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。 " e/ O U3 x+ ~6 H. P1 C . j9 V. w0 \! v6 C, K9 p( VL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? n+ g! b. ]: @' A1 K: z
- C* M+ u# f1 P; d& i: Z/ [# X& uM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!) {2 y- J! Q E$ d: {
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L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!( T$ f7 a& z! Z' e% q
0 |" {0 l5 w& xM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!! ^+ G+ a; w" e+ f) y
- n. F3 e( O/ L4 b. E5 iL: 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? G/ n$ i' N. T8 S8 }+ U4 Q 4 X; b3 ~0 i1 O5 `M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. 8 N) \9 z$ Y8 h4 B, W0 m! }$ j8 d5 X' T& E! D* n' u
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?( V, I) |" Z1 V
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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? D$ ?1 e/ u8 `
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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.8 }5 f9 m" U7 ^6 W8 H/ g& f3 c
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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?5 e. \7 N4 T) H R# I) s
8 r$ j- a3 ]5 [9 iM: I aced my last job interview. 6 L, M+ A7 D2 P2 m- i- U3 [9 n% n, D$ F( c& W3 A
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 / S/ D* D9 L2 n: M0 F. e3 [: t+ h
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. 4 y8 t$ a# @3 G4 s. B' H" @ : X% C! X( S6 Z( \+ K9 fL: 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。 % g& o$ ~! f' ~ \/ P: @6 c8 l2 M1 R2 [8 Y' b
M: Yes, you're right! % ^* ]* A+ x4 A- ]1 j; E8 p ' a" i( I$ k/ Y9 a; TL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? : ?4 s0 {: C, W% m" [% `% K6 m$ L( c, l; A( C6 o
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? ' x; G* a& M$ o0 x. d% d8 L6 r. b3 `& F. c5 b1 n
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。& B# X: g, b' b+ p- t- w
2 S l! w% d$ ~2 L9 CM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! . c2 d) ]% k# G3 e/ ?* Z8 y7 h; j/ Z3 [
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?0 Y6 p* t1 E( [6 k7 D
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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"! + p5 S. p# m. m ( j# D& e! k) tL: 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? / Z; ~8 G2 K6 a0 V" ?, v0 u$ h. }8 c' M& [5 z( i! a: d8 {
M: That's right.7 [( w j4 l7 [. L- N; z9 s- T6 e
" ~: W" w- e# T# W& ]( IL: 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。 8 x" X& y6 `+ J- I: h+ p% f" l0 P9 z( l- s8 A2 C
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant. 2 ^8 l+ b; m; a7 @1 I7 G n r( w ( B4 W5 W& V# FL: 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. ' P4 X& I* Y, C" O! `7 j% I( _( N+ ^, A" |5 _7 z! Z
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money." J- ? j M- \7 `! h `% K8 E/ K+ C
3 `4 V0 y5 v% b! AL: 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。 7 T( [# x) {# }+ J . d% ?4 V2 c! k5 }' XM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...4 q9 O8 s9 K0 [1 E3 q
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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! ! y7 Q! t# B4 S: z- e4 C+ p _3 ^% i5 b* u/ F4 ^$ }% T7 q* J% n
M: I'm just kidding!( A w3 w5 c, r( M
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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。- B( r# n1 _- D( x0 R3 H! Z2 A
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