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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。
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% T/ g# T0 U2 O+ T5 ?- J( ?1 YL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?3 W% T9 ~5 `3 S
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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& w+ N2 H9 F6 r7 H7 \; s; @L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!/ N% h7 C7 V! c6 n, r( f- w. k
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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!
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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?
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9 x8 P( x* J" sM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.7 `2 t' T+ A6 @% t& P
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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?4 K4 K( t" n2 k# U$ r
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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.
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. p% Y! D) |4 |7 X) iL: 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.# P& s( A$ B+ F1 k
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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?# S" q2 K! \1 e) H( A, I/ Z

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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.$ ]" }* h5 i9 A0 e

  }% ?( d3 w0 w8 J$ e' _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。3 u6 j- n$ V( k. w4 S
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M: Yes, you're right!2 Z3 b! F+ O! g9 e
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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- m* `& \3 k# g2 P' A6 |" ZM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?; M# w1 Z$ H+ D, ~6 d$ f

, T' \2 h5 Z0 h/ l2 qL: 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& @0 F- z3 y$ J1 K# e* X1 I
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!# [; b! l5 s5 e& V0 Q6 n" W" ^" K
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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* D3 d  ?& ]" f, |7 QM: 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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2 l7 \8 m8 O+ `. S1 m! n9 LL: 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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: a: r; {# c7 G9 J. jM: That's right.5 c7 n# o6 I" j: ]4 i9 J: p4 ?

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( Q4 R  P% d3 W8 iM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.: D/ N6 H' [4 M2 d& F9 e& o
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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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) k5 R& {2 C: ]  P0 o8 GM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
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! \/ \$ }  u! D" N7 TL: 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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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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: f8 T  J3 s* \0 z# _( Q6 [. @) {L: 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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9 d+ ?) w+ C6 g. \" F- D! S5 CM: 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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