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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。( J4 d: q3 C: Q7 Y

2 j; I" V3 ~1 L0 X( Z, uL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?
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# L0 W# [* g% ~; ^: MM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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( {( ^1 v  v+ ]L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!* L# \3 X3 |4 Y2 H! N% 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?$ h* W# P6 i, ?# b  }6 `
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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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; g- ^( _9 G$ lL: 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?3 @0 T. R* L4 h* q+ S

1 C% c7 E9 R$ |& i1 \- HM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.1 u% \3 W0 d; g/ \: L

; u. O, Z2 m+ e! h' i! s5 A$ t$ AL: 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.
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! t& Y1 g% T! c+ X% r3 rL: 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?% P; @  H+ ~3 U
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M: I aced my last job interview.) |4 R# P5 F2 `0 T( M& L
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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.
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) c( f4 p; L( k3 l' ML: 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。" K# \: C9 m0 `$ h8 I9 F

7 T9 ]0 }/ S& F& u- p* kM: Yes, you're right!
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- a% Y: _# `' {, g' NL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
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: a$ A2 P) {0 z5 s; m; dL: 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。2 A/ O6 ~3 t7 P
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M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!/ m5 d+ ~8 a5 K

7 Y* Z$ @" N+ e' V7 I" M% O6 K$ uL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?- [0 @5 o0 y/ V& J- O0 |
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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?
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M: That's right.5 A! J2 l2 H8 q9 o: \
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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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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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M: 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。
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8 }% Z. B9 ]8 d" Z/ `( E+ j0 w" BM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those.... E) A" C) z  G6 H- I
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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!& c1 Y3 P2 r$ l( [$ b2 m
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M: I'm just kidding!3 T7 g7 p) \$ J+ J. K- ]6 X
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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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