6 p6 B& H( _6 Z: ?) b, h9 t4 i' e$ LL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。3 z( h1 \$ u+ \: _' ^, _
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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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5 Z* ]# p$ a% 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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M: Yes, you're right!
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0 P' g2 w- }8 c( yL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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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?, y  C, e. z( O& Y4 F: u
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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。
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?8 C# j- L; ?& q* T- n5 `# `
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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?! ^& u: @* d! M# Q4 h8 W" q

( e8 q4 h) \' n6 l3 d: D0 ]M: That's right.& [* `. l+ \  R7 i7 l" u8 ]
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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。
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0 _4 y" B+ _9 L( b. sM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.$ u) [! N, m  \* U

0 b% E4 U) R" b  w" DL: 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.6 w+ G2 E) ~" l: `( E& r/ F" T2 f# N

9 X# E7 k8 K' e+ `: A* x. x2 @6 c" MM: 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。4 r! H' W7 Q- H4 u3 _7 j7 I! u
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M: 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!' _: r& a6 G' k, F( C2 \
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M: I'm just kidding!
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% |5 V2 V; t9 M2 y6 k+ k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。$ }# ~) h, }: z
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