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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。6 D% P3 e% B8 V) Z/ q
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L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?: d0 @0 n% U5 |2 |7 ?" W

" @: z. u6 |. V& K8 P8 d  p' VM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!5 w1 F$ ]# Q. W# \1 A4 j" f

2 l& @2 n( {. C- D, |: ]1 U0 VL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!. C; r! a/ D2 M' v" N' {7 \

$ l5 Z' P3 J7 F, M& b+ VM: 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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% p- z% _- Y4 M  m! Y) \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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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
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2 ~5 M" I- |: \7 T# l% ZL: 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.
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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?$ ^8 t; P5 y% Y; @7 B
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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.
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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?
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M: I aced my last job interview.
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。5 h1 p2 E8 i% N2 E" ^

' |1 Q; ^( O; A0 O& F4 [( {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.0 y7 t& o& e7 A( e, i0 b

% s) b2 j  g( w3 ^/ J* Y: VL: 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。. r- U% Z% M+ j% F) F2 [% M

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1 d% J9 Z+ G5 X! DL: 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?9 h# }+ z( f; m5 @. k

; ?3 D% C' C" s: 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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' j$ D- d) Y0 o# f. d( vM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!# }! U. [, k  a0 c4 o. I% _9 T
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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$ G0 N. U/ t( T% r/ Z! L, g% MM: 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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/ k0 ], ^+ A0 GL: 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?2 _1 X" |" u# o, `% y2 Q

+ k$ o. j" _. j' g$ z* s" ?1 {- i. zM: That's right.) Y# W: X, F8 L7 C! f1 s6 N

& |; o9 w* J/ c# ^3 D- wL: 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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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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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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9 X( ~' a0 n$ i% \, p/ kL: 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。8 j4 V, R# {" K
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...
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9 z" s2 V6 k( a# D" AL: 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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3 l1 s1 q3 L/ w# |: \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。
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