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。 1 w: S h. T3 r3 V: Y5 N" }+ M: h) s, P1 w0 N! R, X/ h
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?* C( |( ?' W! Y, ^
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!+ d1 N* m, I! u) G. f V) {
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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!4 h* x1 f- D' x. c& a4 v
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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. j8 g" m" e! w$ U/ \5 f
% Y5 n( H" \* |" E9 hM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. . \+ d3 H0 ]7 Q, f0 K3 s% F% H- g* o6 A+ z2 B1 _; G' J7 T ?7 [
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? - o, V8 c2 c( z& M; k5 l 0 d; a v* S0 [; F& i/ O4 mM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.% V, [+ r" |' a0 E. k/ y1 `
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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? 2 Z+ c/ ]0 V6 {1 j m 2 D: e, k# k4 p$ zM: 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.- v) |! [6 u7 r
) _ a9 x3 H1 h3 o; D9 ZL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 ; Y& D8 D5 V. @' _% I) r8 | 0 T1 j% U* O" @* k9 @9 m: [% WM: 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." A& M2 M# b; j Z
* m& E6 \, z# kL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? $ S9 d8 D w( \& A1 J4 [! D6 j6 z) ]( s+ `; h
M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?7 s) A+ k, g( ]
. v6 T# v6 }: h1 wL: 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。 # V' _* H) J: ] ]& S* P# Y9 J; v% V( d* O: A$ yM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!3 {$ h9 {- V7 h
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? / X7 D* U3 J6 o Y 3 L: l3 _% m! c" v; |1 A8 FM: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! ( |% ]; n5 l6 a* h. u3 m* b & z/ _1 A8 N; X, W/ L' |& n3 G% x+ 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?/ F1 o- ?" G7 k" \+ M8 X
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M: That's right.# E) G" `6 ^" S/ B% u, l) ?
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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。- g9 K$ N, t6 U# S
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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.- @6 Y' f; o. z
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. 5 k V, w6 X$ `7 h9 {% x5 e " Z% D: p/ \6 F0 _& ?3 ~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。 $ T' }9 `. a8 X3 [. W2 D8 U ; f, r. Z3 c$ i [* ^9 {4 e( Q6 F) VM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...3 W5 l) u7 @8 S- [, n; T7 Z0 d
- U0 b8 |- U* p4 \L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! ' H% r. c/ G" V F1 }3 d$ I; B/ c1 [; N6 W: ^
M: I'm just kidding!% h. K- l. E3 y
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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。 % T1 n5 T+ ]; j( KAudio As Following: 2 |- i# J7 x* |7 K1 {7 b