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。3 g& U* [/ x* {4 Z4 _) K v
6 ?6 M4 u! e0 R- e& m! F7 u. c+ vL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样? - w2 V# n$ l) q) ]8 P' m1 \ 0 m' s2 n( d/ A+ [% v+ rM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!0 {% U2 g" s& X# r
- O3 _% n& Y& `* V4 |L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴! $ f- w3 X) ?3 n2 J1 C1 J. M" k6 O- |4 `0 p* |0 u
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! 4 [( _, L% @% J5 T$ ~' V/ j: z ! \: d9 o; N5 x0 sL: 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/ S: F% N: y. S) d% L2 \ [
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M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense., e7 p4 R! p' m! [4 c" y5 @% y
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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? 7 U6 @; N, _! b, [/ f8 [' m K) S% P& T- H, X/ o( c; x
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( l6 }; o0 F1 P- K+ b# I; g* K( U
- F# a' H$ m4 }5 ?% B9 e! GL: 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?; @; H4 M: \! H+ C
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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. * t, v+ q$ u' V2 v 4 P/ u ^. p7 e( l g0 j( t; [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? 4 o# Y7 x7 P# W% ]; R$ \4 z1 p ( A9 M. b: c3 c1 C" L$ V: iM: I aced my last job interview., x! y% `: A7 m
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L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。* G8 ?: P& T! B, R+ M+ I3 N Q
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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. 6 N5 O% |; S7 t9 W3 q 6 n2 o1 C% }% ~) ]1 N* ]5 WL: 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。( [( J* p; m+ B- w% P" E$ c) k- J! H: \
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M: Yes, you're right! - L9 n9 a) Y* p 4 X" ?( c/ G$ [( |8 nL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗? - @& w4 `! t- [9 h" {1 t9 V ) Z6 B5 |3 U1 ^1 E# y2 `M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? / R# J8 H; b% [ / b+ }1 b5 w Z# |0 ?' sL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 % [9 H/ [2 n' e; e# V, z' z7 x5 Q& I% j% C9 C( N$ Q) E
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!" @. S3 h4 K, Z* {7 A0 j1 m
( P7 t' ?9 p1 ]1 e! V1 vL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? : V0 X& C4 }6 C; J# N9 y& b& u: q4 l3 p# M# m) }
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! . F7 g& E' k% D1 ^ J( {- C3 E9 [* _* j# |
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?% H1 g3 m6 v! o/ h6 R$ Z
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M: That's right. ) c, s6 B0 b- U" f 7 i( P) b1 z' \) ? y! Q9 N9 \8 |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。2 h& w% B6 u8 z* v% G% R
; \$ n5 _, i; n4 Q+ CM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.: U; f( ?6 B7 D* D) _) \% ]4 `
! H3 Q( O' @, s2 T# \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., F1 ~4 N, g3 G
$ s ?; c# C! k% X8 n- b7 ?' s' OM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.1 e8 d6 `- ?& o3 c: I
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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。$ b4 H+ r$ I/ ` P D7 e
8 ?$ A. B8 F! ]3 c3 LM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...! r- [7 B m( P+ q* b/ e
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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! ^- A% h' d: Q3 [( r6 N. V
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M: I'm just kidding!" z% B$ N8 g0 g
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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。3 e$ L+ _$ a8 ~- A7 @# ?8 H
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